Start without knowing the script
Learn a few letters at a time, then expand the deck as recognition becomes easier.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
1. Earlier and now
Start with a useful contrast: what a situation was like before and what it is like now. Reuse the past forms of “to be” and “to have”, then connect them to present forms.
Earlier
Նախկինում նա գյուղում էր ապրում։
Nakhkinum na gyughum er aprum. Earlier, he / she lived in a village.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; gh is voiced and throaty.
Նա փոքր տուն ուներ։
Na p’ok’r tun uner. He / she had a small house.
Pronunciation: p’ and k’ are aspirated.
Աշխատանքը դժվար էր։
Ashkhatank’ə dzhvar er. The work was difficult.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”; dzh is one blended sound.
Ընտանիքը հեռու էր։
Əntanik’ə herru er. The family was far away.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated; rr is rolled.
Now
Հիմա նա քաղաքում է ապրում։
Hima na k’aghak’um e aprum. Now he / she lives in a city.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Հիմա մեծ բնակարան ունի։
Hima mets bnakaran uni. Now he / she has a large apartment.
Աշխատանքը հետաքրքիր է։
Ashkhatank’ə hetak’rk’ir e. The work is interesting.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Ընտանիքը մոտ է։
Əntanik’ə mot e. The family is nearby.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated.
Recognise a past state
Try it
Which sentence says that the work was difficult?
Recognise “had”
Try it
Which sentence says that the person had a small house?
2. What did you do yesterday?
Use the simple past for completed actions. The events are finished, so the verb itself carries the past meaning.
A
Երեկ ի՞նչ արեցիր։
Yerek inch’ arets’ir? What did you do yesterday?
Pronunciation: ch’ and ts’ are aspirated.
B
Առավոտյան ուշ արթնացա։
Arravotyan ush art’nats’a. I woke up late in the morning.
Pronunciation: rr is rolled; sh is as in “ship”; t’ and ts’ are aspirated.
B
Հետո շուկայում գնումներ արեցի։
Heto shukayum gnumner aretsi. Then I shopped at the market.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; ts is unaspirated.
B
Կեսօրին ճաշ պատրաստեցի։
Kesorin chash patrastetsi. At noon I prepared lunch.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
B
Երեկոյան ֆիլմ դիտեցի։
Yerekoyan film ditetsi. In the evening I watched a film.
B
Գիշերը շուտ քնեցի։
Gisherə shut k’netsi. At night I went to sleep early.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated.
Yesterday · shopping
Try it
Which sentence says that the speaker shopped at the market?
Yesterday · sleep
Try it
Which sentence says that the speaker went to sleep early?
3. High-value past verbs
Some very common verbs have past forms worth memorising as complete chunks. Group them by meaning and retrieve them repeatedly.
Everyday actions
աշխատեցի
ashkhatetsi I worked
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
սովորեցի
sovoretsi I learned / studied
խմեցի
khmetsi I drank
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
քնեցի
k’netsi I slept / fell asleep
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
մնացի
mnatsi I stayed
Movement and irregular frequent forms
գնացի
gnatsi I went
եկա
yeka I came
տեսա
tesa I saw
կերա
kera I ate
արեցի
aretsi I did
Retrieve “I went”
Try it
Which form means “I went”?
Retrieve “I saw”
Try it
Which form means “I saw”?
Retrieve “I drank”
Try it
Which form means “I drank”?
4. Tell a short trip story
A travel story becomes easier when you keep a simple sequence: first, then, after that, and finally.
Traveller
Անցած շաբաթ Երևան գնացի։
Ants’ats shabat’ Yerevan gnatsi. Last week I went to Yerevan.
Pronunciation: ts’ and t’ are aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Traveller
Սկզբում կենտրոնում զբոսնեցի։
Skzbum kentronum zbosnetsi. First I walked around the centre.
Traveller
Հետո թանգարան գնացի և շատ բան տեսա։
Heto t’angaran gnatsi yev shat ban tesa. Then I went to a museum and saw many things.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Traveller
Դրանից հետո սրճարանում սուրճ խմեցի։
Dranits’ heto srcharanum surch khmetsi. After that I drank coffee in a café.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated; ch is unaspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Traveller
Երեկոյան ընկերներիս հետ ճաշեցի։
Yerekoyan ənkerneris het chashetsi. In the evening I ate with my friends.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Traveller
Վերջում հյուրանոց վերադարձա։
Verjum hyuranots’ veradardza. Finally I returned to the hotel.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; ts’ is aspirated; dz is blended.
Trip · museum
Try it
Which sentence says that the traveller went to a museum and saw many things?
Trip · sequence
Try it
Which Armenian word marks the final step?
5. Send an informal travel message
Turn the trip into a short message. Notice how a few past verbs are enough to communicate where you went, what you saw, what you ate, and how the day felt.
Message
Բարև, Անի՛։
Barev, Ani! Hi, Ani!
Message
Երեկ ամբողջ օրը քաղաքում էի։
Yerek amboghj orə k’aghak’um eyi. Yesterday I was in the city all day.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; j is as in “jam”; ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated.
