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  • the armenian language

    okkk......so, i dont really know how to start this topic, basically it's got no "specific question" it's about the different kinds of armenians, like, the armenians here in beirut have a certain accent, and the umm,.....real armenians have another accent, and oh i dunno! it's all so complicated!
    i once put on the armenian channel on TV, and i was lookin at the screen smply "stunned" like i seriously didn't get anything they said except for the word "madani"/ring! it's all so confusing! and hard!

  • #2
    I suppose its only expected for us to have different dialects or accents because of geographic isolation/seporation. Thats how it usually works anyway. hehe

    I am Bakvahye, and our Armenian is a soft version of Eastern...like Karabakhi.

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    • #3
      i REALLY dont know what that is!!!!!
      and by the way...did u notice that ur psot no. is 666? :P u satanic barbie :P

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      • #4
        I have this Karabakhci friend, when I call him and his grandma picks the phoen - I can as well hang up immediately I don't understand one single word of what they say... Only "lee" in the end of each sentence, meaning nothing

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        • #5
          ^^^^^^^^ HAHAHHAAAAAA..........it really is difficult !
          the word my friends ask me most about is "spaghetti" they know its loonggggg, so they go like: "yo jess, whats armenian 4 spaghetti?" and i go like "well, if u insist...its yergara khemora gelora dzag" they go like, "yergakha, lelola, khermelo, za?"
          its soooooooo hillarious, just watching them so desperately tryin to get it right

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          • #6
            Originally posted by jessoussi
            ^^^^^^^^ HAHAHHAAAAAA..........it really is difficult !
            the word my friends ask me most about is "spaghetti" they know its loonggggg, so they go like: "yo jess, whats armenian 4 spaghetti?" and i go like "well, if u insist...its yergara khemora gelora dzag" they go like, "yergakha, lelola, khermelo, za?"
            its soooooooo hillarious, just watching them so desperately tryin to get it right
            you know its not a real word, only a joke

            just like "hatakapatatapakapayt" meaning that wooden thingie that goes between your walls and floors

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            • #7
              Moi?

              Hehehehe The funny part is that I have had a fear of the number 6 for years as a superstition. I recently got over it. The really funny part is that I dont believe in the devil or anything related.

              Now watch as I magically make the number change!

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              • #8
                Speaking of funny words used in different dialects, this Western Armenian guy today at lunch used the word "jermaks". Like "I wonder why jermaks don't do this or that". It took me some time to realize he means "white people" by that

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rabinovich
                  you know its not a real word, only a joke

                  just like "hatakapatatapakapayt" meaning that wooden thingie that goes between your walls and floors
                  YAAAAYYYYY..........I just learned a new word.....wait till ym friends hear this!!!!!! this is so funny!!!11 wait, i ahve 2 write that down :P

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jessoussi
                    YAAAAYYYYY..........I just learned a new word.....wait till ym friends hear this!!!!!! this is so funny!!!11 wait, i ahve 2 write that down :P
                    Oh and there's "pozasaylak" for a trolley-bus (not sure if you know how that archaic vehicle looks like), "prpragmpik" for champagne, "tnkatas" for toilet and lots of other joke-words

                    But you know, these words are parodies on real recent inventions of Armenian "genius" linguists, like "gazanazspich" for the animal trainer, "aruyt" for a function, "tvamayr" for matrix (literally meaning "mother of numbers"), etc etc...

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