Lesson 7: Yesterday and next actions

Functional outcome: Say one completed action, one next action, and coordinate a simple plan.

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 երեկ yesterday ye-REK
word գնացի I went gə-na-TSEE
word տեսա I saw te-SA
word հետո then / after he-TO
word կգնամ I will go kə-gə-NAM
chunk Երեկ գնացի Yesterday I went ye-REK gə-na-TSEE
chunk Ես տեսա ... I saw ... yes te-SA ...
chunk Վաղը կգնամ Tomorrow I will go VA-ghə kə-gə-NAM
chunk Հետո կխմենք Then we will drink he-TO kə-khə-MENK'
chunk Լավ գաղափար է That is a good idea lav ga-gha-P'AR e
sentence Երեկ սրճարան գնացի։ Yesterday I went to a café. ye-REK sər-cha-RAN gə-na-TSEE.
sentence Ես տեսա ընկերոջս։ I saw my friend. yes te-SA ən-ke-ROJ-əs.
sentence Վաղը կգնամ կենտրոն։ Tomorrow I will go downtown. VA-ghə kə-gə-NAM ken-TRON.
sentence Հետո սուրճ կխմենք։ Then we will drink coffee. he-TO soorch kə-khə-MENK'.
sentence Սուրճ խմենք, լավ գաղափար է։ Let’s drink coffee; it is a good idea. soorch khə-MENK', lav ga-gha-P'AR e.

Pattern

A simple past can use a past form such as գնացի “I went.” A simple future often uses կ-: կգնամ “I will go.” Հետո means “then / after” and links the next action. In Ես տեսա, ես is yes; in Լավ գաղափար է, է is “is.”

Mini-dialogue

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

Speaker Armenian Meaning Approximate cue
A Երեկ ո՞ւր գնացիր։ Where did you go yesterday? ye-REK oor gə-na-TSEER?
B Սրճարան գնացի։ I went to a café. sər-cha-RAN gə-na-TSEE.
A Վաղը կենտրոն կգնա՞ս։ Will you go downtown tomorrow? VA-ghə ken-TRON kə-gə-NAS?
B Այո, հետո սուրճ կխմենք։ Yes, then we will have coffee. a-YO, he-TO soorch kə-khə-MENK'.
A Լավ գաղափար է։ It is a good idea. lav ga-gha-P'AR e.

Effortful recall — answer before opening the key

  1. Say “Yesterday I went to a café.”
  2. Say “Tomorrow I will go downtown.”
  3. Say “Then we will drink coffee.”
Answer key
  1. Երեկ սրճարան գնացի։
  2. Վաղը կենտրոն կգնամ։
  3. Հետո սուրճ կխմենք։

Guided real-world task

Make a two-time-point exchange: say one thing you did yesterday and one thing you will do tomorrow. Add a café or location word from earlier. Repair: underline the time word; if past/future is unclear, retry with երեկ + գնացի and վաղը + կգնամ.

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.