BarikGuide: Armenian made simple
Short articles for Armenian beginners: how to read, how words work, what to say in real life. Each one has examples you can listen to.
- Learn the Armenian alphabet in a week: a day-by-day planHow to learn all 39 Armenian letters in 7 days, 15 minutes a day: which letters to take each day, how to memorise them and how to test yourself.
- Armenian names and their meaningsHow popular names are written in Armenian and what they mean: Anahit, Arpi, Lusine, Hayk, Tigran, Narek. And how to write your own name in Armenian letters.
- Armenian cases made simpleEastern Armenian has seven cases, but the endings are short and regular. We go through them with the word տուն (house).
- How to say congratulations in Armenian: birthday, New Year, weddingReady-made Armenian wishes with audio: happy birthday, Happy New Year, Christmas and Easter greetings with their replies, wedding wishes and toasts.
- Eastern vs Western Armenian: what is the difference?Armenian has two literary standards: Eastern (Armenia, Russia, Iran) and Western (the diaspora in the Middle East, France, the USA). How they differ and which one to learn.
- The first 100 Armenian words for life in ArmeniaOne hundred words to start with if you have moved to Armenia or visit often: people, food, the city, money, time and the key verbs.
- How to read Armenian: the reading rules in 10 minutesArmenian is read almost exactly as it is written. Here are all the exceptions: ե and ո at the start of a word, ու, և, the invisible ը sound and stress.
- Numbers and counting in ArmenianHow to count in Armenian from 1 to 1000: tens, compound numbers, "first, second", prices and years.
- The Armenian present tense: one formula for every verb"I write, you write…" in Armenian is built the same way for almost all verbs: stem + -ում + եմ, ես, է. Plus the negative.
- Barik: how it differs from a dictionary or a translatorA dictionary or a translator gives you a translation. Barik teaches: letters with handwriting, words with spaced repetition, examples with audio, a path from the first letters to reading Tumanyan.