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
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
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.
1. Getting around
Start with the transport words you will hear most often, then connect them to frequency and simple opinions. Learn the transport as part of a useful sentence rather than as an isolated list.
Transport
ավտոբուս
avtobus bus
մետրո
metro metro / subway
գնացք
gnats’k’ train
Pronunciation: ts’ and k’ are aspirated.
տրամվայ
tramvay tram
տաքսի
taksi taxi
մեքենա
mek’ena car
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
հեծանիվ
hetsaniv bicycle
մոտոցիկլ
motots’ikl motorcycle
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
ինքնաթիռ
ink’nat’ir airplane
Pronunciation: k’ and t’ are aspirated.
նավ
nav ship / boat
Use it in a sentence
Ես հաճախ ավտոբուսով եմ գնում։
Yes hachakh avtobusov em gnum. I often go by bus.
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Ես երբեմն մետրոյով եմ գնում։
Yes yerbemn metroyov em gnum. I sometimes go by metro.
Ես հազվադեպ եմ տաքսի նստում։
Yes hazvadep em taksi nstum. I rarely take a taxi.
Ես երբեք մոտոցիկլով չեմ գնում։
Yes yerbek’ motots’iklov chem gnum. I never go by motorcycle.
Pronunciation: k’ and ts’ are aspirated; ch is unaspirated.
Ես ոտքով եմ գնում։
Yes votk’ov em gnum. I go on foot.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Recognise “by bus”
Try it
Which sentence says that the speaker often goes by bus?
Retrieve “bicycle”
Try it
Which word means “bicycle”?
2. Describe a commute
A useful route description answers three questions: how you travel, in what order, and how long the journey takes.
A
Ինչպե՞ս ես գնում աշխատանքի։
Inch’pes es gnum ashkhatank’i? How do you get to work?
Pronunciation: ch’ and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
B
Սկզբում ոտքով եմ գնում կանգառ։
Skzbum votk’ov em gnum kangar. First I walk to the stop.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
B
Հետո տասը համարի ավտոբուսն եմ նստում։
Heto tasə hamari avtobusn em nstum. Then I take bus number ten.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”.
A
Որքա՞ն է տևում ճանապարհը։
Vork’an e tevvum chanaparhə? How long does the journey take?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ch is unaspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
B
Մոտ քսան րոպե։
Mot k’san rope. About twenty minutes.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
B
Վերջում հինգ րոպե քայլում եմ։
Verjum hing rope k’aylum em. At the end I walk for five minutes.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; k’ is aspirated.
Commute · first step
Try it
What does the speaker do first?
Ask about duration
Try it
Which question asks how long the journey takes?
3. Ask for public-transport directions
Learn the route as a sequence: ask how to get there, take a line or bus, travel a number of stops, change if necessary, and get off.
Visitor
Կներեք, ինչպե՞ս հասնեմ հիվանդանոց։
Knerek’, inch’pes hasnem hivandanots’? Excuse me, how do I get to the hospital?
Pronunciation: k’, ch’, and ts’ are aspirated.
Local
Նստեք հինգ համարի ավտոբուսը։
Nstek’ hing hamari avtobusə. Take bus number five.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Local
Երեք կանգառ գնացեք։
Yerek kangar gnats’ek’. Go three stops.
Pronunciation: ts’ and k’ are aspirated.
Local
Կենտրոնում փոխեք գիծը։
Kentronum p’okhek’ gitsə. Change the line in the centre.
Pronunciation: p’ and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ts is unaspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Visitor
Որտե՞ղ պետք է իջնեմ։
Vortegh petk’ e ijnem? Where should I get off?
Pronunciation: gh and j are voiced; k’ is aspirated.
Local
Հաջորդ կանգառում իջեք։
Hajord kangarrum ijek’. Get off at the next stop.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”; rr is rolled; k’ is aspirated.
Public transport · bus
Try it
Which line tells the visitor to take bus number five?
Public transport · getting off
Try it
Which question asks where the visitor should get off?
4. Where is it?
City directions also depend on relative position. Learn each location word inside a complete phrase so you can immediately use it with real places.
բանկի մոտ
banki mot near the bank
սրճարանի դիմաց
srcharani dimats’ opposite the café
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; ts’ is aspirated.
խանութի կողքին
khanut’i koghk’in next to the shop
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; t’ and k’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
այգու հետևում
aygu hetevum behind the park
շենքի առջև
shenki arrjev in front of the building
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; rr is rolled; j is as in “jam”.
ծառի տակ
tsarri tak under the tree
Pronunciation: ts is unaspirated; rr is rolled.
երկու շենքերի միջև
yerku shenkeri mijev between two buildings
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; j is as in “jam”.
խանութի վերևում
khanut’i verevum above the shop
Pronunciation: kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; t’ is aspirated.
Կանգառը բանկի մոտ է։
Kangarə banki mot e. The stop is near the bank.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”.
Դեղատունը սրճարանի դիմաց է։
Deghatunə srcharani dimats’ e. The pharmacy is opposite the café.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is a short “uh”; ch is unaspirated; ts’ is aspirated.
