Learn Armenian Part 01

[DifferentKindofGlam]

Im hispanic and i for some odd reason understand western armenian better than i do spanish...i really want to learn both dialects! Please make more videos!

[eyecareproject]

What a helpful upload! Videos like these are useful to not only learn, but practice your Armenian. Thanks for sharing!

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[superman13215]

wtf this is western armenian

even though this is the original armenian, they speak a different dialect in armenia

[witheddie]

@superman13215 Thanks for stopping in this page ... Yes, In Armenia, Eastern dialect is spoken ... both are beautiful

[Elladamakedona]

Փորձում եմ սովորել հայերեն :-)

I adore everything is relative with Armenia !!!

Barevner Hounastanits ^_^

[witheddie]

@Elladamakedona շնորհակալություն ... thanks for your support and God bless you

[ilkin770]

axaxaxxax))))))))

[MrKECproductions]

it should be in easter armenian

[EverBloom100]

What language program is this? Can I find this for other languages?

[rockettegirl1]

i'm part spaniard, and i wanna learn armeina but i'm put a latin accent to it. its okay if that happens right

[witheddie]

@rockettegirl1 Here is your first lesson ... Parev = Hola ... of course if you are Spanish you will say it with Spanish accent ... no problem

[Meduza2010]

It is wrong to say what is official and what is not. Everyone has different accent and we are all equal. I'm Armenian and I just now learned the language. Half of the words I speak are from Western and half from Eastern. Everyone understands me.

[witheddie]

@Meduza2010 thank you for this beautiful comment ... Armenia is beautiful with both languages ... God Bless you

[mandisgoj]

It sound beautiful! Pity the lessons don't teach full sentences in armenian. That would help a lot.

[witheddie]

@mandisgoj I will make some more ... thanks for watching

[AllochGs]

how are you/wontses - i am hungry/yes sovatsem - i am so happy/ yes enkan uragem- i am learning armenian/yes hayerenem sovorum- the food whas great/ shat hamovek sarkel- do you know the way/duk chanapare kidek- sorry i dont speak armenian/neregutsun yes hayeren chem gosum- i speak a littel armenians/yes hayeren kitch kidem or you can say yes hayeren lav che kidem or yes hayeren etkan lav chem gosum

[Arstim]

eastern armenian is the official armenian.

[witheddie]

I think you are missing the purpose my friend ... Language is what people use to communicate between each other ... and Western Armenian is used in certain areas in the world ... and these video is made to those who wants to learn it ... including me ... thanks for your comment ... God bless you

[Arstim]

@witheddie

Yes, but just saying, in Armenia they speak Eastern Armenian, so if a tourist wants to go there and speak a handful of words, they will be wrong. If they are planning to visit the Armenian community in Beiroet or other places, which I doubt, then you may apply Western Armenian.

[ZeeGooner]

@Arstim no eastern armenian isnt the official armenian, actually classical armenian is official, eastern and western armenian branched off of classical.

[crreativeme]

Shouldn't the accent usually be on the last syllable?

[setunle]

Word for "shop" is very similar to Hebrew

[kyootFluffy]

im armenian(: these word are all right! ;D

[isilark]

such a random words to learning

[FollowingChrist44]

I am curious to know...

Do Iraqi Armenians pretty much speak like this too?

[FollowingChrist44]

I am curious to know...

Do Iraqi Armenians pretty much speak like this too?

[everythingisahead]

@FollowingChrist44 They speak WEstern Armenian. Yes they must speak like in this video.

[FollowingChrist44]

I am curious to know...

Do Iraqi Armenians pretty much speak like this too?

[armenianofficial]

The soviet never did that I can prove that the eastern letters being used now in Armenian have been in Armenia before the soviets came

[swiatlowiekuiste]

Hi, nice job! I'm trying to learn eastern Armenian :) I heard Armenians from diaspora complaining about the soviet reform of the spelling, but I have to say it's much simplier for me this way, though I'd like to learn western spelling and pronounciation in the future! Հաջողություն:

[avengedsystemdown]

I'm not Armenian, but I'm learning Armenian, and I forgot these words, so if someone could tell me them (preferably in Eastern, but Western is okay too.)

1. Feel 2. Hear 3. See 4. Taste 5. Duckling.

Thank You!

[witheddie]

Hi avengedsystemdown, I will start with verbs in the future but until then here is the words that you asked. 1. to feel (ezkal) զգալ 2. to hear (Lisel) լսել 3. to see (desnal) տեսնել 4. to taste (hamdasel) համտեսել 5. Duckling (patig) բադիկ

[avengedsystemdown]

@witheddie Thank you very much

[VANArmenya]

Subtle differences in meaning aside...

Western (near Van) Armenian:

1. to feel (zkal (ezkal or uzkal or @zkal where @ means short u like "uh" or mor elike "eh").

