translating Armenian expressions literally to English

[Crissy]

Krtink chi ara. (no sweat dude)

shouldn't it be aper and not ARA??

[Sip]

I don't know ... what IS the translation of "dude"? I would guess "bro" is more like "Aper".

[Crissy]

I just thought that ARA means "hey!"

[Ani555]

I just thought that ARA means "hey!"

Oho, patkeracnum em mek@ indz Hey i tegh@ ara asi lol, ktam-ksatkacnem
In fact, ARA ov dimum en menak tghanerin, isk dude chgitem inch a nshanakum.

[Ani555]

Tsavd tanem - Be your Advil

[TomServo]

Yerevan ko tsavt tanem, sirem kez,
Inch em anum London ou Los Angeles?
Ko nman chka che, du mi hat es.

=

Yerevan let me take your pain away and love you,
What am I doing in London and Los Angeles?
Nothing compares to you, you're unique.

Okay, yeah, lame. It sounds better in Armenian.

[Sip]

It sounds better in Armenian.

Not really.

[Siggie]

I might have confused the forum public with the thread title. Thousand apologies and please "togh vor gna"

Don't let it happen again.

[Sip]

Mi togh ed padahi norits.

[loseyourname]

I don't know ... what IS the translation of "dude"? I would guess "bro" is more like "Aper".

The word 'dude' comes from New York City regional slang of the late 1800s. It originally referred to city dwellers that went west (hence dude ranches). I doubt there would be any way to translate that faithfully into a non-English language.