Grammar

My (possessive pronoun)

Իմ (eem)

Your (possessive pronoun)

Քու (kou)

His/Her/Its (possessive pronoun)

Իր (eer)

Our (possessive pronoun)

Մեր (mer)

Yall’s (possessive pronoun)

Ձեր (tser)

Their (possessive pronoun)

Իրենց (eerents)

My (possessive suffix)

-ս (-s)

Your singular (possessive suffix)

-դ (-t)

His/Her/Its (possessive suffix)

-ը (-uh) or -ն (-n) (use -ը after consonants and -ն after vowels or before a following vowel)

Our (possessive suffix)

-նիս (-nees)

Your plural (possessive suffix)

-նիդ (-neet)

Their (possessive suffix)

-նին (-neen)

My name (full phrase)

Իմ անունս (eem anouns)

Your singular name (full phrase)

Քու անունդ (kou anount)

His/Her name (full phrase)

Իր անունը (eer anounuh)

Our name (full phrase)

Մեր անուննիս (mer anounnees)

Your plural name (full phrase)

Ձեր անուննիդ (tser anounneet)

Their name (full phrase)

Իրենց անուննին (eerents anounneen)

My name (compressed suffix only)

Անունս (anounes)

Your singular name (compressed suffix only)

Անունդ (anount)

His/Her name (compressed suffix only)

Անունը (anounuh)

Our name (compressed suffix only)

Անուննիս (anounnees)

Your plural name (compressed suffix only)

Անուննիդ (anounneet)

Their name (compressed suffix only)

Անուննին (anounneen)

Rule: Which case must pronouns be in when using the postposition հետ (with)?

Dative case (the "to" case)

Rule: Which case must verbs be in when using the postposition համար (for)?

Genitive case (the "of" case)

Vocab: I (Subject pronoun)

Ես (yes)

Vocab: To me (Dative pronoun)

Ինծի (indzi)

Vocab: You (Subject pronoun)

Դուն (toun)

Vocab: To You (Dative pronoun)

Քեզի (kezi)

Vocab: He/She/It (Subject pronoun)

Ան (an)

Vocab: To him/her/it (Dative pronoun)

Անոր (anor)

Vocab: We (Subject pronoun)

Մենք (menk)

Vocab: To us (Dative pronoun)

Մեզի (mezi)

Vocab: Yall (Subject pronoun)

Դուք (touk)

Vocab: To Yall (Dative pronoun)

Ձեզի (tsezi)

Vocab: They (Subject pronoun)

Անոնք (anonk)

Vocab: To them (Dative pronoun)

Անոնց (anonts)

Rule: What is the possessive (genitive) case ending for verbs ending in -ալ?

-ալու (-alou)

Rule: What is the possessive (genitive) case ending for verbs ending in -ել?

-ելու (-elou)

Rule: What is the genitive case ending for verbs ending in -իլ?

-ելու (-elou)

Grammar: To read (Base infinitive ending in -ալ)

Կարդալ (gartal)

Grammar: Of reading (Genitive form)

Կարդալու (gartalou)

Grammar: To eat

Ուտել (oudel)

Grammar: Of eating (Genitive form)

Ուտելու (oudelou)

Grammar: To speak (Base infinitive ending in -իլ)

Խօսիլ (khosil)

Grammar: Of speaking (Genitive form - notice it changes to an "e" sound)

Խօսելու (khoselou)

Phrase: With me (Dative pronoun + with)

Ինծի հետ (indzi hed)

Phrase: With us (Dative pronoun + with)

Մեզի հետ (mezi hed)

Phrase: With them (Dative pronoun + with)

Անոնց հետ (anonts hed)

Phrase: For reading (Genitive verb + for)

Կարդալու համար (gartalou hamar)

Phrase: For my reading (Genitive verb + 1st person suffix + for)

Կարդալուս համար (gartalous hamar)

Phrase: For your singular eating (Genitive verb + 2nd person suffix + for)

Ուտելուդ համար (oudelout hamar)

Phrase: For his/her speaking (Genitive verb + 3rd person suffix + for - uses the "n" suffix because the verb ends in a vowel)

Խօսելուն համար (khoseloun hamar)

Rule: What particle is placed before a verb to form the present tense in Western Armenian?

