Armenian

A country known for its incredible natural beauty and ancient countryside architecture, Armenia offers something exotic and alluring to everyone. Whether you are on a tour of amazing monasteries in the mountains, or listening to a rich performance at the Yerevan Opera Theater, you are sure to feel welcomed by this warm and friendly people. While you are enjoying the khorovatsmeal, be sure to say Ձեր կենացը (Dzere keh-NUTS-eh), which means “cheers”, when your host raises a glass!

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Learn Through Conversations

Getting Acquainted

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  • Who Are You?
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    Getting Acquainted

    Who Are You?

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Greet others and bid them farewell
    • Introduce yourself formally
    • Meet new people
    • Identify subject pronouns
    • Recognize Armenian adjectives
    • Use Armenian punctuation marks
  • We are Family
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    We are Family

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Ask questions regarding familial relationships
    • Describe someone in relation to family members
    • Introduce someone else
    • Identify word order in Armenian.
    • Recognize the peculiarities of inversion in interrogative sentences.
    • Use the auxiliary veb է
  • Getting to Know You
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    Getting to Know You

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Articulate feelings
    • Describe physical characteristics
    • Express interest
    • Inquire about a stranger
    • Use the imperative mood; words like արի and եկեք to express joint action.
    • Use the subjunctive mood; expressions կուզեի , կուզենար , կուզենամ
  • There’s No Place Like Home
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    There’s No Place Like Home

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Explain that you are a non-native speaker
    • Explain where you are from
    • Identify languages and countries
    • Inquire about someone’s ability to speak a language
    • Use adjectives
    • Use the suffix -ից
  • Where Did You Go to School?
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    Where Did You Go to School?

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Discuss the merits of a school
    • Inquire about programs
    • Recognize possessive pronouns իմ, իմը, քո, քոնը, նրա, նրանը
    • Use prepositions

Travel

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  • “How do you say….?”
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    Travel

    “How do you say….?”

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Ask for clarification
    • Provide and obtain new information
    • Request new vocabulary
    • Recognize indefinite pronouns
    • Use adverbs
  • Haggling and Money
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    Travel

    Haggling and Money

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Ask the price for something
    • Buy a ticket for travel
    • Count
    • Negotiate
    • Form passive constructions
    • Recognize the preposition "by"
  • In My Closet
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    In My Closet

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Express future plans
    • Identify various articles of clothing
    • Question statements made by others
    • Recognize how to use the particle կ with the future tense
    • Recognize the future tense
  • Shop till you Drop
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    Shop till you Drop

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Acquire necessities
    • Find places to shop
    • Gather information from a native speaker
    • Inquire about shops in the local area
    • Use possessive case with interrogative pronouns որտեղից, ումից, ինչից
    • Use the posessive case with adverbs of place and direction այստեղից, այնտեղից
  • X Marks the Spot
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    X Marks the Spot

    Conversational Goals Grammar Goals
    • Ask for and receive directions
    • Describe the location of one object in relation to another
    • Recognize the imperative mood and the ways to express it in Armenian
    • Recognize the modal verbs "can/may" to express polite request and permission

Activities

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Places

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