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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
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.
1. Which doctor?
Begin with the people and places you need when something is wrong. Learn a small set of specialists and connect each one to a typical problem.
բժիշկ
bzhishk doctor
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”.
ընտանեկան բժիշկ
əntanekan bzhishk family doctor / general practitioner
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”.
ատամնաբույժ
atamnabuyzh dentist
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”.
ակնաբույժ
aknabuyzh eye doctor / ophthalmologist
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”.
մանկաբույժ
mankabuyzh pediatrician
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”.
դեղատուն
deghatun pharmacy
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
հիվանդանոց
hivandanots’ hospital
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Ինձ բժիշկ է պետք։
Indz bzhishk e petk’. I need a doctor.
Pronunciation: dz is blended; zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Ինձ ատամնաբույժ է պետք։
Indz atamnabuyzh e petk’. I need a dentist.
Pronunciation: dz is blended; zh is the sound in “vision”; k’ is aspirated.
Choose the dentist
Try it
Which word means “dentist”?
Ask for a doctor
Try it
Which sentence says “I need a doctor”?
2. Make a doctor appointment
Practise a short phone call. Focus on the reusable chunks for asking for an appointment, proposing a day and time, and confirming it.
Reception
Բարև ձեզ, բժշկի ընդունարանն է։
Barev dzez, bzhshki əndunarann e. Hello, doctor’s office.
Pronunciation: dz is blended; zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”.
Caller
Բարև ձեզ։ Ուզում եմ բժշկի մոտ գրանցվել։
Barev dzez. Uzum em bzhshki mot grants’vel. Hello. I would like to make an appointment with the doctor.
Pronunciation: dz is blended; zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ts’ is aspirated.
Reception
Կարո՞ղ եք երկուշաբթի ժամը իննին գալ։
Karogh ek’ yerkushabt’i zhamə innin gal? Can you come Monday at nine?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ and t’ are aspirated; zh is the sound in “vision”; ə is a short “uh”.
Caller
Այո, կարող եմ։
Ayo, karogh em. Yes, I can.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Reception
Լավ, գրանցեցի։ Մինչ երկուշաբթի։
Lav, grants’etsi. Minch’ yerkushabt’i. Good, I have booked it. See you Monday.
Pronunciation: ts’, ch’, and t’ are aspirated.
Ask for an appointment
Try it
Which line asks to make an appointment with the doctor?
Understand the appointment
Try it
When is the proposed appointment?
3. Body parts
Learn the body words that appear most often in beginner health conversations. The next section will immediately turn them into symptom sentences.
գլուխ
glukh head
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
աչք
ach’k’ eye
Pronunciation: ch’ and k’ are aspirated.
ականջ
akanj ear
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”.
քիթ
k’it’ nose
Pronunciation: k’ and t’ are aspirated.
բերան
beran mouth
կոկորդ
kokord throat
ատամ
atam tooth
մեջք
mejk’ back
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; k’ is aspirated.
փոր
p’or stomach / belly
Pronunciation: p’ is aspirated.
ձեռք
dzerrk’ hand / arm
Pronunciation: dz is blended; rr is rolled; k’ is aspirated.
ոտք
votk’ leg / foot
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Retrieve “throat”
Try it
Which word means “throat”?
Retrieve “back”
Try it
Which word means “back”?
4. Describe pain and symptoms
Two patterns cover a large part of beginner health language: “I have…” for symptoms such as fever or a headache, and “my … hurts” for a specific body part.
I have…
Գլխացավ ունեմ։
Glkhats’av unem. I have a headache.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Ջերմություն ունեմ։
Jermut’yun unem. I have a fever.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; t’ is aspirated.
Հազում եմ։
Hazum em. I am coughing.
Մրսած եմ։
Mrsats em. I have a cold.
Pronunciation: ts is unaspirated.
Վատ եմ զգում։
Vat em zgum. I feel unwell.
My … hurts
Կոկորդս ցավում է։
Kokords ts’avum e. My throat hurts.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Ատամս ցավում է։
Atams ts’avum e. My tooth hurts.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Փորս ցավում է։
P’ors ts’avum e. My stomach hurts.
Pronunciation: p’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Մեջքս ցավում է։
Mejk’s ts’avum e. My back hurts.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; k’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Քիթս հոսում է։
K’its hosum e. My nose is running.
Pronunciation: k’ and ts are aspirated.
Describe a sore throat
Try it
Which sentence says “My throat hurts”?
Recognise fever
Try it
Which sentence says “I have a fever”?
