Learn Classical Armenian!
Learn Classical Armenian! started in June, 2021 with daily Grabar (Classical Armenian) exercises. Each exercise is designed to take about 15-30 minutes to work through, with most of the material sourced or modified from the 5th century Classical Armenian translation of the Bible. With the encouragement of Robert Bedrosian, the exercises have increasingly come to focus on "spoken" Grabar by emphasizing short, natural phrases that help the reader think in Grabar and, hopefully, come to parse longer sentences later on. Thanks to Taveen Miloyan for his help with developing the program for the exercises.
To whet the appetite, here are some famous literary lines that I recently translated into 5th century style Classical Armenian. Enjoy!
Additional resources:
Arak29 Classical Armenian-English Bible Concordance
Arak29 English-Classical Armenian Bible Concordance
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Alphabet:
The Classical Armenian Alphabet
Verbs:
1. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Եմ
2. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Եղ
3. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Լինել
4. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Սիրել
5. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Տալ
6. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Դնել
7. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Արկանել
8. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Գալ
9. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Երթալ
10. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Գնալ
11. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Կեալ
12. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Ուտել
13. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Ունել
14. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Ասել
15. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Առնել
16. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Առնուլ
17. Grabar Verb Conjugations: Ճանաչել
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Nouns:
1. Grabar Noun Declensions: Աւր
2. Grabar Noun Declensions: Ժամանակ
3. Grabar Noun Declensions: Ամ
4. Grabar Noun Declensions: Գիւղ
5. Grabar Noun Declensions: Այր
6. Grabar Noun Declensions: Կին
7. Grabar Noun Declensions: Ձեռն
8. Grabar Noun Declensions: Բան
9. Grabar Noun Declensions: Սիրտ
Pronouns:
1. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ես
2. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Դու
3. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Նա (սա, դա)
4. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ոմն
5. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ինքն
6. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Որ
7. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ո
8. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Իմն
9. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Միմեանց
10. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ամենեքեան
11. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Ամենայն
12. Grabar Pronoun Declensions: Այլ
13. Grabar Pronouns: Ինքնին (Reflexivity)
Adjectival:
13. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Այն (այդ, այս)
14. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Նոյն (սոյն, դոյն)
15. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Իմ
16. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Մեր
17. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Քո
18. Grabar Adjective Pronoun Declensions: Ձեր
Prepositions:
1. Grabar Prepositions: Ընդ
2. Grabar Prepositions: Առ
3. Grabar Prepositions: Ըստ
4. Grabar Prepositions: Ի, յ
5. Grabar Prepositions: Ց
6. Grabar Prepositions: Չ
7. Grabar Prepositions: զ
8. Grabar Prepositions: Under/Beneath
Conjunctions:
1. Grabar Conjunctions: Եթէ
2. Grabar Conjunctions: Կամ
3. Grabar Conjunctions: Եւ
4. Grabar Conjunctions: Բայց
5. The Many Faces of "Եւ Կամ"
6. Grabar Conjunctions: Ապա
7. Grabar Conjunctions: Քան
8. Grabar Conjunctions: Թէ
Adverbs:
1. Grabar Adverbs: Դեռ
2. Grabar Adverbs: Միշտ
3. Grabar Adverbs: Հազիւ
4. Grabar Adverbs: Գրեթէ
5. Grabar Adverbs: Երբեք
6. Grabar Adverbs: Արդեւք
7. Grabar Adverbs: Երբեմն
8. Grabar Adverbs: Պէսպէս
9. Grabar Adverbs: Միասին
Numerals:
Abbreviations:
Classical Armenian Abbreviations
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Selected readings
1. Հայոց լեզուն. Աշխարհն հայոց
2. Հայոց լեզուն. Նշանագիրք եւ թիւք
3. Հայոց լեզուն. Հայերէն քերականութիւն
4. Հայոց լեզուն. Հայ ընտանիք
5. Հայոց լեզուն. Խրատք եւ Իմաստութիւնք Խիկարայ
Sources of the Armenian Tradition
1. Եղիշէի Վասն Սրբոցն Վարդանանցն [Yeghishe's History of the Vartanants Saints, in Classical Armenian, Western Armenian and English]
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