Recognise “next to”
Try it
Which phrase means “next to the shop”?
Recognise “opposite”
Try it
Which sentence says the pharmacy is opposite the café?
5. Give street directions
Now move from relative location to an actual route. The key chunks are straight, left, right, intersection, and which side the destination is on.
A
Կներեք, գրադարանը որտե՞ղ է։
Knerek’, gradaranə vortegh e? Excuse me, where is the library?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”; gh is voiced and throaty.
B
Ուղիղ գնացեք մինչև առաջին խաչմերուկը։
Ughigh gnats’ek’ minch’ev arajin khach’merukə. Go straight to the first intersection.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ts’, k’, and ch’ are aspirated; j is as in “jam”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ə is a short “uh”.
B
Այնտեղ աջ թեքվեք։
Ayntegh aj t’ek’vek’. Turn right there.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; j is as in “jam”; t’ and k’ are aspirated.
B
Հետո անցեք փողոցը։
Heto ants’ek’ p’oghots’ə. Then cross the street.
Pronunciation: ts’, k’, and p’ are aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
B
Գրադարանը ձախ կողմում է։
Gradaranə dzakh koghmum e. The library is on the left.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; dz is blended; kh and gh are throaty.
Directions · straight
Try it
Which instruction tells the visitor to go straight to the first intersection?
Directions · destination side
Try it
On which side is the library?
6. Allowed, not allowed, or required?
Permission is not the same as physical ability. For city rules, “kareli e” means something is allowed, “ch’i kareli” means it is not allowed, and “petk’ e” expresses what must be done.
Permission
Կարելի՞ է այստեղ կայանել։
Kareli e aystegh kayanel? Is it allowed to park here?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Այո, այստեղ կարելի է կայանել։
Ayo, aystegh kareli e kayanel. Yes, parking is allowed here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Այստեղ չի կարելի կայանել։
Aystegh ch’i kareli kayanel. Parking is not allowed here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ch’ is aspirated.
Այստեղ կարելի է աջ թեքվել։
Aystegh kareli e aj t’ek’vel. It is allowed to turn right here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; j is as in “jam”; t’ and k’ are aspirated.
Requirement / ability
Պետք է կանգնել։
Petk’ e kangnel. You must stop.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Պետք է աջ թեքվել։
Petk’ e aj t’ek’vel. You must turn right.
Pronunciation: k’ and t’ are aspirated; j is as in “jam”.
Ես կարող եմ մեքենա վարել։
Yes karogh em mek’ena varel. I can drive a car.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
Ես չեմ կարող մեքենա վարել։
Yes chem karogh mek’ena varel. I cannot drive a car.
Pronunciation: ch is unaspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
Ask permission
Try it
Which question asks whether parking is allowed?
Recognise a prohibition
Try it
Which sentence says parking is not allowed?
7. Understand simple road signs
Treat signs as short instructions. Focus on the language they trigger: stop, speed limit, parking, direction, entry, and horn restrictions.
Կանգ առեք։
Kang arrek’. Stop.
Pronunciation: rr is rolled; k’ is aspirated.
Արագության սահմանը 30 է։
Aragut’yan sahmanə yeresun e. The speed limit is 30.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Այստեղ կարելի է կայանել։
Aystegh kareli e kayanel. Parking is allowed here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty.
Այստեղ չի կարելի կայանել։
Aystegh ch’i kareli kayanel. Parking is not allowed here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ch’ is aspirated.
Այստեղ չի կարելի մտնել։
Aystegh ch’i kareli mtnel. Entry is not allowed here.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ch’ is aspirated.
Միայն աջ։
Miayn aj. Right only.
Pronunciation: j is as in “jam”.
Պետք է ուղիղ գնալ։
Petk’ e ughigh gnal. You must go straight.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Չի կարելի ազդանշան տալ։
Ch’i kareli azdanshan tal. Using the horn is not allowed.
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Sign meaning · no entry
Try it
Which sentence means that entry is not allowed?
Sign meaning · straight
Try it
Which instruction says that you must go straight?
8. Visit someone: follow the route
A visit creates a natural reason to give directions. The address remains fictional; you only need to follow the sequence and recognise the landmarks.
A
Արի շաբաթ օրը։
Ari shabat’ orə. Come on Saturday.
Pronunciation: t’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
B
Լավ։ Ինչպե՞ս հասնեմ քո տուն։
Lav. Inch’pes hasnem k’o tun? Okay. How do I get to your house?
Pronunciation: ch’ and k’ are aspirated.
A
Կայարանից ուղիղ գնա։
Kayaranits’ ughigh gna. Go straight from the station.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
A
Առաջին խաչմերուկում ձախ թեքվիր։
Arrajin khach’merukum dzakh t’ek’vir. Turn left at the first intersection.
Pronunciation: rr is rolled; j is as in “jam”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; ch’, t’, and k’ are aspirated; dz is blended.
