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Beginning Armenian: A Communicative Textbook introduces conversational Western and Eastern Armenian in a single volume, allowing learners to acquire the language skills they need to communicate and to reference, contrast and compare both standards of the language.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Writing System
- The Alphabet
- Pronunciation
- Punctuation
Lesson 1 – Greetings and Getting Acquainted
Letters: Ա ա, Ե ե, Է է, Բ բ, Պ պ, Փ փ, Ր ր, Լ լ, Վ վ, WA Ւ ւ, EA և
Grammar: Verb "to be"
Lesson 2 – Numbers and Sharing Personal Information
Letters: Թ թ, Դ դ, Տ տ, Ն ն, Մ մ, Ս ս, Չ չ, Ջ ջ, Ճ ճ, Ի ի, Ը ը, ՈՒ ու
Grammar: Verb "to have" and "to be"
Lesson 3 – Countries, Languages, and Origins
Letters: Ք ք, Կ կ, Գ գ, Ձ ձ, Ց ց, Ծ ծ, Հ հ, Յ յ, Ո ո, Օ օ
Grammar: Regular verb "to live", verb "to know", ablative and locative cases, possessives
Lesson 4 – Review
Letters: Խ խ, Ղ ղ, Ռ ռ, Ֆ ֆ, Զ զ, Ժ ժ, Շ շ
Grammar: Regular verbs, present tense and negative present, the nominative case
Lesson 5 – People and Occupations
Grammar: Possessives, plural, definite and indefinite articles
Lesson 6 – Everyday Objects
Grammar: Demonstratives, post-positions
Lesson 7 – Whose Is This?
Grammar: Possessive pronouns, genitive case
Lesson 8 – The Time and the Date
Grammar: Verb "can" present tense and negative present
Lesson 9 – Weather and Mood
Grammar: Past continuous tense of verb "to be"
Lesson 10 – Daily Routine and Free Time
Grammar: Regular verbs, present tense and negative present
Lesson 11 – Activities
Grammar: Motion, past continuous tense of regular verbs and habitual present tense
Lesson 12 – Future Plans
Grammar: Future tense
Lesson 13 – Activities in the Past
Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of regular verbs WA -ել, -իլ, -ալ / EA -ել and -ալ
Lesson 14 – Dining
Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of irregular verbs
Lesson 15 – Shopping
Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of WA -նել, -նիլ, -իլ, -չիլ and EA -նել, -չել verbs
Lesson 16 – Asking for Directions
Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of causative -ցնել and of -նալ verbs
Lesson 17 – Public Transportation
Grammar: Instrumental and ablative cases, simple past tense and imperative mood of irregular verbs
Lesson 18 – Grammar – Object Pronouns
Grammar: Accusative and dative cases
Lesson 19 – Health
Grammar: Present perfect tense
Lesson 20 – Food
Grammar: Instrumental case
Lesson 21 – Describing People
Grammar: Instrumental and ablative cases
Lesson 22 – Wants, Needs, Opinions, Requests
Grammar: Subjunctive mood and EA future tenses with պիտի and կ
Lesson 23 – Grammar – Postpositions
Lesson 24 – Grammar – Relative Pronouns and Participles
Review Exercises
Grammar Appendix
Further Reading
Index
About the author
Charry Karamanoukian is Lecturer in Armenian Language at Columbia University, USA.
Summary
Beginning Armenian: A Communicative Textbook introduces conversational Western and Eastern Armenian in a single volume, allowing learners to acquire the language skills they need to communicate and to reference, contrast and compare both standards of the language.
