Arpa Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 You will enjoy this site where the below quote is taken fromhttp://www.road-to-armenia.com/index.html It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it In Armenia, it is said that one can communicate without speaking a single word of Armenian. For example, if someone asks how you are, you can simply say “Eh...,” meaning something like “As you see,” or, “What you see is what you get.” When someone agrees with another, instead of saying “Ayo” (Yes), he says “Ha,” or “Ha!” depending on the enthusiasm required. If someone is disgusted with a certain remark or behavior, he says “Eeeya!” or “Eee!” for short. If one is carrying on or bragging, the response is usually “Bah, bah, bah, bah...,” the number of “bahs” depending on the level of disbelief or disgust. Or, when someone says something that mildly surprises you, you can answer with “Bah?” meaning, “Oh, really?” Finally, there is the simple, straightforward “Bah,” as when a cannibal goes to Abaran and states he is going to eat someone, and the Abarantsi, who is used to all forms of ridicule, says, “Bah, when it comes to eating someone, I am suddenly thought of as a man.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 they forgot about "BA!?!?" you give the explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 btw, for those how are interested.these words are called Ձայնարկություններ [dzaynarkoutyunner].that's the 10th (10th? forgot already) խոսքի մաս (part of speech) in Armenian lenguage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted October 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 they forgot about "BA!?!?" you give the explanation. No Harut they remembered everything, they forgot "nothing"!VOCHINCH chen moratsel. Moratsel en amen ich! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayri7X Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Another Armenian invention ( for the tallies) An Armenian underwrote a Christmas Carol . Evidence? " BAH! HUMBUG!!" ,----------- Scrooge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 Just a few more interjections for the fans Guess what they are if you want My apologies for those that have already been mentioned... a a a a akh akhey ah ay ay-ay-ay ba bas de e ekh eh e-he-hey ehey @ @@ @h @h@ tyuh tu i ih if ha hey h@ ho ya shu pa pah va vakh vah vay vay-vay vay-vay-vay v@i vi vish vuy vush to u ukh ukhay uh uy uf pisht puh q@s-q@s qsha o okhay oh oho oy of fi foh fu fuh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arian Zinavorents Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 may be i am wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arian Zinavorents Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Armenians and other turkic peoples use this name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Strange. I've never heard of "Bah" even though it seems so popular. Does anybody here know the "Ohooooo" tsaynargoutioun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Strange. I've never heard of "Bah" even though it seems so popular. Does anybody here know the "Ohooooo" tsaynargoutioun? the "bah" (pronounced "pah" in ea, պահ) is different than the "ba" i was talking about [3] years ago... "ba" as in բա, ախպերս, հլը կյանքում էնքա՜ն բան կսովորես... ba, axpers, hl@ kyanqum enqan ban ksovores... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 the "bah" (pronounced "pah" in ea, պահ) is different than the "ba" i was talking about [3] years ago... "ba" as in բա, ախպերս, հլը կյանքում էնքա՜ն բան կսովորես... ba, axpers, hl@ kyanqum enqan ban ksovores... Very good Harut. Close. ԲԱ! Is the abbreviated form of ՀԱՊԱ which means “of course“, արդարեւ, անշուշտ, իհարկէ, ուրեմն! In fact “hapa/հապա” is from “apa/ապա/heto/then/after“. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 All you have said is right guys, buy how could you possibly forget pee-yo, as in ara PEE-YOOOOOOO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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