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  • #21
    Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

    When people speak Western Armenian, I understand most of it, but they use some words that Eastern Armenian never uses (usually conversational), usually from Turkish and Arabic. Also the vocabulary that one uses from Yerevan differs a lot from the vocabulary of a western armenian diasporan. We use more Russian loan words which is a big factor in the difference and for some words that Western Armenians use English to say, we use Russian. Also as all of you know there is differnence in grammar and spelling aspect. For example, tun@ lav e տունը լավ է (the house is good) is Eastern Armenian when spoken ա (a) is used, but as you see for writing է (e) is used of course. Also house in eastern is spelled տուն while I think in western it's spelled դուն.

    Spoken : tun@ lav a
    Written: tun@ lav e
    Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
    ---
    "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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    • #22
      Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

      Originally posted by Mos View Post
      For example, tun@ lav e տունը լավ է (the house is good) is Eastern Armenian when spoken ա (a) is used, but as you see for writing է (e) is used of course. Also house in eastern is spelled տուն while I think in western it's spelled դուն.

      Spoken : tun@ lav a
      Written: tun@ lav e
      How do you think I feel trying to understand EA lol! The spelling of root words in both dialects are spelled with the same letters, but pronounced differently. For example:

      In WA, կարող = garogh
      In EA, կարող = karogh

      In WA, կատու = gadu
      In EA, կատու = katu

      You get the picture.

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      • #23
        Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

        Originally posted by yerazhishda View Post
        How do you think I feel trying to understand EA lol! The spelling of root words in both dialects are spelled with the same letters, but pronounced differently. For example:

        In WA, կարող = garogh
        In EA, կարող = karogh

        In WA, կատու = gadu
        In EA, կատու = katu

        You get the picture.
        oh, right, right.
        Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
        ---
        "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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        • #24
          Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

          Yes as Armenian said "Ք" is for plural, But no one uses it for that purpose .

          Ձեր-ք
          Ոտ-ք
          աչ-ք

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          • #25
            Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

            Աւելի Հայերէն բառեր -

            տրուի
            միոյն
            միեւնոյն
            անձամբ
            մէյմէկ
            զայն

            Փոխադրելու համար շնորհակալ եմ ձեզի...:
            Last edited by yerazhishda; 09-15-2008, 11:54 AM.

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            • #26
              Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

              Originally posted by yerazhishda View Post
              Աւելի Հայերէն բառեր -

              տրուի
              միոյն
              միեւնոյն
              անձամբ
              մէյմէկ
              զայն

              Փոխադրելու համար շնորհակալ եմ ձեզի...:
              տրուի : Alone don’t make sense, should've been Կը տրուի : means "given"
              միոյն: ??? never heard such thing, use it in a sentence if you can
              միեւնոյն : means "The same"
              անձամբ : It depends what you put before it. Ես անձամբ : means "By myself"
              մէյմէկ : "One by One"
              զայն : "It" or "Him"

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              • #27
                Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

                Originally posted by Yedtarts View Post
                միոյն: ??? never heard such thing, use it in a sentence if you can
                Could be a typo or something cause I've never heard of it either.
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                • #28
                  Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

                  Originally posted by Yedtarts View Post
                  տրուի : Alone don’t make sense, should've been Կը տրուի : means "given"
                  You're right. What's the root, «տալ»?

                  միոյն: ??? never heard such thing, use it in a sentence if you can
                  «Երկու եկեղեցի կայ, միոյն անունն Աստուածածին է, իսկ միւսինը՛ Լուսաւորիչ:»

                  անձամբ : It depends what you put before it. Ես անձամբ : means "By myself"
                  «Հարուստները Սուրբ Զատիկին կամ Ծնունդին միայն կու գան եկեղեցին, եւ շատ անգամ ալ անյձամբմ չկրնալով ներկայ (etc.)»

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                  • #29
                    Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

                    You're right. What's the root, «տալ»?
                    Yup!
                    «Երկու եկեղեցի կայ, միոյն անունն Աստուածածին է, իսկ միւսինը՛ Լուսաւորիչ:»
                    Aha. Judging from the context, the word means "one's" or «մէկ հատին».

                    The text therefore is "There are two churches, one's name is "Asdvadzadzin", and the other's is "Lousavorich".
                    «Հարուստները Սուրբ Զատիկին կամ Ծնունդին միայն կու գան եկեղեցին, եւ շատ անգամ ալ անյձամբմ չկրնալով ներկայ (etc.)»
                    Here, «անձամբ» (antsamp) means "by themselves" since it is referring to «հարուստներ» (harousdner).
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                    • #30
                      Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

                      Originally posted by yerazhishda View Post
                      «Երկու եկեղեցի կայ, միոյն անունն Աստուածածին է, իսկ միւսինը՛ Լուսաւորիչ:»
                      This one should've been մէկուն or as Federate said մէկ հատին

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