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Unit 29 · Open your first Armenian scene · Meet

Open your first Armenian scene

Recognise the landlady, the cat and the key in real A1 lines.

About this unit

These lines come from your first A1 scene. You can already read every letter in them.

  • Անահիտ is your landlady, and Մռու is the cat who lives in the house.
  • In the scene, she hands you the key: Ահա ձեր բանալին։

Your first A1 scene

  1. Անահիտ

    Ահա ձեր բանալին։

    Here is your key.

  2. you

    Շնորհակալություն։

    Thank you.

  3. you

    Իսկ սա ո՞վ է։

    And who is this?

  4. Անահիտ

    Մռուն է։

    It is Mrru.

Words in this chat

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Անահիտ

Anahit, the landlady
Mrru, the cat

Մռու

Mrru, the cat
key

բանալի

key
Reading tips

Meet Անահիտ, the landlady, and Մռու, the cat, from your first A1 scene. You already know Անի and Մարիամ from later encounters.

Ահա ձեր բանալին։ means “Here is your key”. Իսկ սա ո՞վ է։ asks “And who is this?” Read the known signs before checking the whole line.

Reading practice

Read and listen

Read the highlighted text. Choose its pronunciation.

Անահիտ

Read and listen

Read the highlighted text. Choose its pronunciation.

Մռու

Read and listen

Read the highlighted text. Choose its pronunciation.

բանալի

Read and listen

Read the highlighted text. Choose its pronunciation.

Ահա ձեր բանալին։

Listen and find

Listen, then select the matching item.

Listen and find

Listen, then select the matching item.

Read and write

Copy the highlighted text, including its capitals and punctuation.

Անահիտ

Listen and write

Listen. Write the word with its capital and punctuation where needed.

Listen and write

Listen. Write the word with its capital and punctuation where needed.

Read the text

Read without a sound hint. What does this mean?

Անահիտ

Read the text

Read without a sound hint. What does this mean?

Մռու

Read the text

Read without a sound hint. What does this mean?

բանալի

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Recognise the landlady, the cat and the key in real A1 lines.

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Անահիտ

Anahit, the landlady
Mrru, the cat

Մռու

Mrru, the cat
key

բանալի

key

Ահա ձեր բանալին։

Here is your key.

Իսկ սա ո՞վ է։

And who is this?
Use a Armenian keyboard

On your phone, add Armenian in Settings → Languages or Keyboards. On a computer, add an Armenian input language in the operating system settings.

Use the on-screen letters whenever you prefer. The ու key inserts its two written characters together; spaces and punctuation have their own keys.

All letters

Ա ա
i

a. Open a, as in father.

մ
i

m. In lowercase մ, the tall stroke is on the right.

ն
i

n. In lowercase ն, the tall stroke is on the left; compare it with մ.

Ի ի
i

i. A clear ee sound.

Ու ու
i

Capital form: Ու. In an ALL-CAPITAL word, write ՈՒ: the second part becomes Ւ. Both forms spell u.

է
i

e. A clear e, as in bed.

ըshort ə, as in “about”
i

ə. A short neutral vowel, like the first sound of about.

Լ լ
i

l

Ս ս
i

s

հ
i

h

յ
i

y. The consonant y of yes, not the vowel in my.

Վ վ
i

v

Ր րone quick tap
i

ր is a brief tongue tap. The isolated recording includes a short helping vowel; that vowel is separate from the consonant. Compare the stronger rolled ռ, and listen to ր inside the words below.

արևսար
Օ օ
i

o. A plain o vowel, including at the start.

Ֆ ֆ
i

f. Often in borrowed words.

ե
i

At the start of a word, ե usually sounds ye, as in ես. Inside a word it sounds e, as in մեր.

եսմերInside a word: e in մեր · մեր
Ո ո
i

At the start of a word, ո usually sounds vo, as in որ. Inside a word it sounds o, as in տոմս. ով (who) is an exception: it begins with plain o.

որտոմսովInside a word: o in տոմս · տոմս
և
i

և is a joined letter (a ligature), spelling the sequence e + v, not one consonant. It sounds yev at word start and ev inside a word, as in արև. Its capital spelling Եվ uses two letters; all capitals use ԵՎ.

ևարևInside a word: ev in բարև · բարև
բthroat buzzes
i

b. Voiced b.

պno puff of air
i

p. Plain p, with little breath.

Փ փpuff of air
i

pʰ. p with a puff of air.

դthroat buzzes
i

d. Voiced d.

Տ տno puff of air
i

t. Plain t, with little breath.

թpuff of air
i

tʰ. t with a puff of air; never English th.

գthroat buzzes
i

g. Voiced g, always hard.

կno puff of air
i

k. Plain k, little breath.

Ք քpuff of air
i

kʰ. k with a puff.

Խ խair rubs, no buzz
i

kh / x. Friction like ch in Scottish loch.

ղthroat buzzes
i

gh / ʁ. Voiced back-of-mouth friction; not g + h.

զthroat buzzes
i

z

ժthroat buzzes
i

zh / ʒ. The middle sound in measure.

շair rubs, no buzz
i

sh / ʃ. As in ship.

ռrolled
i

rolled r. A stronger rolled r; compare the short tap ր.

ձthroat buzzes
i

dz. Voiced d + z released as one joined sound.

Ծ ծno puff of air
i

ts. Plain ts, little breath.

Ց ցpuff of air
i

tsʰ. ts with a puff.

ջthroat buzzes
i

j / dʒ. Voiced, as in jam.

ճno puff of air
i

ch / tʃ. Plain ch, little breath.

չpuff of air
i

chʰ / tʃʰ. ch with a puff.