Friday, June 13, 2008

Pre-Arrival Hayeren

I finally caved. I'm learning minimal Armenian in order to avoid being totally lost in Armenia. You will be happy to know I already know how to greet people and introduce myself. 
That's not even going to get me past the passport control. 
But, I have noticed that a lot of vocabulary of Eastern Armenian - because, to make matters worse, Western Armenian (spoken among the diaspora) is different than Eastern Armenian (spoken in Armenia), is similar to Czech. Here's one example: "Most" in Armenian, also means "Bridge." Damn, I'm practically fluent! I should probably devote a bit more of my time to the study of this language, especially in basic survival areas such as food. mmm I hear they have great food. How muuuuch?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

KHello, Boratiana!