Western Armenian Alphabet, Lesson 4C: An important letter (and more practice reading)

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You can find the specific (slightly edited) Powerpoint lesson here:  Alphabet 4, Look Alikes and More

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An important letter:

Armenian թ
Pronounced t

  • թ = t, t’, [tʰ]

Used for a very important suffix:

Armenian -թիւն
Equivalent to -tion (in English)

 

Pronounced:

  • “իւ” = eev
  • But often, “իւ” = yoo
  • -թիւն = tyoon, tiun

 

Some tricks for this letter:

  • The letter itself is called “toh,” pronounced like “toe.” I imagine the letter as a trchnakir bird, with its head bent down to look at its toes.
  • Someone on the internet came up with: “Jesus had a favorite disciple and his name was Peter. This letter looks like ‘P’, but refers to the ‘ter’ part of his name. It is pronounced ‘t’ as in the second syllable of ‘Peter’. ‘Terminal’ and ‘turban’ share the same hard sound.”
  • Or you could think of the curly bit like steam, coming out of a train (picture from Memrise.com):
    թ mem

 

Remember:

What does it look like?

What does it sound like?

 

 

You’ve learned a lot of letters now. 
Try sounding out these words:
խաղաղ
խաղաղութիւն
օրհնութիւն
թողութիւն
բազմութիւն
օգնութիւն
բարեխօսութիւն
գոհութիւն
ժամերգութիւն
ողորմութիւն
միածին որդի եւ բանդ Աստուած
սուրբ աստուած սուրբ եւ հզօր սուրբ եւ անմահ որ յարեար ի մեռելոց. ողորմեա մեզ
դեւ
դուռ
ելեւել
եռալ
եռացնել
երաժիշտ
երաշխ
երես
երեւելի
երեւիլ
ծախէ
ծէս
ծուխ
ծով
ծոց
ծոյլ
Հայր
Որդի
սուրբ
Հոգի
ամէն
CONGRATULATIONS
You’ve learned 28 Armenian letters and 3 dipthongs!

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