vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

[HyeWayCop]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

Yes, its amazing that we al have diff dialects but not being sarcastic or anything me being beirutsi sometimes i have trouble understanding what barsgahyes & haystancis are trying to say.

[Iran Forever]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

I met an Armenian Argentinian in Buenos Aires...and if you are ever in Punta del Este, Uruguay, the AJAX hotel is owned by a wonderful Armenian Uruguayan.

[Jen]

Re: I'm a newcomer

Hi y'all! I'm a 24 year old guy living in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I work in a call center and one day when talking to a customer on the phone the guy sitting next to me said "Look! The woman is talking to her husband in Armenian! Can we speak a language other than English or Spanish?" He started speaking Armenian and I fell in love with the language. It was "love at first hearing".

From then on I started looking for information on the internet but I haven't found many things... he gave me some lessons but that's not enough. I've learned the alphabet (?) and I'm trying to read (ha!) a book for little kids in (Western) Armenian. I have Pimsleur course as well. I want to buy the course from www.discoverarmenian.com, but I don't know if it's good. Perhaps you can check it out... or send me the torrent! ...haha... well, it's too expensive for me, it's in dollars...

Do you happen to have a (GOOD) dictionary on your computers? Where can I get information regarding the grammar of Western Armenian? And I'd like to know if this is the right place to ask questions about the language, grammar, vocabulary, things I don't understand and so on... ok?

I hope to meet many interesting people here.
Regards, long live Armenia.

Daniel

Hola Daniel, have you tried visiting one of the many Armenian Churches in Buenos Aires??? (for list, check this website http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.ph...n_the_Americas)

Also, try the Union General Armenia de Beneficencia (www.ugab.org.ar) they should be able to help you.

[karoaper]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

The same way.... maight sound to Eastern's follwoing Wester expression...

You see someone kinda down, dizzy.. and you ask what happend , the reply
"Qez el vor qunen hanein, dun al edpes kllair"

lol

reminds of a funny episode when I was a kid. Our neighbor's mother was visiting from some village and I was helping her put her toddler grandkid to bed. I was maybe 7. Anyway, afterwards in the living room she announced "Erekhen kuunela". I remember getting red in the face and saying "Vai es inch kekhtot ban a arel erekhen". Everyone was on the floor laughing. Obviously she mean "k'nela", but that specific village accent made it sound like it did.

[Vlad_Arm]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

The same way.... maight sound to Eastern's follwoing Wester expression...

You see someone kinda down, dizzy.. and you ask what happend , the reply
"Qez el vor qunen hanein, dun al edpes kllair"

[The Abyss]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

It's supposed to be a joke. Instead of "leres," make "leris" and see what happens..

Man i got the joke even in arevelahayeren

by the way it will be a joke only if you write it latin letters, it won't be if you write it in armenian letters

[tunot]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

gue nestis gue leres in western Armenian

It's supposed to be a joke. Instead of "leres," make "leris" and see what happens..

[tunot]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

lol, somethinig like that should be spelt only in Armenian.

Why is it that time and again only Eastern Armenians get it? See Abyss's conclusion above..

[karoaper]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

Also the classic: what is "knstes klres" in Western Armenian?

lol, somethinig like that should be spelt only in Armenian.

[The Abyss]

Re: vocabulary differences between Western and Eastern Armenian

Badrakagh-chatal-fork (i think chatal is slang in eastern Armenian)
Havgit-dzou-egg
yergvargian-vargian-second
dzanotsoum-kovast-advertisment
ports enel-barabel- to practice
azad-barab-free (barab in western Armenian is empty)
lolknal-loghanal-bathing
(loghal in western Armenian is to swim)