The Eastern Armenian Language guide should provide you with the basic phrases you need when you visit Armenian communities in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Artsakh.
Eastern Armenian (Armenian: արևելահայերեն arevelahayeren) vs. Western Armenian արեւմտահայերէն, arevmdahayerēn).
Here are some phrases to get you started in your Eastern Armenian language skills.
Eastern Armenian
Hello – barev
How are you? – Vonx es
Good/fine/well – lav du
Please – khenterm
Thank you – shenorhagalutyoun
You’re welcome – abris
My name is __ – anouns <Joe> e
How much is ___ — kani garje
What time is it? — Kani jame?/ Jame kani ?
I don’t speak ___ hayeren chem. Khosum
Do you speak English? Angleren khosum es
- mek
- yergous
- yerek
- chors
- hink
- vets
- yot
- out
- in
- das
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We hope you enjoyed this language guide. To compare take a look at our Western Language Guide. In the guides you should be able to see/hear the two distinct dialect pronunciation and the heaviness of some of the accents in Eastern Armenian.
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This language guide should provide you with the basic phrases you need when traveling to these Eastern Armenian spoken areas. For fluency in these languages you will need time, patience, and practice!
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