Can you translate this please....

[Siamanto]

Re: Can you translate this please....

I consider Diaspora as my home; I'm from Western Armenia.

You dont consider Armenia your home?

Very good question. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. What follows is not a clear answer, but a set of - probably incomplete - clarifications.

First of all, the emoticon suggests that it is a statement and is rather intentional than legally accepted. Sometimes, I even say - to non-Armenians - that my country is occupied and I live in exile. I should investigate if that has any legal - maybe minimal and vague - connotations or validity.

If "Armenia" means "The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia," then I wouldn't know how to answer. We can discuss it elsewhere. I do not use the expression "The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia" to create divisions; it's mainly intended to non-Armenian audiences and the intention is to emphasize on the fact that most of our lands remain under foreign occupation.
If "Armenia" include all Armenian lands - including those populated by *urks and Kurds in TEMPORARILY SO CALLED Turkey and Azerbaijan - Iranian or not - then my statement says an ambiguous "yes" i.e. "I'm from Armenia but live in exile."

In any case,
- The Diaspora is my actual home
- I would like to live in Armenia i.e. The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia and share my life between Armenia and the Diaspora
- I would like to spend some time in Artsakh and/or Javakhk


Note: I have chosen to auto censor the words "*urk," "*urkish" or *urkic" because it is commonly perceived as unpleasant and offending, evokes unpleasant emotions and imagery and is pregnant with immoral and evil connotations!

[peroxiderash]

Re: Can you translate this please....

Ok, the other day i was having a discussion (in armenian) with my parents and couldnt quite get my point across. Can someone translate these words into aremenian for me...thanks.

Tolerant
Open-minded
compasionate
arogant
oblivious


thanks in advance.

I am a bit late but here it is:

tolerant- hamberatar

open-minded- azatamit

compasionate - gtarat (from goot), karekits will do as well.

arrogant- handugn (simanto got it right)

oblivious- tkaramit, btatsats.

[TomServo]

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I agree Siamanto, but I think we should do as much as we can for the Armenia we have today.

[deniz]

Re: Can you translate this please....

Very good question. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. What follows is not a clear answer, but a set of - probably incomplete - clarifications.

First of all, the emoticon suggests that it is a statement and is rather intentional than legally accepted. Sometimes, I even say - to non-Armenians - that my country is occupied and I live in exile. I should investigate if that has any legal - maybe minimal and vague - connotations or validity.

If "Armenia" means "The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia," then I wouldn't know how to answer. We can discuss it elsewhere. I do not use the expression "The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia" to create divisions; it's mainly intended to non-Armenian audiences and the intention is to emphasize on the fact that most of our lands remain under foreign occupation.
If "Armenia" include all Armenian lands - including those populated by *urks and Kurds in TEMPORARILY SO CALLED Turkey and Azerbaijan - Iranian or not - then my statement says an ambiguous "yes" i.e. "I'm from Armenia but live in exile."

In any case,
- The Diaspora is my actual home
- I would like to live in Armenia i.e. The Republic of North-Eastern Armenia and share my life between Armenia and the Diaspora
- I would like to spend some time in Artsakh and/or Javakhk


Note: I have chosen to auto censor the words "*urk," "*urkish" or *urkic" because it is commonly perceived as unpleasant and offending, evokes unpleasant emotions and imagery and is pregnant with immoral and evil connotations!

Once again, you're dreaming Siamanto. Actually, I'm the one living in exile since I can't freely travel to the vilayet of Ermenistan which is under Armenian occupation.
Wake up.

[bell-the-cat]

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Once again, you're dreaming Siamanto. Actually, I'm the one living in exile since I can't freely travel to the vilayet of Ermenistan which is under Armenian occupation.

Then get your country to cease its blockade of the border, and you could freely cross into Armenia as long as you have $30 in your pocket for the visa. Or you could go into Azeri-occupied Nakhchivan for free.