Lesson 6: People and plans

Functional outcome: Identify people and make a simple invitation or arrangement.

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 ընկեր friend ən-KER
word ընտանիք family ən-ta-NEEK'
word վաղը tomorrow VA-ghə
word ժամ hour/time zham
word միասին together mee-a-SEEN
chunk Իմ ընկերն է He/she is my friend eem ən-KER-n e
chunk Վաղը կարող եմ սուրճ խմել Tomorrow I can drink coffee. VA-ghə ka-ROGH em soorch khə-MEL
chunk Ժամը ... at ... o’clock (use the appropriate hour form) ZHA-mə ...
chunk Եկ միասին գնանք Let’s go together. yek mee-a-SEEN gə-NANK'
chunk Տեսնվենք վաղը See you tomorrow tes-nə-VENK' VA-ghə
sentence Նա իմ ընկերն է։ He/she is my friend. na eem ən-KER-n e.
sentence Վաղը ժամը հինգին կարող եմ սուրճ խմել։ Tomorrow at five I can drink coffee. VA-ghə ZHA-mə heen-GEEN ka-ROGH em soorch khə-MEL.
sentence Ժամը հինգն է։ It is five o’clock. ZHA-mə HEENG-n e.
sentence Վաղը միասին սուրճ խմենք։ Let’s drink coffee together tomorrow. VA-ghə mee-a-SEEN soorch khə-MENK'.
sentence Տեսնվենք վաղը ժամը հինգին։ See you tomorrow at five. tes-nə-VENK' VA-ghə ZHA-mə heen-GEEN.

Pattern

Նա means he/she without distinguishing gender. Եկ միասին գնանք is an informal “let’s go together.” Clock phrases need a form distinction: ժամը հինգն է = it is five o’clock, but ժամը հինգին = at five o’clock. Use the latter to arrange a meeting.

Mini-dialogue

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

Speaker Armenian Meaning Approximate cue
Mariam Վաղը ազատ ե՞ս։ Are you free tomorrow? VA-ghə a-ZAT es?
Aram Այո, ազատ եմ։ Yes, I am free. a-YO, a-ZAT em.
Mariam Վաղը միասին սուրճ խմենք։ Let’s have coffee together tomorrow. VA-ghə mee-a-SEEN soorch khə-MENK'.
Aram Ժամը հինգի՞ն։ At five o’clock? ZHA-mə heen-GEEN?
Mariam Այո, տեսնվենք վաղը։ Yes, see you tomorrow. a-YO, tes-nə-VENK' VA-ghə.

Effortful recall — answer before opening the key

  1. Say “He/she is my friend.”
  2. Invite: “Let’s go together.”
  3. Say “See you tomorrow.”
Answer key
  1. Նա իմ ընկերն է։
  2. Եկ միասին գնանք։
  3. Տեսնվենք վաղը։

Guided real-world task

Send or say a four-part plan: ask availability, propose coffee, give a time, close with “see you tomorrow.” Reuse այսօր ազատ եմ or the café language; if the time phrase fails, say the rest and retry it separately.

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.