Beginning Armenian

Charry Karamanoukian is Lecturer in Armenian Language at Columbia University, USA.

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