- ե appears
- in initial position, standing for “ye”
- երեխայ
- Երեւան
- before vowels, standing for “y”
- եօթը
- սենեակ
- within words, standing for “e”
- մեր
- գրել
- գեղեցիկ
- in initial position, standing for “ye”
- ե never appears in final position. է is used instead
- է appears
- in initial position, standing for “e”
- էի
- էջ
- էակ
- in final position
- րոպէ
- փայտէ
- հասցէ
- կ՛ըսէ
- in final position before ն
- քարաշէն
- նորէն
- ամէն
- արդէն
- in the third person singular form of the imperfect indicative (-էր)
- կը խօսէր
- կը քալէր
- in the second person plural forms of verbs preceding ք
- պիտի երգէք
- եկէ՛ք
- կ՛ուզէ՞ք
- in initial position, standing for “e”
- Within words, ե occurs more frequently than է. Common words containing է must be memorized:
- աղէկ
- երեկ
- դէմք
- մէկ
- տէր
- հրաւէր
- նուէր
- շէնք
- մէջ
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2 replies on “Traditional Orthography: ե & է”
please continue with this series of posts!
Hi! Thank you, sorry for the late reply, I just saw that I have replies 🙂
Will do, definitely. Thank you for reading and for your interest.