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Everyday Eastern Armenian
Learn what to say.
Then use it in context.
These practical A1 lessons are organised around real communication situations rather than grammar rules. Each one brings together the vocabulary, phrases, pronunciation, and grammar you need for that situation.
01
25 min
Welcome
Welcome & Introductions
Learn the first conversation you need in Eastern Armenian: greet someone, introduce a name, ask where someone is from and lives, choose polite or informal address, use numbers, exchange a phone number, and talk about professions.
Understand a short first-meeting conversation
Greet someone and say goodbye
Ask and answer basic introduction questions
Choose formal or informal “you” from the situation
Open lesson
02
30 min
Countries & details
Countries, Languages & Contact Details
Build on introductions by talking about countries, nationalities and languages, introducing another person, naming everyday objects, using Armenian articles and plurals, reading larger numbers and prices, and understanding an address, phone number, and email address.
Say where a country is and where someone comes from
Ask about nationality and languages
Introduce another person with simple present-tense verbs
Ask what an object is called in Armenian
Open lesson
03
30 min
Homes & furniture
Homes, Apartments & Furniture
Learn to describe a home in Eastern Armenian: name rooms and furniture, use colors and practical adjectives, say what a home has or does not have, ask yes/no questions, understand floors and locations, read a simple rental description, ask about rent, and use inanimate direct objects naturally.
Name the most useful rooms, furniture, and home objects
Describe a fictional room with colors and simple adjectives
Say what someone has, does not have, needs, and buys
Form useful yes/no questions without an English-style auxiliary
Open lesson
04
30 min
Family life
Family Life & Free Time
Learn to talk about family life in Eastern Armenian: identify close relatives, use possessive forms, ask polite and informal questions about a family, describe common free-time activities, invite a relative for the weekend, sequence a simple city day, and describe past family situations with “was / were” and “had”.
Name close family members and understand a short family-photo conversation
Use my, your, his / her, our, your polite / plural, and their with family nouns
Ask formal and informal questions about relatives
Describe what different family members are doing in their free time
Open lesson
05
30 min
Time & routines
Time, Routines & Weekly Plans
Learn to talk about a normal day and week in Eastern Armenian: describe hobbies and free time, ask and tell the time, say when an activity starts or ends, describe a simple daily routine, use weekdays and parts of the day, read a weekly plan, and make or change a simple arrangement.
Talk about common hobbies and free-time activities
Ask what time it is and understand basic clock expressions
Say when a class, film, or activity starts and ends
Describe a simple daily routine in chronological order
Open lesson
06
30 min
Food & shopping
Food, Shopping & Eating Habits
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for food and shopping: recognise common foods and drinks, talk about how often people eat or drink something, build a shopping list, use simple commands and polite requests, ask for quantities and prices, shop at a market, express likes and dislikes, describe meal habits, and order in a café.
Recognise essential food and drink vocabulary
Say how often someone eats or drinks something
Build and understand a short shopping list
Use useful informal commands and polite requests
Open lesson
07
30 min
Jobs & work
Jobs, Work & Daily Tasks
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for work: professions and workplaces, common job tasks, work schedules, can / must / want patterns, talking about job preferences, simple bank transfers, describing a workday, moving to and from places, and arranging a work meeting.
Recognise common professions and workplaces
Describe basic tasks people do at work
Understand simple work profiles and schedules
Say what someone can, must, wants, or does not want to do
Open lesson
08
30 min
Health & doctors
Health, Doctors & Emergencies
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for health situations: doctors and specialists, making an appointment, body parts, common symptoms, describing pain, understanding simple advice, prescriptions and pharmacies, a fictional absence note, personal object pronouns, hospital language, and the essential structure of an emergency call.
Recognise common doctors and health-related places
Make and understand a simple doctor appointment
Name essential body parts
Describe common pain and symptoms
Open lesson
09
30 min
Around the city
Transport, Directions & City Rules
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for moving around a city: transport vocabulary, frequency and travel preferences, commuting and journey time, asking for public-transport directions, locating places, giving street directions, understanding permission and prohibition, interpreting simple road rules, visiting someone, and combining everything in a final city-route challenge.
Recognise common means of transport
Say how often someone uses a type of transport
Describe a simple commute and how long it takes
Ask how to reach a place by public transport
Open lesson
10
30 min
Past & life stories
Yesterday, Life Stories & Travel
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for talking about completed past actions, yesterday, trips, earlier stages of life, years and “since” expressions, asking about someone’s past, and telling a short fictional life story.
