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Conjugation of Armenian Verbs

I am : Yes em
You are : Du es (prounouced "doo"
He/She/It is : Na e
You are (plural or formal): Duk ek (pronounced "Dook")
We are: Menk enk
They are: Nrank en
Linel (to be)
Sirel (to love)
Gal (to come)
Gnal (to go)
Handipel (to meet)
Sovorel (to learn)
Kaylel (to walk)
khosel (to talk)
asel (to say)
patmel (to tell)
kangnel (to stand; to stop)
makrel (to clean)

Verbs[edit]
Verbs in Armenian are based on two basic series of forms, a "present" form and an "imperfect"
form. From this, all other tenses and moods are formed with various particles and constructions.
There is a third form, the preterite, which in Armenian is tense in its own right, and takes no
other particles or constructions. (See also Armenian verbs and Eastern Armenian verb table for
more detailed information.)
The present tense in Eastern Armenian is based on two conjugations (a, e). In Eastern Armenian,
the distinct conjugations in e and i merged as e.
/linl/

/sil/

/kdl/

'to be'

'to love'

'to read'

present participle
/js/ (I)
/du/ (you. sg)
/n/ (he/she/it)
/mnk/ (we)
/duk/ (you.pl)
/nnk/ (they)

/m/
/s/
//
/nk/
/k/
/n/

/sium/
/sim/
/sis/
/sii/
/sink/
/sik/
/sin/

/kdum/
/kdm/
/kds/
/kd/
/kdnk/
/kdk/
/kdn/

The present tense (as we know it in English) is made by adding the present tense of linel after the
present participle form of the verb:
js kdum m ik/ (I am reading the book)
js sium m jd ik/ (I love that book)

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