r/hayeren

I'm planning to learn a little Armenian for business, and I thought, why not learn it from someone who also speaks fluent "developer"? 😄

I'm looking to connect with an Armenian-speaking software developer who has C1-level English proficiency or higher. We can talk about Armenian, software development, tech, and why the code worked yesterday but mysteriously broke today.

Compensation is open for discussion.

If this sounds like you, or you know someone who would be a great fit, please send me a message or tag them below. I'd love to connect! 🇦🇲💻

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for the right Armenian word or short phrase, and I’d really value the ear of native speakers, a literal dictionary translation won’t cut it.

The idea I want to capture isn’t just “chess”. It’s the spirit of it : patience, quiet strategy, moving forward carefully, winning without noise. The kind of game Tigran Petrosian was famous for. Anticipating, staying calm, advancing without ever forcing it.

I’m looking for something like :
• an Armenian proverb or saying about patience, or “slow but sure”
• a word or expression for calm, deliberate progress
• anything from chess culture that carries that feeling, a term, an idiom, a turn of phrase

If you suggest something, could you also write it in Armenian script with a rough transliteration ? I’d like to get the spelling exactly right.

Thanks a lot 🙏🏼

Hi everyone! I'm a English speaker and a complete beginner in Eastern Armenian. I'm looking for a teacher who speaks both Armenian and English at a native or near-native level. I'm a software developer, and my long term goal is to discuss programming and software development naturally in Armenian, not just say "Բարև" and then switch back to English when someone mentions an API. 😄 It would be a big plus if you have a software development or technical background, so eventually we can discuss code, architecture, debugging, AI, and why everything worked perfectly until it reached production. If you're interested, please message me with your experience, availability, and hourly rate. Շնորհակալություն։ 🇦🇲

I was in a shop where one of the workers stocking the shelves dropped something and said "fuck." He must've been 20 or so. I also heard another 30-something year old woman say "fuck" while speaking only in Armenian.

It sort of got me thinking... is this some emerging trend with people under 35? Armenian curse words are extremely taboo and generally can't be used the same way as English curse words for things like dropping something or bashing your foot into a rock. I'd imagine English curse words are a solution to this "problem."

First of all, a short summary of my background: I was born in Syria. My dad is Syrian and my mother German. My main friend group was Armenian, they even visited Armenian schools as kids. I am not Armenian myself, but I can speak Arabic, English and German fluently. I have picked up a lot of words in the Western Armenian language by hanging out with my friends. I am able to understand conversation from a few words by context when they speak. However, I cannot form full sentences, only short phrases.

Last year, I visited my friends in Yerevan and I really loved the city, the country, the food and it's people. This year, I went on vacation to Yerevan again. I had even more fun, than last time. I have noticed that Eastern Armenian is a complete different language to my ears. When I hear people talking, I only understand less than 10% I would like to learn the language spoken in Yerevan, so I don't have to always rely on my friends to translate for me.

Do you guys know how I can learn the language or at least some basics to be able to build on that? I know, the task is hard, but I have learned Arabic and German, which are also hard languages to learn. Could you recommend me something I can find online to learn the language?

I have decided to visit my friends once every year in Yerevan, but I don't enjoy the feeling of not being able to say, or order something on my own.

Edit: Thank you everyone for your help and recommendations!

Is it a strong insult? On a scale of 1-10 how bad is it?

Hi! I’m actually working with Armenian texts content (few sentences).

I would like it to be checked by someone as I don’t read or speak Armenian at all!

I tried translation tools but I don’t really trust them.

Thanks a lot in advance!

I'm a native speaker of both EA and WA and will automatically switch to whichever one the person in front of me speaks. I'm naturally a linguistic chameleon and subconsciously mimic the way the other person talks: grammar, vocab, accent and everything.

It works fine for EA and WA since I'm fluent in both and it comes naturally, but one time I was talking to someone from Gyumri and felt a bit awkward because I was trying to speak Gyumri dialect by essentially mixing EA and WA and hoping it comes close. It's not putting on an act, it's just that my brain cannot maintain its own dialect when someone else speaks differently. But in the case of Gyumri, it was obvious I was inexperienced. Maintaining my natural dialect felt wrong, but so did trying to talk like a Gyumreci.

I wasn't ready to accept the fact that there isn't a queer Armenian sub, so come, discuss, support, ask, and most importantly *enjoy<3*

Until now, I was not aware of the particular challenges facing Armenia's (and Diaspora's) Deaf community or the questions surrounding the development of ASL. When we talk about the Armenian language, our conversations usually revolve around Western Armenian, Eastern Armenian, language policy, or the challenges of preserving the language. Rarely do we consider Armenian Sign Language, its development, its unique linguistic needs, or the role of the Deaf community in shaping its future.

Deacon Tigran Khachikyan’s video brings these issues into focus by sharing the concerns and perspectives of members of Armenia's Deaf community.

He argues that organizations and hearing professionals are introducing new signs and making important decisions about the language without the meaningful participation of Deaf people themselves. In his view, ASL belongs to the Deaf community, and any effort to develop or standardize it should be led by the people who use it every day.

Deacon Tigran says that the Deaf community in Armenia communicates in Armenian and has naturally shaped and adapted its own sign language over generations. That organic process should be respected rather than replaced by decisions made from the top down.

His appeal is simple: discussions and decisions about ASL should include the Deaf community at every stage. Their lived experience, linguistic knowledge, and sense of ownership are are indispensable to preserve the integrity and continued development of Armenian Sign Language.