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<div style="font-size:300%"> Word Order in Armenian</div>
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The structure of a simple affirmative Armenian sentence is as follows: noun, main verb, auxiliary verb. Notice how this would sound in English:
The structure of a simple affirmative Armenian sentence is as follows: noun, main verb, auxiliary verb. Notice how this would sound in English:


Table  
Table  


However, in Armenian the word order may change. The the change of word order is accompanied with the change of the logical stress.  
However, in Armenian the word order may change. The the change of word order is accompanied with the change of the logical stress.  


Consider the sentence below:
Consider the sentence below:


 
Ես խոսում եմ։ I am talking.  
{| class="wikitable"
Խոսում եմ ես։ I am talking (not dancing).  
!Armenian
Ես եմ խոսում։ I (and not someone else) am talking.  
!English
 
|-
 
|Ես խոսում եմ։ 
|I am talking. 
|-
|Խոսում եմ ես։ 
|I am talking (not dancing). 
|-
|Ես եմ խոսում։ 
|I (and not someone else) am talking. 
|}


<b>OR</b>  
<b>OR</b>  


{| class="wikitable"
!Armenian
!English
|-
|Երեխան ծիծաղում է։ 
|The child is  laughing. 
|-
|Ծիծաղում է երեխան։ 
|The  child is laughing (not dancing). 
|-
|Երեխան է ծիծաղում։ 
|The child (and not someone else) is laughing.
|}


Երեխան ծիծաղում է։ The child is laughing.  
==Sources==
Ծիծաղում է երեխան։ The child is laughing (not dancing).  
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf
Երեխան է ծիծաղում։ The child (and not someone else) is laughing.


==Videos==


===Learn Armenian: Armenian word order / syntax /sentence structure ...===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e76x709EJiI</youtube>


 
==Other Lessons==
==Sources==
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/The-Instrumental-Case|The Instrumental Case]]
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/The-Future-Perfect-Tense|The Future Perfect Tense]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Conjunctions|Conjunctions]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/The-Ablative-Case|The Ablative Case]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Asking-Questions|Asking Questions]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Future-Indicative-Tense|Future Indicative Tense]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/The-Genitive-Case|The Genitive Case]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Prepositions-and-Postpositions|Prepositions and Postpositions]]
* [[Language/Armenian/Grammar/Plurals|Plurals]]
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 27 March 2023

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Word Order in Armenian

The structure of a simple affirmative Armenian sentence is as follows: noun, main verb, auxiliary verb. Notice how this would sound in English:

Table

However, in Armenian the word order may change. The the change of word order is accompanied with the change of the logical stress.

Consider the sentence below:


Armenian English
Ես խոսում եմ։  I am talking. 
Խոսում եմ ես։  I am talking (not dancing). 
Ես եմ խոսում։  I (and not someone else) am talking. 

OR

Armenian English
Երեխան ծիծաղում է։  The child is laughing. 
Ծիծաղում է երեխան։  The child is laughing (not dancing). 
Երեխան է ծիծաղում։  The child (and not someone else) is laughing.

Sources[edit | edit source]

https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf

Videos[edit | edit source]

Learn Armenian: Armenian word order / syntax /sentence structure ...[edit | edit source]

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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