Capital letters: the first group
Recognise capital shapes and write familiar words in capitals.
About this unit
Capital letters keep the sound of their small letters. You meet them in names, headings and signs.
- Մմ
m, as in “mother”ՄԱՄԱ · mama - Նն
n, as in “no”ԱՄԱՆ · dish - Էէe, as in “bed”Է · is
- Ըը
short ə, as in “about”ԻՆԸ · nine - Հհ
h, as in “hat”ՀԱՎ · hen - Յյ
y, as in “yes”ՍԱՅԼ · cart - Եե
e; ye at the startՓԵՍԱ · groom - Եվև
ev; yev at the startԱՐԵՎ · sun
- A name starts with a capital: Անի.
- Signs and headings may use capitals throughout: ԱՆԻ.
- In all capitals, ու becomes ՈՒ and և becomes ԵՎ.
First match each capital to its small letter, then read and write familiar words in capitals.
Words to read
ԱՆԻ
AniՆԻՆԱ
Nina
ԼՈՒՍԻՆ
moon
ԱՐԵՎ
sunReading tips
The sound stays the same when a letter becomes a capital. Focus on recognising the printed shape.
Names begin with a capital. Headings and signs can use capitals throughout a word.
The all-capital form of ու is ՈՒ. The all-capital form of և is ԵՎ.
Reading practice
Recognise capitals
Match each capital to its lowercase letter.
Recognise capitals
Match each capital to its lowercase letter.
Read and listen
Read the word. Choose its pronunciation.
Read and listen
Read the word. Choose its pronunciation.
Read and listen
Read the word. Choose its pronunciation.
Read and listen
Read the word. Choose its pronunciation.
Listen and find
Listen, then select the matching item.
Listen and find
Listen, then select the matching item.
Write in lowercase
Read this word. Write it in lowercase.
Write in capitals
Read this word. Write it in capitals.
Write in lowercase
Read this word. Write it in lowercase.
Write in capitals
Read this word. Write it in capitals.
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Recognise capital shapes and write familiar words in capitals.
ԱՆԻ
AniՆԻՆԱ
NinaԼՈՒՍԻՆ
moonԱՐԵՎ
sunUse 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.
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