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Commands and polite requests

Ask someone to come, wait, repeat, give, or speak more slowly.

13 minute lesson

Informal singular and polite plural forms

Commands normally distinguish one familiar person from a polite or plural audience. For travel, learn the polite forms first and add “please” to soften the request.

Common command pairs

ActionInformal singularPolite / pluralEnglish
comeարի — ariեկեք — yekek’come
waitսպասիր — spasirսպասեք — spasek’wait
giveտուր — turտվեք — tvek’give
say / tellասա — asaասեք — asek’say / tell
repeatկրկնիր — krknirկրկնեք — krknek’repeat
speakխոսիր — khosirխոսեք — khosek’speak

Negative commands

AudienceArmenianTransliterationEnglish
informal singularՄի՛ խոսիր։Mi khosir.Do not speak.
polite / pluralՄի՛ խոսեք։Mi khosek’.Do not speak.
informal singularՄի՛ սպասիր։Mi spasir.Do not wait.
polite / pluralՄի՛ սպասեք։Mi spasek’.Do not wait.

Useful requests

Կրկնեք, խնդրում եմ։Krknek’, khndrum em.Please repeat.Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Ավելի դանդաղ խոսեք։Aveli dandagh khosek’.Speak more slowly.Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; kh is throaty; k’ is aspirated.
Ինձ ջուր տվեք, խնդրում եմ։Indz jur tvek’, khndrum em.Please give me water.Pronunciation: dz is blended; j is as in “jam”; k’ is aspirated; kh is throaty.

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