Contrast earlier situations with the present
Talk about completed actions from yesterday
Recognise useful simple-past forms of frequent verbs
Describe a short trip in chronological order
Open lesson
11
30 min
Forms & public services
Public Services, Forms & Asking for Help
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for service counters and official paperwork: identify common public-service tasks, understand fictional form fields, read and say dates correctly, ask for help and clarification, use personal dative forms, fill in and submit a form, deal with appointments and queue numbers, talk about documents and purpose, and complete a full fictional service-counter dialogue.
Recognise common public-service tasks and service-counter vocabulary
Understand the key fields in a simple fictional form
Read and say calendar dates naturally in Eastern Armenian
Ask someone to help, explain, repeat, or spell something
Open lesson
13
30 min
Travel & weather
Travel, Weather, Seasons & Holidays
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for travel: landscapes and holiday places, buying a train ticket, asking about departure, arrival, platforms and changes, describing a journey, talking about weather and forecasts, comparing places, seasons and months, expressing holiday preferences, and completing a full fictional travel-planning conversation.
Recognise common landscapes and holiday destinations
Buy a simple train ticket and understand basic ticket information
Ask about departure, arrival, platform, and whether a change is needed
Describe a journey using through, around, and destination patterns
Open lesson
Everyday lesson · 30 minutes
Food, Shopping & Eating Habits
Learn practical Eastern Armenian for food and shopping: recognise common foods and drinks, talk about how often people eat or drink something, build a shopping list, use simple commands and polite requests, ask for quantities and prices, shop at a market, express likes and dislikes, describe meal habits, and order in a café.
1. Food and drink
Begin with a short everyday exchange. Notice the two core verbs for this lesson: “to eat” and “to drink”.
A
Նախաճաշին ի՞նչ ես ուտում։
Nakhachashin inch’ es utum? What do you eat for breakfast?
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ch’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
B
Հաց ու պանիր եմ ուտում։
Hats’ u panir em utum. I eat bread and cheese.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
A
Ի՞նչ ես խմում։
Inch’ es khmum? What do you drink?
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
B
Սուրճ եմ խմում, իսկ հետո՝ ջուր։
Surch em khmum, isk heto jur. I drink coffee, and then water.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; j is as in “jam”.
Recognise “to eat”
Try it
Which answer says that the speaker eats bread and cheese?
Recognise the drink question
Try it
Which question asks what someone drinks?
2. Essential foods
Learn a compact food set that is useful in shops, cafés, and simple conversations about meals.
ջուր
jur water
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”.
հաց
hats’ bread
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
պանիր
panir cheese
միս
mis meat
ձուկ
dzuk fish
Pronunciation: dz is one blended sound.
ձու
dzu egg
Pronunciation: dz is one blended sound.
կաթ
kat’ milk
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
սուրճ
surch coffee
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated.
թեյ
tey tea
լոլիկ
lolik tomato
վարունգ
varung cucumber
կարտոֆիլ
kartofil potato
միրգ
mirg fruit
բանջարեղեն
banjareghen vegetables
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Retrieve “cheese”
Try it
Which Armenian word means “cheese”?
Retrieve “cucumber”
Try it
Which word means “cucumber”?
3. Shopping list: command or polite request?
A shopping list naturally leads to commands. Keep the familiar singular form separate from the polite or plural form. In shops, the polite form is the safer default.
One familiar person
Գնիր հաց։
Gnir hats’. Buy bread.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Բեր կաթ։
Ber kat’. Bring milk.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
Մի՛ մոռացիր ձուն։
Mi morats’ir dzun. Do not forget the eggs.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated; dz is blended.
Polite / plural
Գնեք հաց, խնդրում եմ։
Gnek’ hats’, khndrum em. Please buy bread.
Pronunciation: k’ and ts’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Տվեք մի շիշ ջուր, խնդրում եմ։
Tvek’ mi shish jur, khndrum em. Please give me a bottle of water.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”; j is as in “jam”; kh is throaty.
Փորձեք այս պանիրը։
P’ordzek’ ays panirə. Try this cheese.
Pronunciation: p’ and k’ are aspirated; dz is blended; ə is a short “uh”.
Choose the polite request
Try it
You are speaking politely in a shop. Which sentence asks for a bottle of water?
Recognise a negative command
Try it
Which sentence says “Do not forget the eggs”?
4. Quantities and packages
Shopping becomes much easier once you can combine a number or amount with a food word. After a number, Armenian commonly keeps the counted noun in the singular form.
