hi all, nice boards.

[Che_Ka]

Right.

I'd suggest learning whatever dialect it is she speaks.

[nunechka]

i think people have the impression that in the US there is a different armenian language, and rightfully so, however with the new immigration from Armenia, it is becoming evenly divided in the easter vs. western...

obi in Armenia we speak Eastern because as you know the western part the turks murdered us and took our land, some of us move to armenia but most of us moved to europe or the US, and so those that moved kept the accent... those that went to Armenia spoke with the eastern accent... in Armenia thers is no acceptance of this "western" armenian... they are very strict there, and only one type of armenian is taught (eastern)

she speaks eastern and the website you refered to, has perfect translations... you will learn so much from that... I am very happy that you have taken an interest in this... good luck...

[obi]

Thanks, but this is why i joined ArmenianClub. I cannot find any translations in english font. You know.
i wondered if anyone fancied helping me learn Eastern Armenian.

tarkmanich em uzum
ayo???
ah well. i want to write words of love in her own tongue.

[sleuth]

Sounds strange indeed that she would be speaking classical Armenian as her native tongue... Classical is the Armenian Mashtots was writing in; the language of the church and old literature. It's a dead language, like Latin and Classical Greek.
Maybe she meant "standard" Armenian. I would guess she's probably from Armenia, where she learned to speak "proper" Armenian (like BBC English), as opposed to "dialectal".

I can just imagine someone saying:

Chanachir z' imastutyun ev z'banes hancharoy( a bit shaky) instead of endunir imastutyune ev sovorir gitutyune.

[!EEK]

Thanks, but this is why i joined ArmenianClub. I cannot find any translations in english font. You know.
i wondered if anyone fancied helping me learn Eastern Armenian.

tarkmanich em uzum
ayo???
ah well. i want to write words of love in her own tongue.

Hey, where do you live in the UK? London? We'll have a schooltrip to london in Mai, maybe I'll see you and teach you the basics

[obi]

Hey, where do you live in the UK? London? We'll have a schooltrip to london in Mai, maybe I'll see you and teach you the basics

cheers !EEk.. I live in Nottingham but i do get to London quite a bit.
London is an excellent city... steeped in history.....

[!EEK]

cheers !EEk.. I live in Nottingham but i do get to London quite a bit.
London is an excellent city... steeped in history.....

yay, we'll visit a lot of stuff during the day.......But at night ...We'll probably lurk out like we used to in our previous schooltrip...any night club recommendations?

[obi]

i know cafe's in London, like Amsterdam... smoke and be as you like.... just enjoy london mate... obi...