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Armenian written in Latin letters; not a pronunciation guide.
Work through short lessons with clear explanations, tables, practical vocabulary, pronunciation help, and examples in Armenian, transliteration, and English.
Say who is doing something and choose the correct informal or polite form of “you”.
Build identity, description, location, and state sentences with the present-tense copula.
Express “a” and “the” with the Armenian article system.
Distinguish what is near the speaker, near the listener, or farther from both.
Talk about possessions, relatives, time, and things that are available.
Assemble useful sentences without translating English word for word.
Say what you do and what is happening now with the characteristic -ում form.
Make negative identity, state, possession, and action sentences.
Turn a statement into a question without changing its basic word order.
Ask for people, things, places, times, reasons, choices, and quantities.
Form regular plurals and recognize the most useful irregular forms.
Say my, your, our, and someone’s without English-style apostrophes.
See how noun endings express subject, object, possession, direction, origin, means, and location.
Mark people as direct objects and identify the recipient of an action.
Say from where, by what means, and in or at what place.
Count, state age, read prices, and build larger numbers predictably.
Say first, second, third, floors, rankings, and positions in a sequence.
Describe size, age, quality, difficulty, speed, temperature, and price.
Say how you feel physically and emotionally with simple “to be” sentences.
Describe everyday objects and recognize the most common color words.
Talk about today, tomorrow, the days of the week, and clock time.
Place objects on, under, inside, beside, behind, or in front of something.
Say that something exists or is available, and ask whether it is nearby.
Express ability, wishes, necessities, and permission with complete present-tense patterns.
Ask someone to come, wait, repeat, give, or speak more slowly.
Talk about a completed event with common regular and irregular past forms.
Say what you will do or are going to do with a very common future construction.
Compare two things and identify the biggest, cheapest, or best one.
Join ideas with and, but, or, because, that, and if.
Combine the course’s grammar into introductions, clarification, directions, prices, and help.
Express ability, wishes, necessities, and permission with complete present-tense patterns.
| Armenian | Transliteration | English | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| կարող եմ | karogh em | I can | կարող + form of “to be” + infinitive |
| ուզում եմ | uzum em | I want | ուզում + form of “to be” + noun or infinitive |
| պետք է | petk’ e | must / need to | պետք է + special present verb form |
| կարելի է | kareli e | it is possible / allowed | impersonal permission |
| Person | Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | կարող եմ խոսել | karogh em khosel | I can speak |
| you, informal | կարող ես խոսել | karogh es khosel | you can speak |
| he / she | կարող է խոսել | karogh e khosel | he / she can speak |
| we | կարող ենք խոսել | karogh enk’ khosel | we can speak |
| you, plural / polite | կարող եք խոսել | karogh ek’ khosel | you can speak |
| they | կարող են խոսել | karogh en khosel | they can speak |
| Person | Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | ուզում եմ | uzum em | I want |
| you, informal | ուզում ես | uzum es | you want |
| he / she | ուզում է | uzum e | he / she wants |
| we | ուզում ենք | uzum enk’ | we want |
| you, plural / polite | ուզում եք | uzum ek’ | you want |
| they | ուզում են | uzum en | they want |
| Person | Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | պետք է գնամ | petk’ e gnam | I must go |
| you, informal | պետք է գնաս | petk’ e gnas | you must go |
| he / she | պետք է գնա | petk’ e gna | he / she must go |
| we | պետք է գնանք | petk’ e gnank’ | we must go |
| you, plural / polite | պետք է գնաք | petk’ e gnak’ | you must go |
| they | պետք է գնան | petk’ e gnan | they must go |
The obligation frame takes the present subjunctive, not the infinitive. With many regular verbs in the first infinitive class, the endings follow -եմ (-em), -ես (-es), -ի (-i), -ենք (-enk’), -եք (-ek’), -են (-en); verbs in the second class commonly use -ամ (-am), -աս (-as), -ա (-a), -անք (-ank’), -աք (-ak’), -ան (-an). Frequent irregular verbs should be learned as complete six-person sets.
| Person | Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | ինձ ջուր է պետք | indz jur e petk’ | I need water |
| you, informal | քեզ ջուր է պետք | k’ez jur e petk’ | you need water |
| he / she | նրան ջուր է պետք | nran jur e petk’ | he / she needs water |
| we | մեզ ջուր է պետք | mez jur e petk’ | we need water |
| you, plural / polite | ձեզ ջուր է պետք | dzez jur e petk’ | you need water |
| they | նրանց ջուր է պետք | nrants’ jur e petk’ | they need water |
| Person | Cannot | Do not want | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | չեմ կարող | չեմ ուզում | ch’em karogh / ch’em uzum |
| you, informal | չես կարող | չես ուզում | ch’es karogh / ch’es uzum |
| he / she | չի կարող | չի ուզում | ch’i karogh / ch’i uzum |
| we | չենք կարող | չենք ուզում | ch’enk’ karogh / ch’enk’ uzum |
| you, plural / polite | չեք կարող | չեք ուզում | ch’ek’ karogh / ch’ek’ uzum |
| they | չեն կարող | չեն ուզում | ch’en karogh / ch’en uzum |
| Meaning | Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| cannot | չեմ կարող գնալ | ch’em karogh gnal | I cannot go |
| do not want | չեմ ուզում գնալ | ch’em uzum gnal | I do not want to go |
| must not | չպետք է գնամ | ch’petk’ e gnam | I must not go |
| do not need to | պետք չէ գնալ | petk’ ch’e gnal | there is no need to go |
| not allowed | չի կարելի ծխել | ch’i kareli tskhel | smoking is not allowed |
| Armenian | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| Կարելի՞ է ներս գալ։ | Kareli e ners gal? | May I come in? |
| Այո, կարելի է։ | Ayo, kareli e. | Yes, it is allowed. |
| Ոչ, չի կարելի։ | Voch’, ch’i kareli. | No, it is not allowed. |
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