մեկ կիլոգրամ լոլիկ
mek kilogram lolik one kilogram of tomatoes
կես կիլոգրամ պանիր
kes kilogram panir half a kilogram of cheese
մեկ լիտր կաթ
mek litr kat’ one litre of milk
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
մի շիշ ջուր
mi shish jur one bottle of water
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; j is as in “jam”.
երկու շիշ ջուր
yerku shish jur two bottles of water
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; j is as in “jam”.
մեկ տուփ թեյ
mek tup’ tey one box of tea
Pronunciation: p’ is aspirated.
մեկ փաթեթ բրինձ
mek p’at’et’ brindz one package of rice
Pronunciation: p’ and t’ are aspirated; dz is blended.
երեք հատ խնձոր
yerek hat khndzor three apples
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; dz is blended.
Choose two bottles
Try it
Which phrase means “two bottles of water”?
Recognise the classifier
Try it
Which phrase is the natural way here to ask for three individual apples?
5. At the market
Use quantities inside a real shopping exchange. Learn the polite request as one reusable chunk rather than analysing every verb form.
Seller
Բարև ձեզ։ Ի՞նչ կցանկանաք։
Barev dzez. Inch’ kts’ankanak’? Hello. What would you like?
Pronunciation: dz is blended; ch’, ts’, and k’ are aspirated.
Customer
Կուզեի մեկ կիլոգրամ լոլիկ, խնդրում եմ։
Kuzeyi mek kilogram lolik, khndrum em. I would like one kilogram of tomatoes, please.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Seller
Ուրիշ բան ուզո՞ւմ եք։
Urish ban uzum ek’? Would you like anything else?
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Customer
Այո, երեք հատ խնձոր։
Ayo, yerek hat khndzor. Yes, three apples.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; dz is blended.
Seller
Ահա։
Aha. Here you are.
Customer
Շնորհակալություն։ Այսքանը։
Shnorhakalut’yun. Aysk’anə. Thank you. That is all.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; t’ and k’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Recognise the polite order
Try it
Which line asks for one kilogram of tomatoes?
Recognise “anything else”
Try it
Which sentence asks whether the customer wants something else?
6. Ask about prices and pay
Prices are usually easier to understand when you recognise the fixed question first. Practise the amount in words so you are listening to Armenian rather than only reading digits.
Որքա՞ն արժե մեկ կիլոգրամը։
Vork’an arzhe mek kilogramə? How much does one kilogram cost?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; zh is the sound in “vision”; ə is a short “uh”.
Մեկ կիլոգրամը հազար երկու հարյուր դրամ է։
Mek kilogramə hazar yerku haryur dram e. One kilogram costs 1,200 drams.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”.
Ընդամենը երկու հազար հինգ հարյուր դրամ է։
Əndamenə yerku hazar hing haryur dram e. The total is 2,500 drams.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”.
Կարո՞ղ եմ քարտով վճարել։
Karogh em k’artov vcharel? Can I pay by card?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated; ch is unaspirated.
Կանխիկ, թե՞ քարտով։
Kankhik, te k’artov? Cash or by card?
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; k’ is aspirated.
Քարտով, խնդրում եմ։
K’artov, khndrum em. By card, please.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Ask the price
Try it
Which question asks how much one kilogram costs?
Understand the price
Try it
Which sentence gives a price of 1,200 drams for one kilogram?
7. Likes, dislikes, and frequency
Separate preference from frequency. One pattern says whether you like something; the other says how often you actually eat or drink it.
Preference
Ես պանիր սիրում եմ։
Yes panir sirum em. I like cheese.
Ես սուրճ չեմ սիրում։
Yes surch chem sirum. I do not like coffee.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated.
Ես միս չեմ ուտում։
Yes mis chem utum. I do not eat meat.
Frequency
Ես հաճախ հաց եմ ուտում։
Yes hachakh hats’ em utum. I often eat bread.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ts’ is aspirated.
Ես երբեմն թեյ եմ խմում։
Yes yerbemn tey em khmum. I sometimes drink tea.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Ես երբեք գինի չեմ խմում։
Yes yerbek’ gini chem khmum. I never drink wine.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Recognise “often”
Try it
Which sentence says “I often eat bread”?
Recognise a dislike
Try it
Which sentence says that the speaker does not like coffee?
8. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Use meal-time expressions to describe a normal day. For general habits, Armenian can use a third-person plural verb without naming one specific person.
նախաճաշ
nakhachash breakfast
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
ճաշ
chash lunch / meal
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
ընթրիք
ənt’rik’ dinner
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; t’ and k’ are aspirated.
