Armenian Language Corner
“Eat! Eat!”
One of the symbolic moments in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” a movie with which many Armenians probabl...
The Four Classical Elements
The Greeks listed four classical elements (air, water, earth, and fire) as the material basis of the...
OF HURRICANES AND TORNADOES
Hurricane Henri passed through the Northeast, but did not become a hurricane. On the other hand, met...
TRUSTEES THAT LIFT WORRIES
You call them “Board of Trustees” and “trustees,” because you trust them that they will do the job f...
The Desert Does Not Have Walls
The title reflects what any common speaker of Armenian would think. Even Mekhitar Sepastatsi, the fo...
LEFT OR RIGHT?
You have heard or seen the saying: “If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the bod...
ԱՋԸ ԵՒ ՁԱԽԸ
«Տէրը համբարձաւ երկինք ու բազմեցաւ Աստուծոյ աջ կողմը» (Մկ 16:19)։ Ահա մէկը այն բազմաթիւ օրինակներէն,...
Ale and Its Armenian Cousin
We do not know why the soft drink ginger ale was called “ale,” since ale is an alcoholic beverage th...
WHEN THE WORDS DO NOT COME FROM THE SAME CORE
There are words that sound the same and mean the same, but do not come from the same place.
The p...
RESURRECTION AND THE ORIENT
Did you know that “resurrection” (յարութիւն/harootyoon) in Armenian, “Orient” (oriens) in Latin, and...