5. At the doctor: understand advice
Follow a fictional consultation. Here “need to / should” is expressed with the same practical pattern used earlier for obligation; context makes it advice rather than a strict command.
Doctor
Ի՞նչ է ձեզ անհանգստացնում։
Inch’ e dzez anhangstats’num? What is bothering you?
Pronunciation: ch’ and ts’ are aspirated; dz is blended.
Patient
Գլխացավ ունեմ, հազում եմ, և կոկորդս ցավում է։
Glkhats’av unem, hazum em, yev kokords ts’avum e. I have a headache, I am coughing, and my throat hurts.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Doctor
Ջերմություն ունե՞ք։
Jermut’yun unek’? Do you have a fever?
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; t’ and k’ are aspirated.
Patient
Այո, մի քիչ։
Ayo, mi k’ich’. Yes, a little.
Pronunciation: k’ and ch’ are aspirated.
Doctor
Պետք է հանգստանաք և շատ ջուր խմեք։
Petk’ e hangstanak’ yev shat jur khmek’. You should rest and drink plenty of water.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”; j is as in “jam”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Doctor
Այս դեղը ընդունեք այնպես, ինչպես գրված է դեղատոմսում։
Ays deghə əndunek’ aynpes, inch’pes grvats e deghatomsum. Take this medicine as written on the prescription.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”; k’ and ch’ are aspirated; ts is unaspirated.
Understand the advice
Try it
Which sentence tells the patient to rest and drink plenty of water?
Recognise the fever question
Try it
Which line asks whether the patient has a fever?
6. Medical documents and the pharmacy
Recognise a few document words that commonly appear around medical care. Procedures vary, so the lesson focuses on the vocabulary itself and on a simple pharmacy exchange.
դեղատոմս
deghatoms prescription
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
ուղեգիր
ughegir referral
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
բժշկական տեղեկանք
bzhshkakan teghekank’ medical certificate
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
դեղ
degh medicine
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
հաբ
hab tablet / pill
Դեղատոմս ունեմ։
Deghatoms unem. I have a prescription.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Այս դեղը ունե՞ք։
Ays deghə unek’? Do you have this medicine?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated.
Ինչպե՞ս պետք է ընդունեմ։
Inch’pes petk’ e əndunem? How should I take it?
Pronunciation: ch’ and k’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Recognise a prescription
Try it
Which word means “prescription”?
Ask at the pharmacy
Try it
Which question asks whether the pharmacy has this medicine?
7. A fictional absence note
Sometimes the useful language is written rather than spoken. Read this short fictional note and identify why the student is absent and what the writer asks the school to do.
Note
Հարգելի՛ ուսուցիչ,
Hargeli usuts’ich’, Dear teacher,
Pronunciation: ts’ and ch’ are aspirated.
Note
Անի այսօր հիվանդ է և չի կարող դասի գալ։
Ani aysor hivand e yev ch’i karogh dasi gal. Ani is ill today and cannot come to class.
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Note
Խնդրում եմ ներել նրա բացակայությունը։
Khndrum em nerel nra bats’akayut’yunə. Please excuse her absence.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ts’ and t’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Note
Հարգանքով՝ Մարիամ։
Hargank’ov՝ Mariam. Respectfully, Mariam.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Understand the absence
Try it
Why is Ani not coming to class?
Recognise the request
Try it
Which line asks the teacher to excuse the absence?
8. At the hospital: me, you, him, her, us
With people, Eastern Armenian commonly uses the dative-shaped personal pronouns for direct objects too. Learn the forms through short hospital sentences instead of memorising an isolated table.
Singular
Բժիշկը ինձ զննում է։
Bzhishkə indz znnum e. The doctor examines me.
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; dz is blended.
Բժիշկը քեզ կանչում է։
Bzhishkə k’ez kanch’um e. The doctor is calling you.
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; k’ and ch’ are aspirated.
Բժիշկը նրան զննում է։
Bzhishkə nran znnum e. The doctor examines him / her.
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”.
Plural / polite
Բժիշկը մեզ կանչում է։
Bzhishkə mez kanch’um e. The doctor is calling us.
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; ch’ is aspirated.
Բժիշկը ձեզ սպասում է։
Bzhishkə dzez spasum e. The doctor is waiting for you.
Pronunciation: zh is the sound in “vision”; sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; dz is blended.
Ընտանիքը նրանց այցելում է։
Əntanik’ə nrants’ aytselum e. The family visits them.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; k’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Recognise “him / her”
Try it
Which sentence says “The doctor examines him / her”?