Message
Թանգարան գնացի, հին շենքեր տեսա և շատ լուսանկարներ արեցի։
T’angaran gnatsi, hin shenk’er tesa yev shat lusankarner aretsi. I went to a museum, saw old buildings, and took many photos.
Pronunciation: t’ and k’ are aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Message
Կեսօրին լավ ճաշեցի, հետո գետի մոտ քայլեցի։
Kesorin lav chashetsi, heto geti mot k’ayletsi. At noon I had a good meal, then walked near the river.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Message
Շատ լավ օր էր։ Վաղը տուն եմ վերադառնում։
Shat lav or er. Vaghə tun em veradarrnum. It was a very good day. Tomorrow I am returning home.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”; rr is rolled.
Message
Շուտով կտեսնվենք։
Shutov k’tesnvenk’. See you soon.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated.
Message · photos
Try it
Which sentence says that the writer saw old buildings and took many photos?
Message · present/future context
Try it
Which sentence says that the writer is returning home tomorrow?
6. A fictional life story
Longer life stories are still built from short A1 sentences. Follow the timeline and pay attention to the dates, places, work, and family changes.
Story
Արամը ծնվել է 1985 թվականին Գյումրիում։
Aramə tsnvel e 1985 t’vakanin Gyumrium. Aram was born in 1985 in Gyumri.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; ts and t’ are aspirated.
Story
Մանկության տարիներին նա գյուղում էր ապրում։
Mankut’yan tarinerin na gyughum er aprum. During his childhood he lived in a village.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Story
2003 թվականին Երևան գնաց և համալսարանում սովորեց։
2003 t’vakanin Yerevan gnats yev hamalsaranum sovorets. In 2003 he went to Yerevan and studied at university.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated; ts is unaspirated.
Story
Հետո աշխատանք գտավ և ամուսնացավ։
Heto ashkhatank’ gtav yev amusnats’av. Then he found a job and got married.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; k’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Story
2015 թվականին ընտանիքը նոր բնակարան գնեց։
2015 t’vakanin əntanik’ə nor bnakaran gnets. In 2015 the family bought a new apartment.
Pronunciation: t’ and k’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Story
Հիմա Արամը երկու երեխա ունի և ծրագրավորող է աշխատում։
Hima Aramə yerku yerekha uni yev tsragravorogh e ashkhatum. Now Aram has two children and works as a programmer.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ts is unaspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Life story · move
Try it
Which sentence says that Aram went to Yerevan and studied at university?
Life story · now
Try it
Which sentence describes Aram’s present situation?
7. Years: in a year and since a year
Use one form for an event that happened in a particular year and another for a situation that continues from that year until now.
In a particular year
1998 թվականին
1998 t’vakanin in 1998
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
2004 թվականին
2004 t’vakanin in 2004
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
2016 թվականին
2016 t’vakanin in 2016
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated.
Նա 2016 թվականին աշխատանք գտավ։
Na 2016 t’vakanin ashkhatank’ gtav. He / she found a job in 2016.
Pronunciation: t’ and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Since / from a year until now
2004 թվականից
2004 t’vakanits’ since / from 2004
Pronunciation: t’ and ts’ are aspirated.
2019 թվականից
2019 t’vakanits’ since / from 2019
Pronunciation: t’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Նա 2019 թվականից այստեղ է ապրում։
Na 2019 t’vakanits’ aystegh e aprum. He / she has lived here since 2019.
Pronunciation: t’ and ts’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Ես երեք տարի է՝ այստեղ եմ աշխատում։
Yes yerek’ tari e՝ aystegh em ashkhatum. I have been working here for three years.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Recognise “since 2019”
Try it
Which expression means “since 2019”?
Recognise duration until now
Try it
Which sentence says that the speaker has been working here for three years?
8. Ask about someone’s past
A short interview needs only a few question patterns. Practise the question itself first, then use it to unlock a fictional life story.
Նախկինում որտե՞ղ էիր ապրում։
Nakhkinum vortegh eyir aprum? Where did you live before?
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; gh is voiced and throaty.
Ե՞րբ տեղափոխվեցիր։
Yerb t’eghap’okhvets’ir? When did you move?
Pronunciation: t’ and p’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; ts’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Որտե՞ղ էիր աշխատում։
Vortegh eyir ashkhatum? Where did you work?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Ի՞նչ էիր սովորում։
Inch’ eyir sovorum? What were you studying / learning?
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated.
Որքա՞ն ժամանակ ապրեցիր այնտեղ։
Vork’an zhamanak aprets’ir ayntegh? How long did you live there?
Pronunciation: k’ and ts’ are aspirated; zh is the sound in “vision”; gh is voiced and throaty.
Ե՞րբ սկսեցիր այս աշխատանքը։
Yerb sksets’ir ays ashkhatank’ə? When did you start this job?
Pronunciation: ts’ and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ə is a short “uh”.
