10
Aug
Come and Feel
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The Armenian verb գալ (kal “to come”) is a word as dynamic as its English counterpart. One of the ma...
Armenian Language Corner
27
Jul
A Complicated Word
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The word բարդ (part) is an interesting term that, despite how it sounds for a Western Armenian speak...
13
Jul
This Check Does Not Get Paid in the Bank
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Checks have expanded over the world since their concept was created in the eighteenth century, and t...
29
Jun
Dealing with In-Laws (2)
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As we said in our last column, the English language deals in an easy way with relatives by the use o...
15
Jun
Dealing with In-Laws (1)
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The English language has a very easy way to deal with relatives: it uses “in-law.” You have father-i...
01
Jun
Watermelons in Winter?
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In the East Coast, we may be used to having summer fruits during winter time. However, can you imagi...
18
May
Don’t Mess With… “With”
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How do you cut a melon? Whether in English or in Armenian, you cut it with a knife, of course.
Let’...
04
May
Of Pants and Panties
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Many readers most probably are regular users of trousers or pants. As it happens with other words in...
06
Apr
How the Horse Got Its Shoe?
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Some words have their own life until another word comes to replace them for a variety of reasons. Th...
09
Mar
How Art and Craft Came Together
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We have seen many times how certain words have unexpected origins. For instance, the Proto-Indo-Euro...