Recognise polite / plural “you”
Try it
Which sentence says “The doctor is waiting for you” using the polite / plural form?
9. An emergency call
In an emergency, the most important language is simple and concrete: what happened, where you are, how many people need help, and what kind of help is needed. No personal information is required in this fictional exercise.
Operator
Ի՞նչ է պատահել։
Inch’ e patahel? What happened?
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated.
Caller
Այստեղ վթար է եղել։
Aystegh vt’ar e yeghel. There has been an accident here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; t’ is aspirated.
Operator
Որտե՞ղ եք գտնվում։
Vortegh ek’ gtnvum? Where are you?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
Caller
Արամի փողոցում եմ, այգու մոտ։
Arami p’oghots’um em, aygu mot. I am on Aram Street, near the park.
Pronunciation: p’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Operator
Քանի՞ մարդ է վիրավոր։
K’ani mard e viravor? How many people are injured?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Caller
Մի մարդ է վիրավոր։ Շտապ օգնություն ուղարկեք, խնդրում եմ։
Mi mard e viravor. Shtap ognut’yun ugharkek’, khndrum em. One person is injured. Please send emergency medical help.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; t’ and k’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Operator
Լավ։ Մի՛ անջատեք հեռախոսը։
Lav. Mi anjatek’ herrakhosə. Okay. Do not hang up the phone.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; k’ is aspirated; rr is rolled; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ə is a short “uh”.
Emergency call · what happened?
Try it
Which line says there has been an accident?
Emergency call · location
Try it
Where is the fictional caller?
Emergency call · help
Try it
Which sentence asks for emergency medical help?
10. Final health challenge
Combine the lesson: describe symptoms, understand what to do next, recognise a prescription, and arrange follow-up language.
Doctor
Ի՞նչ է ձեզ անհանգստացնում։
Inch’ e dzez anhangstats’num? What is bothering you?
Pronunciation: ch’ and ts’ are aspirated; dz is blended.
Patient
Կոկորդս ցավում է, հազում եմ և ջերմություն ունեմ։
Kokords ts’avum e, hazum em yev jermut’yun unem. My throat hurts, I am coughing, and I have a fever.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated; j is as in “jam”; t’ is aspirated.
Doctor
Պետք է հանգստանաք։ Դեղատոմս կգրեմ։
Petk’ e hangstanak’. Deghatoms k’grem. You should rest. I will write a prescription.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Patient
Դեղը որտե՞ղ կարող եմ գնել։
Deghə vortegh karogh em gnel? Where can I buy the medicine?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”.
Doctor
Դեղատանը։ Եթե ավելի վատ զգաք, նորից զանգեք։
Deghatanə. Yet’e aveli vat zgak’, norits’ zangek’. At the pharmacy. If you feel worse, call again.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”; t’, k’, and ts’ are aspirated.
Patient
Շնորհակալություն։
Shnorhakalut’yun. Thank you.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; t’ is aspirated.
Final challenge · symptoms
Try it
Which combination of symptoms does the patient report?
Final challenge · prescription
Try it
Which sentence says the doctor will write a prescription?
Final challenge · pharmacy
Try it
Where does the doctor say the medicine can be bought?
One last production round
Use fictional information and answer these prompts aloud. Nothing needs to be entered or saved.
- Create a fictional doctor appointment phone call with one proposed day and time.
- Describe three fictional symptoms using at least one “I have…” pattern and one “my … hurts” pattern.
- Create a short doctor-patient exchange with one symptom question and two pieces of simple advice.
- Write a two-sentence fictional absence note for a student who is ill.
- Build three hospital sentences using different personal object pronouns: me, him / her, us, or polite you.
- Create a fictional emergency call that states what happened, the location, how many people need help, and the request for emergency medical help.
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
բժիշկ
bzhishk doctor
ատամնաբույժ
atamnabuyzh dentist
դեղատուն
deghatun pharmacy
հիվանդանոց
hivandanots’ hospital
գլուխ
glukh head
կոկորդ
kokord throat
մեջք
mejk’ back
գլխացավ
glkhats’av headache
ջերմություն
jermut’yun fever / temperature
հազ
haz cough
մրսած
mrsats having a cold
ցավել
ts’avel to hurt
դեղ
degh medicine
հաբ
hab tablet / pill
դեղատոմս
deghatoms prescription
ուղեգիր
ughegir referral
զննել
znnel to examine
հանգստանալ
hangstanal to rest
վիրավոր
viravor injured
շտապ օգնություն
shtap ognut’yun emergency medical help / ambulance service
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