Four letters, eight familiar faces

Meet ayb, ben, gim, da and practise telling them apart.

One letter, two cases

These lessons use Eastern Armenian pronunciation and modern reformed spelling. Capitals start sentences and names; most running text is lowercase. The capital and lowercase are the same letter and sound. There are no Arabic-style positional forms.

ayb

Ayb makes a, as in father. Learn Ա and ա as one letter in two cases.

ayb

ben

Ben makes b in Eastern Armenian. Follow the upright and the loop in Բ and բ.

ben

gim

Gim makes hard g, as in go. Compare Գ Դ and գ դ carefully.

gim

da

Da makes d. The pair is Դ դ; gim is Գ գ.