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Perhaps, Maybe, Etc.


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The birthrightarmenia.org dictionary gives the following for "perhaps" -

 

արդյոք

գուցե

թեկուզ

թերեւս

 

Slight problem, though - the արդյոք is transliterated as artsyok. How did they make such a mistake?

Secondly, I was wondering if there are nuances among the four. If so, could some example sentences with explanations be provided? Thanks in advance. :)

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Can't see the Armenian on this page, but here I go.

 

However = Aynuamenayniv (pronounced ayn-oo-amen-ayn-eev)

 

Possibly = Havanabar

 

Whether = Te, Ardyoq

 

Perhaps/Maybe = Gutse (pronounced gootseh) (though most people in Armenia use the slang "mi gutse" instead)

 

Deryevs = Still, Yet, Even (sort of like "and still") (we western Armenians use "terevs" for "maybe" which doesn't make sense to me)

 

Tekuz = Even, Though. Although, Even If

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Deryevs = Still, Yet, Even (sort of like "and still") (we western Armenians use "terevs" for "maybe" which doesn't make sense to me)

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you're mixing the two. there is դեռևս [derryevs] (rr as in Hrrom (Rome)) and թերևս [terevs]...

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Can't see the Armenian on this page, but here I go.

 

However = Aynuamenayniv (pronounced ayn-oo-amen-ayn-eev)

 

Possibly = Havanabar

 

Whether = Te, Ardyoq

 

Perhaps/Maybe = Gutse (pronounced gootseh) (though most people in Armenia use the slang "mi gutse" instead)

 

Deryevs = Still, Yet, Even (sort of like "and still") (we western Armenians use "terevs" for "maybe" which doesn't make sense to me)

 

Tekuz = Even, Though. Although, Even If

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Thanks again for that. Originally I was only studying Barskahayaren, but lately I've been studying Western as well! Busy busy..haha

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Oops, sorry about that. I made a mistake in my post.

 

All this gets confusing since we Western Armenians have 2 letter "T"s.

 

 

deryevs (with a rolling "r") means = Still, Yet, Even (sort of like "and still")

 

teryevs - Perhaps, Probably

 

 

Though I don't really hear anyone here in Armenia using the second one, but instead they say "mi guce".

 

If I'm not mistaken "havanabar" is the right word for "probably", but I don't hear it used here much.

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If I'm not mistaken "havanabar" is the right word for "probably", but I don't hear it used here much.

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havanabar derrevs aynpisi mardkants ches handipel, voronq ogtagortsum en ayd barer@: terevs husahatvel petq che, gutse yev shutov handipes...

 

inchpes statsvets?

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Garodtser eik zis?? ;) Shadonts eh chei aytseladz ays gaykechuh. :)

 

I was just talking to my Stantsi friend and she said they don't really use "havanapar" -- we Westerners use it a lot.

 

I'd actually never heard of teryevs (deryevs) used as "still" -- you learn something every day.

 

We also use "gareli" (kareli) to mean possibly/maybe.

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