Armenian Language and Learning

[CKyle22]

Barev!

That's the only Armenian I know. I want to know more. My family speaks Eastern but never passed down the language to me. I've tried the courses on Armenipedia, but that assumes you know the alphabet first, which I don't.

I need to start at square 1. The absolute beginning.

Thanks!

[Anzhela]

Re: Armenian Language and Learning

Barev Dez!
I know armenian and english a little. But I very want to study an armenian and english better!
Excuse me from my mistakes and please tell me about them if you can.

[Federate]

Re: Armenian Language and Learning

Barev Dez!
I know armenian and english a little. But I very want to study an armenian and english better!
Excuse me from my mistakes and please tell me about them if you can.

Barev Anzhela and welcome to the forum! Great to see that you are interested in learning Armenian. You have come to the right place .

[CKyle22]

Re: Armenian Language and Learning

Great! So what's a good way to learn Armenian? I want to learn how to speak it, but also how to read it. Speaking is much more important to me though. Would you recommend Pimsleur?

[Anzhela]

Re: Armenian Language and Learning

Federate Shnoragalutun! Yes shat uraxem dez ed shpvel!

[Pedro Xaramillo]

Re: Armenian Language and Learning

Best way to learn is to learn the language rules and learn the alphabet, then get a decent dictionary, I use the Hippocrene one by Diana Aroutunian, its fairly good and it has a pronunciation guide.

Also check out Armeniapedia, Raffi has a section on learning Armenian telling you precisely how the grammar works

http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Lessons

Here is the alphabet : http://www.omniglot.com/writing/armenian.htm

[Army]

How many of you cant read Armenian?

I wonder if there are Armenian users here who can not read or write in Armenian... and maybe the ones who can not speak at all...

I can not.. but as you know, I am not an Armenian.

[Dashnak]

Re: How many of you cant read Armenian?

Brothers and Sisters,

Please disregard, please ignore everything the user "Army" writes in this forum. This turkchi is an agent provocateur. So, I'd like to ask the Admin to ban this clown as soon as possible.

[jgk3]

Re: How many of you cant read Armenian?

Brothers and Sisters,

Please disregard, please ignore everything the user "Army" writes in this forum. This turkchi is an agent provocateur. So, I'd like to ask the Admin to ban this clown as soon as possible.

Just because you are unwilling to take the time to logically explain basic things about your culture and history to odars, including Turks, does not make them an "agent provocateur". In fact, if these people indeed were agent provocateurs, they are not bad for the forum because they make some of us get practice in organizing our responses in an intellectual manner to people who traditionally can never hope to arrive at our conclusions due to their background.

I wonder if there are Armenian users here who can not read or write in Armenian... and maybe the ones who can not speak at all...

I can not.. but as you know, I am not an Armenian.

I can read in Armenian now. For a long time, I had forgotten, but due to my fervent interest to relearn everything about my language (and excel in doing so), I am on my way to being able to read and write in Armenian effectively.

Many Armenians who don't go to Armenian school tend not to know how to read and write in it if that's what you're asking. In fact, the reason why it's known by almost all Armenians in Armenia is because of the Soviets, which were heavy on education and felt that their propaganda could be better disseminated using the Armenian language in literary form. Today, that situation is no more, but we still place great importance on teaching children the alphabet from a young age.

Best way to learn is to learn the language rules and learn the alphabet, then get a decent dictionary, I use the Hippocrene one by Diana Aroutunian, its fairly good and it has a pronunciation guide.

Also check out Armeniapedia, Raffi has a section on learning Armenian telling you precisely how the grammar works

http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Lessons

Here is the alphabet : http://www.omniglot.com/writing/armenian.htm

I enjoy that dictionary by Diana Aroutunian, though I don't consider her English transliteration of some of the Armenian pronounciations and their parallels in English words as the most effective. I do like that its based on Eastern Armenian though, which helps a Western Armenian get a feel for how to pronounce the words in the other major dialect.

Raffi's grammar guide for Armenian is also based on Eastern Armenian, and I find it helpful for me, though it is less helpful for someone seeking to learn Western Armenian but doesn't know any Armenian to begin with.

[Army]

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jgk3:

Thanks for the explanation. I wondered if Diaspora Armenians know (or teach to their children) Armenian. Are there any primary schools or high schools abroad (USA, France etc) that an Armenian student can learn his/her own language? Also, I wonder if Armenians can learn Armenian in Turkey.

dashnak:

No comment.. Agent? lol