Lesson 5: Daily routines

Functional outcome: Say a few things you do and ask a simple yes/no question.

This is a beginner-controlled Eastern Armenian lesson, not a proficiency guarantee. Read the Armenian first; the phonetic cues are approximate aids, not IPA or native-speaker validation.

Learn: 15 items

Type Armenian Meaning Approximate Eastern cue
word առավոտ morning a-rra-VOT
word աշխատել to work ash-kha-TEL
word գնալ to go gə-NAL
word տուն home toon
word այսօր today ay-SOR
chunk Առավոտյան ես ... եմ In the morning I ... a-rra-vo-TYAN yes ... em
chunk Գնում եմ տուն I am going home gə-NOOM em toon
chunk Աշխատում եմ I work ash-kha-TOOM em
chunk Այսօր ազատ եմ I am free today ay-SOR a-ZAT em
chunk Դու աշխատո՞ւմ ես Do you work? doo ash-kha-TOOM es?
sentence Առավոտյան սուրճ եմ խմում։ In the morning I drink coffee. a-rra-vo-TYAN soorch em khə-MOOM.
sentence Ես աշխատում եմ։ I work. yes ash-kha-TOOM em.
sentence Ես գնում եմ տուն։ I go home. yes gə-NOOM em toon.
sentence Այսօր ազատ եմ, սուրճ եմ ուզում։ I am free today; I want coffee. ay-SOR a-ZAT em, soorch em oo-ZOOM.
sentence Դու աշխատո՞ւմ ես այսօր։ Do you work today? doo ash-kha-TOOM es ay-SOR?

Pattern

Present actions commonly use a verb form in -ում plus an auxiliary: աշխատում եմ = I work/am working; գնում եմ = I go/am going. With դու, use ես (es): Դու աշխատում ես. A neutral yes/no question can keep the word order and change intonation: Դու աշխատո՞ւմ ես։ The Armenian question mark sits on the relevant vowel, not necessarily on the last word.

Mini-dialogue

Read for meaning first. Then cover the English and try the exchange.

Speaker Armenian Meaning Approximate cue
Ani Այսօր աշխատո՞ւմ ես։ Are you working today? ay-SOR ash-kha-TOOM es?
Levon Այո, աշխատում եմ։ Yes, I am working. a-YO, ash-kha-TOOM em.
Ani Ես ազատ եմ։ I am free. yes a-ZAT em.
Levon Հետո գնում եմ տուն։ Afterwards I am going home. he-TO gə-NOOM em toon.
Ani Լավ, ցտեսություն։ Okay, goodbye. lav, ts'te-soo-T'YOON.

Effortful recall — answer before opening the key

  1. Say “I work.”
  2. Say “I am going home.”
  3. Ask “Do you work today?”
Answer key
  1. Ես աշխատում եմ։
  2. Ես գնում եմ տուն։
  3. Այսօր աշխատո՞ւմ ես։

Guided real-world task

Describe today in two short sentences: one routine and one destination/status. Ask a partner one yes/no question. Repair: if you omit եմ, add it, then say a new sentence with սուրճ or տուն.

Repair and retry

Make your first attempt without copying the dialogue. If one phrase fails, isolate that phrase, compare it with the Learn table, say/write it once in a new context, then repeat the whole task. Do not mark it “known” merely because it was visible.

Reuse bridge

Before the next lesson, reuse one earlier greeting, one courtesy phrase, and one previous task phrase in a new two-line exchange.

Source note: The saved Eastern Armenian corpus and older card corpus were consulted as references. These controlled beginner items are labeled in the companion JSON as adapted, assistant-authored, or an Anki reference; no audio or native-speaker validation is claimed.