Dialogue 1

Բակում

In the yard

In speech an action in the present tense is said with the verb itself, its -ել or -ալ ending changed to -ում, and an auxiliary verb after it that shows exactly who is acting.

For example, with the verb :

: I live
: you live
: he, she, it lives
: we live
: you live
: they live

In everyday speech the pronouns are often left out: the auxiliary already says who is acting. For example, instead of one simply says .

The auxiliary often moves, taking its place after the word the sentence stresses: — “I live here”.

Չ- at the front of the auxiliary is the negation, “not”, and then the auxiliary always stands before the verb that names the action: — “I don’t speak”.

The question mark sits inside the word, on the syllable the voice lifts: , . The sentence still ends in ։ — the Armenian full stop.

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Hello, Dmitrii! How are you?

Fine, thanks. And you?

Fine too. Where do you live?

I live here.

Do you work, or study?

I work, and I’m learning Armenian.

Do you understand Armenian?

A little. But I don’t speak well.

And do you read?

I read a little, but I don’t write.

And you? Do you live here too?

Yes. Mum, dad and I. We live here.

Do they speak Russian?

Dad speaks Russian. Mum understands a little.

All right. Goodbye.

Bye!