Սովորաբար նախաճաշին հաց ու պանիր են ուտում։
Sovorabar nakhachashin hats’ u panir en utum. Usually, people eat bread and cheese for breakfast.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”; ts’ is aspirated.
Ճաշին հաճախ ապուր են ուտում։
Chashin hachakh apur en utum. People often eat soup for lunch.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Երեկոյան երբեմն թեյ են խմում։
Yerekoyan yerbemn tey en khmum. In the evening, people sometimes drink tea.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Recognise breakfast
Try it
Which word means “breakfast”?
Understand a general habit
Try it
Which sentence says that people often eat soup for lunch?
9. Order in a café
Practise a short café exchange. The goal is to recognise the service question, order clearly, and finish by asking for the bill.
Server
Բարև ձեզ։ Ի՞նչ կցանկանաք։
Barev dzez. Inch’ kts’ankanak’? Hello. What would you like?
Pronunciation: dz is blended; ch’, ts’, and k’ are aspirated.
Customer
Մի սուրճ և մի կտոր տորթ, խնդրում եմ։
Mi surch yev mi ktor tort, khndrum em. One coffee and one piece of cake, please.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Server
Ուրիշ բան ուզո՞ւմ եք։
Urish ban uzum ek’? Would you like anything else?
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Customer
Ոչ, շնորհակալություն։
Voch’, shnorhakalut’yun. No, thank you.
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”; t’ is aspirated.
Customer
Հաշիվը, խնդրում եմ։
Hashivə, khndrum em. The bill, please.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Order a coffee and cake
Try it
Which line orders one coffee and one piece of cake?
Ask for the bill
Try it
Which phrase asks for the bill?
10. Final shopping challenge
Finish by combining the main skills: a polite request, quantities, an extra item, the price, and payment.
Seller
Բարև ձեզ։ Ի՞նչ կցանկանաք։
Barev dzez. Inch’ kts’ankanak’? Hello. What would you like?
Pronunciation: dz is blended; ch’, ts’, and k’ are aspirated.
Customer
Կուզեի մեկ կիլոգրամ լոլիկ և կես կիլոգրամ պանիր։
Kuzeyi mek kilogram lolik yev kes kilogram panir. I would like one kilogram of tomatoes and half a kilogram of cheese.
Seller
Ուրիշ բան ուզո՞ւմ եք։
Urish ban uzum ek’? Would you like anything else?
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Customer
Այո, երեք հատ խնձոր, խնդրում եմ։
Ayo, yerek hat khndzor, khndrum em. Yes, three apples, please.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; dz is blended.
Seller
Ընդամենը երեք հազար երկու հարյուր դրամ է։
Əndamenə yerek hazar yerku haryur dram e. The total is 3,200 drams.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”.
Customer
Կարո՞ղ եմ քարտով վճարել։
Karogh em k’artov vcharel? Can I pay by card?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated; ch is unaspirated.
Seller
Այո, իհարկե։
Ayo, iharke. Yes, of course.
Customer
Շնորհակալություն։
Shnorhakalut’yun. Thank you.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; t’ is aspirated.
Final challenge · 1
Try it
What quantity of cheese does the customer ask for?
Final challenge · 2
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Which line gives the total price?
Final challenge · 3
Try it
Which question asks whether payment by card is possible?
One last production round
Use fictional information and answer these prompts aloud. Nothing needs to be entered or saved.
- Build a fictional shopping list with five foods and at least two quantities.
- Create a short market exchange in which the customer buys two different items.
- Say three foods a fictional person likes and two foods they do not like.
- Describe a fictional breakfast, lunch, and dinner using at least two frequency words.
- Ask the price of one kilogram of a fictional product and answer with a price in drams.
- Create a short café order with one drink, one food item, and a request for the bill.
Words to memorize
Recall the core words before you finish
These are the most useful words from the lesson. Think of the answer first, reveal it, then tell the app whether you remembered it. Words marked “Again” return later in the same drill.
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Round 1
հաց
hats’ bread
պանիր
panir cheese
կաթ
kat’ milk
սուրճ
surch coffee
լոլիկ
lolik tomato
կարտոֆիլ
kartofil potato
միրգ
mirg fruit
բանջարեղեն
banjareghen vegetables
ուտել
utel to eat
խմել
khmel to drink
գնել
gnel to buy
ուզել
uzel to want
արժենալ
arzhenal to cost
կիլոգրամ
kilogram kilogram
շիշ
shish bottle
փաթեթ
p’at’et’ package
հատ
hat item / piece (classifier)
հաճախ
hachakh often
նախաճաշ
nakhachash breakfast
հաշիվ
hashiv bill / check
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