22
Feb
The Choice Is Not Just One
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The conjunction or may become a tricky one in Armenian. Unlike English, where you use or to give alt...
Armenian Language Corner
09
Feb
The Treasury that Became a Museum
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We all know what a museum is. The –um ending of the English word museum sounds like Latin, and, inde...
26
Jan
How Did You Cut the Plate?
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“I cut the plate?”
“What did you do?”
“I cut the plate.”
This is how you would understand t...
12
Jan
How the Chestnuts Showed Up from Nowhere?
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There are no-words in different languages that become words by a stroke of the pen. We have discusse...
29
Dec
Do You Print Money?
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You may just earn a salary or be on the way to become a millionaire. In both cases, the English lang...
15
Dec
A Very Prolific Vowel
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It is not usual that a vowel may also be a very meaningful word in a certain language. Such is the c...
11
Nov
Salty and Sweet
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A previous column (April 28, 2016) explained how Armenian աղ (agh) and English salt were related to ...
27
Oct
Do Not Invent Words That Do Not Exist
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Life is far from having a straight course. There are curves, shortcuts, reversals. Looking from outs...
13
Oct
You Drink the Same Wine in English and in Armenian
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After Noah’s Ark rested “upon the mountains of Ararat” (Genesis 8:4) and the covenant was establishe...
15
Sep
Honey and the Bees
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The words honey (English) and Honig (German) are cousins; together with other similar words in Swedi...