2). hear (lsel or lissel)

3). desnal (or) desnel

4). ham arnel (literally to 'take' a 'taste')

5). duckling is often called "joudeeg" or "joodeeg" or "joudig" but I do not know if it is Armenian. I recall my mom might have once said it was Turkish. Tsakoug is "cub."

[adtv2]

i never knew the orignal word for spinach. menk spanakh gesenk. gardzem aveli lav shortcut e

[ShangrilasWitchcraft]

she pronounces with western armenian accent, which is used by the emigrant armenians

[witheddie]

That is correct ... and that is why I wrote Western Armenian Dialect at the beginning of the video :-)

[brhcpjanint]

The alphabet for Armenian is really cool.

[witheddie]

Yes, It is.  :-) thanks brhcpjanint

[sneighwena]

I can't understand why Armenian is considered part of the Indo-European language tree? I see no resemblance- maybe it is somewhere but I can't find it!

[witheddie]

This a great question. even though I have not studied etymology but maybe I can give you a simple answer. recognizing cognates can accelerate your mastery of Armenian or any foreign language. example medz in Armenian which means big and in English mega. Also The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt. I hope that I helped a little. thanks for your comment.

[sneighwena]

In Serbian we have a number of words for great and one of them is Mochan, moch, meaning great, powerful, ability, potency, puissance. In fact, our word for the verb Can, is mochi and to conjugate it we say Ja mogu, with a g.

[witheddie]

I looked up Serbian alphabet and have common letters with English writing ... very interesting. I watched few videos of yours ... Serbian traditional costume is so beautiful and so is the music.

[kangahmtl2n]

do you speak western dialect to. i don't like this dialect

[witheddie]

Kech ma ... I am making these videos so I learn and other people too if they want to. whether you like it or not that is different story. thanks for your comment. peace.

[witheddie]

could you be more specific. in what country did you learn Armenian? thanks

[gearmaster101]

well i learned it in holland but my parrents lifed in yerevan and i 2 for 2 years

[witheddie]

In Armenia, Eastern dialect is used more. I do mention that this is Western dialect.

[JACKOTACO]

Being from Argentina I have tons of Armenians friends. Some of my good friends are Armenian. Even when I go to the States I have Armenian friends. I know there is a dialect difference from Western and Eastern. I know Eastern is used more in Iran,Armenia,Russia. Western in Syria,Iraq,Lebanon right? It is similar to Spanish in a way, for example in Argentina our spanish will differ from a Mexican or Dominican. Your alphabet is the same, but you will pronounce a T like D, and G like K. Why is that?

[witheddie]

thanks for your excellent comment ... I apologize for late response for I did not get notification from youtube about your comment. thanks again

[ruzob]

thank you for posting these videos they are great. Thank you again!!!

[CantThinkOfANamee]

thanks for the videos!

[svenuki]

hello everybody, at first thanks for this videos, they are at the moment the best ones here ;), I'm interested in Armenian language but I don't know which dialect I should learn, some say that Westarmenian is more easy than Armenian and some say the oposite, are there so much diferences between these? And does someone know some websides where you can learn more nouns or some grammatic? It would be nice if someone could help me

bye bye :D

[AGuitarGirl]

First of all i want to thank u and congratulate u for these videos, but i've watched the 4 videos and i found that many og the months are missing (jan,april,may,june,july,nov) and the fall and also the days of the week (there were only tuesday and thursday) plz add a 5th part and thank u

[witheddie]

Thanks, I am still posting videos. I will post more nouns.

[computerjan123456]

well western is more easier to learn...

[ayhanben]

What do you advice me for the accent on learning Armenian? Western or Eastern?

[witheddie]

ayhanben ... it is up to you ... and what is your Preference.

[PrepeiNaSasPw]

It's not just an accent. There are grammatical and vocabulary differences.

Eastern: Spoken in Armenia (official language) and some in the US. Also by Armenians from (or liviing in) Iran.

Western: Spoken by many Armenians in the Diaspora (United States, Lebanon, Syria, Modern Turkey, Greece, etc.)

I say, choose the dialect that you want based on who you plan on talking most to!

[man9our1988]

SO HARD !!!! i want to learn armenian so bad !! do you have basic words ? like good morning,hello,good bye , good night !! ...thx for the video !!! ...... i hope i speak armenian one day !! : D

[witheddie]

I will post sentences in the future ...

[ayhanben]

What do you advice me for the accent on learning Armenian? Western or Eastern?

[Dare2B7]

man9our1988..

Good morning- Pari Louys

hello- Parev

good night- Pari Kisher

Hopefully one day you will learn. And if you need help I will try just ask.

Pari Or (Բարի Օր) -Good day

[witheddie]

I guess nabasdak is a real rabbit ... hopped a way with out saying a word ........... I was hoping that rabbit will teach us....

:-)

[witheddie]

nabasdak

Thanks for your comment.

I think these videos is a good start to learn Armenian.

Let me know which words she pronounced wrong.

please, give me an a example because I want to learn the right way too.

[nabasdak]

this lady's pronunciation is horrible, she's skipping letters or pronoucing them wrong.