An Armenian-English Conversation Book
Greetings & Civilities
hello (informal) - barev
hello (formal) - barev dzez
what's up? - inch ka chika?
how are you? (informal) - vonts es?/inchpes es?
how are you? (formal) - vonts ek?
very well - shat lav
not bad - vochinch
good morning - bari luis
good evening - bari yereko
goodbye - ts'tesutyun
good night - bari gisher
good night (response) - luis bari (response)
please - kh'ntrem
thank you - sh'norhakal em/merci
you're welcome - charjhe
pardon/excuse me - k'nerek
congratulations - sh'norhavor lini
cheers - kenats't
Getting Around
how many km? - kani kilomet'r e?
bus station - avtobusi kayaran
airport - otanavakayan
car - mekena / inknasharjh
here / there - estegh / endegh
left - dzakh
right - ach
straight - ughigh
Around Town
where is (the) ... vortegh e ...?
bank - bank hotel - hyuranots market - shuka Manukian Street - Manukian Poghots church - yekeghetsi monastery - vank museum - tangaran passport and visa office - OVIR pharmacy - deghatun police - vostikan post office - post restaurant - restaurant / jasharan
Countries
Below, American would mean a person from America. If you wanted to say a product or idea is American, just add a "akan" at the end of the name of the country. It usually works right.
America/American - Amerika/Amerikatsi Germany/German - Germanya/Germanatsi England/English - Anglia/Angliatsi France/French - Fransia/Fransiatsi Canada/Canadian - Kanada/Kanadatsi California/Californian - Kalifornia/Kaliforniatsi Russia/Russian - Rusastan/Rus Lebanon/Lebanese - Libanan/Libanantsi Greece/Greek - Hunastan/Huin Israel/Jew - Israel/H'rea Persia/Persian - Parskastan/Parsik India/Indian - H'ndkastan/H'ndik China/Chinese - Chinastan/Chinatsi Australia/Australian - Avstralia/Avstraliatsi Georgia/Georgian - V'rastan/V'ratsi Azerbaijan/Azeri - Azerbaijan/Azeri
Note:
Hayastan means Armenia
Hay means Armenian (Person)
Haykakan means Armenian (Non-Person)
Hayastantsi means Armenian from Armenia
Spiurka-Hay means Diasporan Armenian
Odar means non-Armenian
Animals
bird - t'rchun
cat - katu
chicken - hav
cow - kov
dog - shun
lamb - vochkhar
mouse - muk
pig - khoz
Foods
apricot - dziran
bbq - khorovadz
bread - hatz
cheese - panir
coffee - surj
cucumber - varung
grape - khaghogh
milk - kat
orange - narinj
sugar - shukar / shakar
tea - tey
tomato - lolik
watermelon - dz'meruk
Small Talk
what is your name? - anun't inch e? my name is ... - anun's ... e where are you from? - vorteghits es? do you speak ...? - khosum es ...? i speak ... - khosumem ... i understand - haskanum em i don't understand - chem haskanum what does this mean? - inch e sa n'shanakum? i want an interpreter - tarkmanich em uzum i like ... - sirum em i don't like ... - chem sirum yes - ayo / ha no - che / voch no problem - problem chika i am sick - hivand em
Accomodation
do you have ... ? - unek ... ?
a room - senyak
a shower - logaran
hot water - tak jur
a toilet - zukaran
toilet paper - zukarani tukht
soap - ojar
air-conditioning - odapokhich
electricity - luis
heat - jerutsich
Shopping
how much? - inchkan?
how many? - kani?
how much money? - inch arjhe?
money - pogh / dram
big - medz
small - pok'r
bad - vat
good - lav
cheap/expensive - ejhan / tank
cheaper - aveli ejhan
lowest price - verchin din
closed - pak
open - bats
to buy - g'nel
Numbers
0 - zero 1 - mek 2 - yerku 3 - yerek 4 - chors 5 - hing 6 - vets 7 - yot 8 - ut 9 - in' 10 - tas 20 - k'san 30 - yeresun 40 - karasun 50 - hisun 60 - vatsun 70 - yotanasun 80 - utanasun 90 - inisun 100 - haryur 1000 - hazar million - milion billion - miliard
Just string the words for a bigger number. 122 = haryur k'san yerku
Days of the Week
sunday - kiraki
monday - yerkushapti
tuesday - yerekshapti
wednesday - chorekshapti
thursday - hingshapti
friday - urpat
saturday - shapat
weekend - shapataverch
Months
january - hunvar
february - pet'rvar
march - mart
april - april
may - mayis
june - hunis
july - hulis
august - ogostos
september - september
october - hoktember
november - noyember
december - dektemper