կը (guh)

Rule: What particle is placed before a verb to form the future tense in Western Armenian?

պիտի (bidi)

Rule: What is the infinitive form of the model verb To Write?

Գրել (krel)

Present: I write / I am writing

Ես կը գրեմ (yes guh krem)

Present: You write / You are writing

Դուն կը գրես (toun guh kres)

Present: He/She writes / He/She is writing

Ան կը գրէ (an guh kreh)

Present: We write / We are writing

Մենք կը գրենք (menk guh krenk)

Present: Yall write / You are writing

Դուք կը գրէք (touk guh krek)

Present: They write / They are writing

Անոնք կը գրեն (anonk guh kren)

Future: I will write

Ես պիտի գրեմ (yes bidi krem)

Future: You will write

Դուն պիտի գրես (toun bidi kres)

Future: He/She will write

Ան պիտի գրէ (an bidi kreh)

Future: We will write

Մենք պիտի գրենք (menk bidi krenk)

Future: Yall will write

Դուք պիտի գրէք (touk bidi krek)

Future: They will write

Անոնք պիտի գրեն (anonk bidi kren)

Past: I wrote

Ես գրեցի (yes kretsi)

Past: You wrote

Դուն գրեցիր (toun kretsir)

Past: He/She wrote

Ան գրեց (an krets)

Past: We wrote

Մենք գրեցինք (menk kretsink)

Past: Yall wrote

Դուք գրեցիք (touk kretsik)

Past: They wrote

Անոնք գրեցին (anonk kretsin)

simple-past form of -ել verbs (i, you, he/she, we, yall, they)

replace -el: (-etsi -etsir -ets -etsink -etsik -etsin)

simple-past form of -ալ verbs (i, you, he/she, we, yall, they)

replace -al: (-atsi -atsir -ats -atsink -atsik -atsin)

simple-past form of -իլ verbs (i, you, he/she, we, yall, they)

replace -il: (-etsa -etsar -etsav -etsank -etsak -etsan)

Vocab: To Read

Կարդալ (gartal)

Past: I read (past tense)

Ես կարդացի (yes gartatsi)

Past: You read (past tense)

Դուն կարդացիր (toun gartatsir)

Past: He/She read (past tense)

Ան կարդաց (an gartats)

Past: We read (past tense)

Մենք կարդացինք (menk gartatsink)

Past: Yall read (past tense)

Դուք կարդացիք (touk gartatsik)

Past: They read (past tense)

Անոնք կարդացին (anonk gartatsin)

Vocab: To Speak (Base infinitive ending in -իլ)

Խօսիլ (khosil)

Past: I spoke

Ես խօսեցայ (yes khosetsa)

Past: You spoke

Դուն խօսեցար (toun khosetsar)

Past: He/She spoke (Notice the special -աւ ending)

Ան խօսեցաւ (an khosetsav)

Past: We spoke

Մենք խօսեցանք (menk khosetsank)

Past: Yall spoke

Դուք խօսեցաք (touk khosetsak)

Past: They spoke

Անոնք խօսեցան (anonk khosetsan)

Your singular (possessive pronoun)

Քու (kou)

Your plural (possessive pronoun)

Ձեր (tser)

His/Her/Its (possessive suffix - use -ը after consonants and -ն after vowels or before a following vowel)

-ը (-uh) or -ն (-n)

Our (possessive suffix - characteristic of Western Armenian and added directly to the singular noun)

-նիս (-nees)

Your plural (possessive suffix - characteristic of Western Armenian and added directly to the singular noun)

-նիդ (-neet)

Their (possessive suffix - characteristic of Western Armenian and added directly to the singular noun)

-նին (-neen)

His/Her name (full phrase - uses -ը because անուն ends in a consonant)

Իր անունը (eer anounuh)

Our name (full phrase - suffix added to the singular noun)

Մեր անուննիս (mer anounnees)