Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 4B: M & N

Continuing the “Look Alikes” theme, two other “look alike” letters in Armenian are N & M: ն & մ

1. ն = n, like “name”
2. մ = m, like “map”

These are especially tricky to tell apart. Two things helped me.

1. Might to the right:
2. ն has a longer Neck:
   

   N

   

   M

Try reading:
ամէն
մահ
մոմ
միս
մեր
հայր մեր
մեզ
մինչ
մարմին
նաւ
ննջեմ
մնամ
նման
նարինջ
նոր
նոր սիոն
նոցա
օգնեմ
օգնեա
օգնել

Homework:

What other Armenian letters look like the ones you’ve just learned?

Start a running list, of groups of letters that have similar shapes.

How can you tell them apart?

That there’s a section on these Alphabet worksheets for just that “look alike” strategy of memorizing the letters.

Access the rest of the lessons in this series here:

• Introduction to Western Armenian Alphabet Posts
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 1A: You CAN Learn to Read Armenian
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 1B: E, E, E
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 2: False Friends
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 3A: Odd Couples
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 3B: Alien Beings
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 4A: Look Alikes
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 4B: M & N
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 4C: An important letter (and more practice reading)
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 5A: Sound Alikes
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 5B: The Last Few Letters
• Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 5C: Bonus Letters