how do you write the word "guest"...

[NarEkoO]

in armenian with the correct spellinG?

need it ASAP...thanks

[TJ]

Hyur Armenian H then Ye then U then soft r

[HyeJinx1984]

...further proof of what I said in the previous thread about this board NEEDING the Masis or Sassoun fonts so we can actually type in Armenian. Is there anything the admin can do about this?

[xBaron Dants]

Gaucho, the way you spelled is the correct one. Tigran spelled it in the stalinian way.

[sleuth]

Gaucho, the way you spelled is the correct one. Tigran spelled it in the stalinian way.

Hiour or hyur (I have been taught in stalinian way )..if gaucho spelt it correctly does it mean *huys* should be spelt like *huis*??.Sounds weird.

[angelik22]

i thought it was actually h-y-u-r, although pronounced huyr- argh!! 8 years of learning armenian and i cannot remember how to spell this inky dinky word? im gonna go smack myself in the forehead now....

[xBaron Dants]

huys is written HI-VO-HI-SE

[xBaron Dants]

Keep in mind that hooys and hur do not have the same sound.

One is an "ooy", like "ooy, klookhs zargi" while the other is "u", like the "u" in the french word "ruse" (I can't think of any english words that have the same sound).

[sleuth]

huys is written HI-VO-HI-SE

To be honest,this way of spelling is too complex for me.But which one is right ,anyway?.Or there is no right and wrong.

[xBaron Dants]

In this case, the right one is the spelling used in Western Armenian. The spelling used in Armenia today was developped in 1922, at Stalin's insistence. The reasons for this new spelling was that it was the first step in the creation of a soviet language, and it also helped widen the gap between Armenia and diaspora. It truly is a shame, and should be corrected ASAP. The language suffers because of it.