A
Իմ տունը հացի խանութի կողքին է։
Im tunə hats’i khanut’i koghk’in e. My house is next to the bakery.
Pronunciation: ə is a short “uh”; ts’, t’, and k’ are aspirated; kh is a strong throaty sound [x]; gh is voiced and throaty.
A
Կայարանի դիմաց մեծ այգի կա։
Kayarani dimats’ mets aygi ka. There is a large park opposite the station.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Visit route · turn
Try it
Where should the visitor turn left?
Visit route · landmark
Try it
Where is the fictional house?
9. Ask where places are
Practise fast mini-dialogues around a fictional city centre. Sometimes the answer is a location; sometimes it becomes a short route.
Visitor
Կներեք, գրադարանը որտե՞ղ է։
Knerek’, gradaranə vortegh e? Excuse me, where is the library?
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”; gh is voiced and throaty.
Local
Կայարանի դիմաց է։
Kayarani dimats’ e. It is opposite the station.
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Visitor
Իսկ հիվանդանոցը՞։
Isk hivandanots’ə? And the hospital?
Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Local
Այգու հետևում է։
Aygu hetevum e. It is behind the park.
Visitor
Ինչպե՞ս հասնեմ շուկա։
Inch’pes hasnem shuka? How do I get to the market?
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Local
Ուղիղ գնացեք, հետո երկրորդ փողոցից աջ թեքվեք։
Ughigh gnats’ek’, heto yerkrord p’oghots’its’ aj t’ek’vek’. Go straight, then turn right at the second street.
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ts’, k’, p’, and t’ are aspirated; j is as in “jam”.
City centre · library
Try it
Where is the library?
City centre · market
Try it
Which instruction describes the route to the market?
10. Final city challenge
Combine transport, stops, walking directions, a landmark, and a rule. The route is fictional, so the challenge tests language rather than local geography.
Visitor
Կներեք, ինչպե՞ս հասնեմ կենտրոնական շուկա։
Knerek’, inch’pes hasnem kentronakan shuka? Excuse me, how do I get to the central market?
Pronunciation: k’ and ch’ are aspirated; sh is as in “ship”.
Local
Նստեք տասներկու համարի ավտոբուսը։
Nstek’ tasnerku hamari avtobusə. Take bus number twelve.
Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh”.
Local
Չորս կանգառից հետո իջեք։
Ch’ors kangarits’ heto ijek’. Get off after four stops.
Pronunciation: ch’, ts’, and k’ are aspirated; j is as in “jam”.
Local
Կանգառից ուղիղ գնացեք և առաջին խաչմերուկում աջ թեքվեք։
Kangarits’ ughigh gnats’ek’ yev arrajin khach’merukum aj t’ek’vek’. From the stop, go straight and turn right at the first intersection.
Pronunciation: ts’, k’, ch’, and t’ are aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty; rr is rolled; j is as in “jam”; kh is a strong throaty sound [x].
Local
Շուկան բանկի կողքին է։
Shukan banki koghk’in e. The market is next to the bank.
Pronunciation: sh is as in “ship”; k’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Visitor
Այստեղ կարելի՞ է մեքենա կայանել։
Aystegh kareli e mek’ena kayanel? Is it allowed to park a car here?
Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; k’ is aspirated.
Local
Ոչ, այստեղ չի կարելի կայանել։
Voch’, aystegh ch’i kareli kayanel. No, parking is not allowed here.
Pronunciation: ch’ is aspirated; gh is voiced and throaty.
Final challenge · transport
Try it
Which bus should the visitor take?
Final challenge · walking route
Try it
What should the visitor do after getting off?
Final challenge · parking
Try it
Is parking allowed at the destination?
One last production round
Use fictional information and answer these prompts aloud. Nothing needs to be entered or saved.
- Describe a fictional commute using at least two kinds of movement and say how long it takes.
- Create a public-transport route with a bus or metro, a number of stops, and a place to get off.
- Describe four fictional city locations using near, next to, opposite, behind, under, or between.
- Give a three-step walking route using straight, left or right, and an intersection.
- Create three fictional road rules: one thing that is allowed, one thing that is not allowed, and one thing that must be done.
- Create a short visitor-local conversation that combines transport, walking directions, a landmark, and a final location.
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
ավտոբուս
avtobus bus
մետրո
metro metro / subway
գնացք
gnats’k’ train
մեքենա
mek’ena car
հեծանիվ
hetsaniv bicycle
ոտքով
votk’ov on foot
կանգառ
kangar stop / station stop
կայարան
kayaran station
ճանապարհ
chanaparh road / way / journey
փողոց
p’oghots’ street
ուղիղ
ughigh straight
ձախ
dzakh left
աջ
aj right
խաչմերուկ
khach’meruk intersection
մոտ
mot near
դիմաց
dimats’ opposite / in front of
կողքին
koghk’in next to
կայանել
kayanel to park
կարելի է
kareli e it is allowed / may
չի կարելի
ch’i kareli it is not allowed
Say this in Eastern Armenian