Capital letters: the first group
Recognise capital shapes and write familiar words in capitals.
Meet the letters
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a. Open a, as in father.
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m. Keep the two arches in view.
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n. One arch: compare it with մ.
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i. A clear ee sound.
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Capital form: Ու. In an ALL-CAPITAL word, write ՈՒ: the second part becomes Ւ. Both forms spell u.
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e. A clear e, as in bed.
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ə. A short neutral vowel, like the first sound of about.
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l
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s
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h
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y. The consonant y of yes, not the vowel in my.
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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.
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v
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o. A plain o vowel, including at the start.
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f. Often in borrowed words.
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At the start of a word, ե usually sounds ye, as in ես. Inside a word it sounds e, as in մեր.
Inside a word: e in մեր · մերi
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.
Inside a word: o in տոմս · տոմսi
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.
Inside a word: ev in բարև · բարևWords to read
ԱՆԻ
AniՆԻՆԱ
NinaԼՈՒՍԻՆ
moonԱՐԵՎ
sunՖԻԼՄ
filmԼԱՎ
goodReading 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.
Recognise capitals
Match each capital to its lowercase letter.
Recognise capitals
Match each capital to its lowercase letter.
Recognise capitals
Match each capital to its lowercase letter.
Read and listen
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Listen and find
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Write in lowercase
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Write in capitals
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Write in capitals
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Write in capitals
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Recognise capital shapes and write familiar words in capitals.
ԱՆԻ
AniՆԻՆԱ
NinaԼՈՒՍԻՆ
moonԱՐԵՎ
sunՖԻԼՄ
filmԼԱՎ
goodUse 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.