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#1 Melinay

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Posted 04 March 2008 - 01:53 PM

I grew up near Detroit, where there were plenty of Armenians..and my whole family, but now I live in Kentucky, and there are about 20 of us (maybe! smile.gif) Plus, I grew up speaking (not fluent sad.gif) Western Armenian, and all my friends here are actual immigrants from Hyestan and so speak Eastern. I'm trying to teach my sons Armenian, but it's nearly impossible. We have a small "class" with a few of our kids and we try to get together once a week, but it's not enough. I loved the CD's from Pimsleur, but they only offer once level of lessons..you can get no further than being able to pick someone up in a bar!!! smile.gif Are there any good cd courses that cover the whole language and not just an introduction? I think I should be concentrating on Eastern since that's what is spoken in Armenia and by most people I know here. Thanks!

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Posted 04 March 2008 - 06:13 PM

QUOTE (Melinay @ Mar 4 2008, 11:53 AM)
I grew up near Detroit, where there were plenty of Armenians..and my whole family, but now I live in Kentucky, and there are about 20 of us (maybe! smile.gif) Plus, I grew up speaking (not fluent sad.gif) Western Armenian, and all my friends here are actual immigrants from Hyestan and so speak Eastern. I'm trying to teach my sons Armenian, but it's nearly impossible. We have a small "class" with a few of our kids and we try to get together once a week, but it's not enough. I loved the CD's from Pimsleur, but they only offer once level of lessons..you can get no further than being able to pick someone up in a bar!!! smile.gif Are there any good cd courses that cover the whole language and not just an introduction? I think I should be concentrating on Eastern since that's what is spoken in Armenia and by most people I know here. Thanks!


Բարի՜ Եկաք: Welcome Melinay. I sympathize for your disliked position in a rural location where there aren't many Armenians. But I think it's great how you would like to learn our language regardless. So, I'll give you some websites with some free Armenian lessons, and though they may not be what you are looking for, I hope they will prove to be helpful: http://www.armeniape...rmenian_Lessons (yes it looks like Wikipedia, but it's actually "ArmenianPedia" and these are lessons for the Eastern dialect smile.gif ) and http://fas-digiclass...p?dept=armenian (you may have noticed that Armenian is spelled wrong - "Հայէրէն" instead of "Հայերէն" - and these are lessons for the Western dialect smile.gif ) Anyway, I hope you are successfull in your efforts of learning Armenian! Յաջողութի՜ւն: biggrin.gif

PS: If only there was a Rosetta Stone for Armenian... wink.gif

Edited by Էլիա, 04 March 2008 - 06:19 PM.


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Posted 01 June 2010 - 11:28 PM

There is a great PC program called "Discover Armenian", that teaches Western Armenian, I bought it and is great, you can use it for children. It also teaches the Armenian alphabet,has cultural notes and lively songs. Their website is : http://www.discoverarmenian.com
I hope this helps you.




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