Ո՞ր թվականից ես այստեղ ապրում։
Vor t’vakanits’ es aystegh aprum? Since what year have you lived here?
Pronunciation: t’ and ts’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Ask “when did you move?”
Try it
Which question asks when someone moved?
Ask “since what year?”
Try it
Which question asks for the starting year of a situation that continues now?
9. Retell a timeline
Read the fictional timeline, then reconstruct the order. The exercise tests language and sequence words rather than outside knowledge.
Timeline
1990 թվականին Լիլիթը ծնվեց Վանաձորում։
1990 t’vakanin Lilit’ə tsnvets Vanadzorum. In 1990 Lilit was born in Vanadzor.
Pronunciation: t’ and ts are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”; dz is blended.
Timeline
2008 թվականին նա Երևան տեղափոխվեց։
2008 t’vakanin na Yerevan t’eghap’okhvets. In 2008 she moved to Yerevan.
Pronunciation: t’ and p’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Timeline
Այնտեղ համալսարանում սովորեց։
Ayntegh hamalsaranum sovorets. There she studied at university.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Timeline
2013 թվականին աշխատանք գտավ։
2013 t’vakanin ashkhatank’ gtav. In 2013 she found a job.
Pronunciation: t’ and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Timeline
2018 թվականին ամուսնացավ։
2018 t’vakanin amusnats’av. In 2018 she got married.
Pronunciation: t’ and ts’ are aspirated.
Timeline
2021 թվականից ընտանիքը Գյումրիում է ապրում։
2021 t’vakanits’ əntanik’ə Gyumrium e aprum. Since 2021 the family has lived in Gyumri.
Pronunciation: t’, ts’, and k’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Timeline · first
Try it
Which event happened first?
Timeline · continuing situation
Try it
Which sentence describes a situation continuing from 2021 until now?
10. Final conversation: then and now
Finish by combining earlier life, a completed trip, family information, and the present. The conversation uses fictional people and places only.
A
Դուք միշտ մենա՞կ եք այստեղ ապրել։
Duk’ misht menak ek’ aystegh aprel? Have you always lived here alone?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”; gh is voiced and throaty.
B
Ոչ։ Նախկինում ընտանիքիս հետ էի ապրում։
Voch’. Nakhkinum əntanik’is het eyi aprum. No. Earlier I lived with my family.
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ə is a short “uh”; k’ is aspirated.
A
Հիմա որտե՞ղ են նրանք։
Hima vortegh en nrank’? Where are they now?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
B
Աղջիկս հիմա Մադրիդում է ապրում։ Նա այնտեղ է սովորել։
Aghjiks hima Madridum e aprum. Na ayntegh e sovorel. My daughter lives in Madrid now. She studied there.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; j is as in “jam”.
A
Դուք Մադրիդ գնացե՞լ եք։
Duk’ Madrid gnats’el ek’? Have you been to Madrid?
Pronunciation: k’ and ts’ are aspirated.
B
Այո, երկու տարի առաջ գնացի։ Շատ բան տեսա և քաղաքը շատ հավանեցի։
Ayo, yerku tari arraj gnatsi. Shat ban tesa yev k’aghak’ə shat havanetsi. Yes, I went two years ago. I saw many things and liked the city very much.
Pronunciation: rr is rolled; sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”.
A
Նորից կգնա՞ք։
Norits’ k’gnak’? Will you go again?
Pronunciation: ts’ and k’ are aspirated.
B
Այո, հաջորդ տարի ուզում եմ նորից գնալ։
Ayo, hajord tari uzum em norits’ gnal. Yes, next year I want to go again.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; ts’ is aspirated.
Final challenge · earlier life
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Which sentence says that the speaker previously lived with the family?
Final challenge · trip
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Which sentence says that the speaker went two years ago and saw many things?
Final challenge · future intention
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Which sentence says that the speaker wants to go again next year?
One last production round
Use fictional information and answer these prompts aloud. Nothing needs to be entered or saved.
- Describe a fictional person with two “earlier” facts and two “now” facts.
- Create a six-step fictional “yesterday” routine using completed past actions.
- Tell a short fictional trip story using first, then, after that, and finally.
- Write a short fictional informal travel message with at least three completed past actions.
- Create a fictional life timeline with four years and four major events.
- Make a short interview about someone’s past using where, when, how long, and since what year.
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
երեկ
yerek yesterday
նախկինում
nakhkinum earlier / formerly
անցած
ants’ats last / past
առաջ
arraj ago / before
սկզբում
skzbum first / at the beginning
հետո
heto then / afterwards
վերջում
verjum finally / at the end
գնացի
gnatsi I went
եկա
yeka I came
տեսա
tesa I saw
արեցի
aretsi I did
կերա
kera I ate
խմեցի
khmetsi I drank
քնեցի
k’netsi I slept / fell asleep
մնացի
mnatsi I stayed
ծնվել
tsnvel to be born
տեղափոխվել
teghap’okhvel to move / relocate
թվական
t’vakan year (calendar year)
թվականին
t’vakanin in the year…
թվականից
t’vakanits’ since / from the year…
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