isk inchu voch Hayeren??

[Inna]

Thank you Siggie, for understanding where I am coming from

Dan:
I didn't learn Spanish b/c I had a sudden urge to learn a lanugage I never intend to use..in case you didnt know a lot of the top universities in NC, and I'm sure throughout the US require you to take at least two years of a foreign language...and since my school only offered Spanish and French, I choose Spanish since I had some friends who spoke the language fluently and could help me out. The only reason I contiuned Spanish for a third year was b/c I was in the IB program at my school which required me to do so....so now you see why I would pick Spanish.

[Darorinag]

very good *hands darorinag a cookie*
but it makes it a hell of a lot easier.

do you speak a language other than english or armenian? when did you learn english?

Yes. I speak 3 other languages. Learned English when I was a child. I am only half Armenian.

More difficult maybe, but not impossible. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[Siggie]

very good *hands darorinag a cookie*
but it makes it a hell of a lot easier.

do you speak a language other than english or armenian? when did you learn english?

[Darorinag]

Language learning isn't necessarily done in highschools.

Just get yourself a coupla kindergarten and elementary books, and you're set. It's as easy as that.

Search online for more - a basic search yields results such as these:

http://www.learnarmenian.com/NonArmenian/NonArmenian.cfm

http://www.cilicia.com/armo_lesson000.html

http://www.multilingualbooks.com/armenian.html

http://armenianhouse.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=15

[Siggie]

you're so set in your thoughts that you're overlooking the obvious.
HOW MANY PUBLIC HIGHSCHOOLS DO YOU KNOW OF THAT TEACH ARMENIAN?

[Darorinag]

Deaf people can't speak because they haven't been exposed to the sounds, not the language. Deaf people can write. People who aren't deaf from birth can talk.

So bla bla bla. See what I mean - people learning Spanish before learning Armenian. Like my cousin. Nice. Very nice.

[Siggie]

Uhhh Hello!!! A large component of learning a language is hearing it. Obvious if we think about the deaf. You need exposure to learn a language. I studied spanish for SIX years and I still struggle a lot with it.
Armenian is much more difficult. It's a different alphabet, there are different sounds, the conjugation is different... It's much more different than english or the romance languages.

Inna is no less armenian than anyone here. That's total bullxxxx.
You wanna talk about being unarmenian? You're being unarmenian/unchristian-like by making Inna feel alienated.
Learning a language is extremely difficult. It takes a long time and a lot of effort.
Realistically people have a lot going on in their lives. It's hard to find time to dedicate to that. Yes, that's an excuse, but what if it's the truth? If Inna wants to learn armenian and just isn't able to for whatever reason, let it be, until there's time, desire, opportunity, etc.

[Darorinag]

look sleuth..stop talking about me..if your going to say anything you should at least have the decency to say it to me in a language I would understand...otherwise keep your personal opinions of others to yourself...dang I didnt realize I ment that much to you

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go ask people what the words mean, and understand what he was trying to say in Armenian. Stop the lame excuses.

Hayereh hayeren guh khosin. Guh paveh inkzinknit desnek odar lezu khoselov.

[sleuth]

The key to our culture is the language. To change this is suicide for our nation. We must defend it. Language is the foundation of our culture. we must learn the language, a few words and sentences at a time. Don't kill the love of your language in your hearts and minds. Of all the values that our forefathers created, the most valuable is the language. our culture-our language-our heritage...
I know we all from defferent countries,from different backgrounds(i am 25% russian but i am 100% armenian go an figure ) but we all are armenians...time to time have a gut to express yourself in your own language...

make this thread for armenian corner...just chit chat...or post poetry..or just say barev... inchpeses hogis

Es klinem arajine!!!

hayerene hnaguyn,bard ev amenagexetsik lezunerits mekne...ev mez baxte vichakvel linelu tere ayd lezvi...chakatagri berumov mer lezun tarber dialect uni,bayts eakane da che...lezvi himke ev axpyure mekne *grabar* hayerene...

** Erb sovorakan mi bari luysits ashxarhn aveli barie darnum,
inchuen mardik ashxarhe xarnum ev inche uzum meke miusits...
Erb sovorakan mi bari luysits ashxarhn aveli barie darnum **

** Sere goyutyna hancharne miak..
Siro hakarakn amenevinel chsirele che...mahne parzapes..
siraharnere anmahutunen veranorogum** :P

hancharex lezu...

Tha's my first post and main purpose of my thread...before blaming me...

I just can't take lame excuses...they started all pillow fight,beacuse deep down they know they are wrong.

[Inna]

Im uzates i skzbane daye exel..ev im aselikes innayin ayse----> ete ka tsankutyn ev kamk sovorelu ksovores , (i wanted her to stop lame excuses)

look sleuth..stop talking about me..if your going to say anything you should at least have the decency to say it to me in a language I would understand...otherwise keep your personal opinions of others to yourself...dang I didnt realize I ment that much to you