Lesson 4: Places and directions

Functional outcome: Ask where a place is and understand a short direction.

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 որտեղ where vor-TEGH
word փողոց street p'o-GHOTS'
word կենտրոն center/downtown ken-TRON
word աջ right aj
word ձախ left dzakh
chunk Որտե՞ղ է ... Where is ...? vor-TEGH e ...?
chunk Այստեղ է It is here ays-TEGH e
chunk Այնտեղ է It is there ayn-TEGH e
chunk Աջ կողմում On the right side aj kogh-MOOM
chunk Ձախ կողմում On the left side dzakh kogh-MOOM
sentence Մետրոն որտե՞ղ է։ Where is the metro? me-TRON vor-TEGH e?
sentence Մետրոն այստեղ է։ The metro is here. me-TRON ays-TEGH e.
sentence Կենտրոնը այնտեղ է։ The center is there. ken-TRO-nə ayn-TEGH e.
sentence Մետրոն աջ կողմում է։ The metro is on the right. me-TRON aj kogh-MOOM e.
sentence Մետրոն ձախ կողմում է։ The metro is on the left. me-TRON dzakh kogh-MOOM e.

Pattern

Որտե՞ղ է X asks “Where is X?” Armenian often places the question word first. է is the third-person “is.”

Mini-dialogue

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

Speaker Armenian Meaning Approximate cue
Traveler Կներեք, մետրոն որտե՞ղ է։ Excuse me, where is the metro? kə-ne-REK', me-TRON vor-TEGH e?
Local Այնտեղ է։ It is there. ayn-TEGH e.
Traveler Աջ կողմո՞ւմ։ On the right? aj kogh-MOOM?
Local Այո, աջ կողմում։ Yes, on the right. a-YO, aj kogh-MOOM.
Traveler Շնորհակալություն։ Thank you. shə-nor-ha-ka-loo-T'YOON.

Effortful recall — answer before opening the key

  1. Ask “Where is the metro?”
  2. Say “It is there.”
  3. Say “on the right side.”
Answer key
  1. Մետրոն որտե՞ղ է։
  2. Մետրոն այստեղ է։
  3. Մետրոն աջ կողմում է։

Guided real-world task

Use a map, real or imagined: ask for the metro or center, then respond with a one-phrase direction. Reuse կներեք / շնորհակալություն and request repetition if needed.

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.