Zhakareh Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 How do you say "Brazilian" in Armenian? Is it "braziliatsi" by any chance? What about the feminine, "braziliuhi" perhaps? I'm having to guess because all my relatives who knew more than two words of Armenian are dead. Also, could you tell me how to say "Portuguese" meaning the Portuguese language? Please post the response in both Armenian and Latin script, if you are so inclined. Յես կհոսում եմ պորտուգերեն.<==Probably hilariously bad Armenian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanetsi Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Since you speak Western, I assume, the transliterations are as follows: Braziliatsi- person Braziliagan- adjective Portugaleren- Portugese (language) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostom Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Whether it be for better or worse, the Armenian language does not have one consistent spelling and vocabulary for the nationalities and languages of the world. The former of these facts (spelling) is due to the unfortunate fact that we have two dialects (Eastern and Western). Whereas the latter (vocabulary) due to the simple fact that no one ever set these out straight to begin with, and they got used and manipulated in each part of the world that the Diaspora used it in. I recall once I wanted to know how to write 'Sweden' in Armenian. After looking in two dictionaries, I found 4 different spellings for it. Brazilian/Բրազիլեան or Braziliatsi/Բրազիլացի . Both will work. Keep in mind that those are the Eastern Armenian spellings of the word. For the Western Armenian, you would change the first letter 'Բ' to 'Պ'. Portugaltsi/Պորտուգալցի --> a citizen of Portugal. Portugal/Պորտուգալերեն --> the Portuguese language. Again, these two are the Eastern Armenian spellings. For the Western Armenian, you would change the first letter 'Պ' to 'Փ', and the letter 'տ' to 'թ'. Which, of course now if read by an Eastern Armenian would be pronounced like the English (and probably Portuguese) pronunciation. What a mess!!!! Yes I am already confused writing this post....I'm sure Arpa will feast on this topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 This is kind of a riddle. Let’s see who will “crack the nut” so to speak. Blazilian= @nguzeren Portuguese=Narinjeren. :goof: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Braziltsi? Portugeren? Probably not though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 My silliness above referred to the languages. According to the Hanragitaran the people of Brazil are braziliatsi բրազիլիացի and the language of Portugal is portugaleren/ պորտուգալերէն Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vartahoor Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Պորտուգալ, պորտուգալացի,պորտուգալուհի, պորտուգալերեն Բրազիլ, բրազիլցի, գրազիլուհի, պորտուգալերեն Անգլիա, անգլիացի, անգլուհի, անգլերեն Ամերիկա, ամերիկացի, ամերիկուհի, անգլերեն Ֆրանսիա, ֆրանսիացի, ֆրանսուհի, ֆրանսերեն Ռուսաստան, ռուս (չունենք ռուսուհի) ռուսերեն, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Պորտուգալ, պորտուգալացի,պորտուգալուհի, պորտուգալերեն Բրազիլ, բրազիլցի, գրազիլուհի, պորտուգալերեն Անգլիա, անգլիացի, անգլուհի, անգլերեն Ամերիկա, ամերիկացի, ամերիկուհի, անգլերեն Ֆրանսիա, ֆրանսիացի, ֆրանսուհի, ֆրանսերեն Ռուսաստան, ռուս (չունենք ռուսուհի) ռուսերեն, yes iyd bolori mijits siretsy / պորտուգալուհի / բրազիլուհի / ֆրանսուհի և իհարկե ռուսի-ուհին Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vartahoor Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 yes iyd bolori mijits siretsy / պորտուգալուհի / բրազիլուհի / ֆրանսուհի և իհարկե ռուսի-ուհին ռուսիուհի չկայ սիրովէ վարդահուր Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 ռուսիուհի չկայ սիրովէ վարդահուր Արդիոք Ռուսուհիները Բրազիլիա կամ Բրիտանիա են գնացել իրանց ուհին ոսկեզոծել?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanetsi Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 This is kind of a riddle. Let’s see who will “crack the nut” so to speak. Blazilian= @nguzeren Portuguese=Narinjeren. :goof: The latte refers to the Greek for "orange", does it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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