Classical Armenian Online

Lessons

0. Introduction to Classical Armenian
1. Matthew 5:1-16
2. Moses of Khoren's History, Book II, Chapter 30
3. Faustos Buzand's The History of Armenia, Book IV, Chapter 5
4. Koriwn's The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Teacher Mesrop, Books V and VI
5. Yeznik of Kolb's Against the Heresy of Sects, Chapter 12
6. Selected Annotated Bibliography

Grammar Points

• 1. The Alphabet and Sound System.
•     1.1. The Alphabet.
•     1.2. The Sound System.
•     1.3. Vocalic and Consonantal Alternation.
• 2. Nominal Declension.
•     2.1. Nouns with Invariable Stems Ending in a Consonant.
•     2.2. Substantives with Invariable Stems Ending in a Vowel.
• 3. The Present System of Verbs.
•     3.1. Present Indicative of 'to be'.
•     3.2. The Present Indicative of All Verbs.
•     3.3. The Present Infinitive.
•     3.4. The Imperfect Tense of All verbs.
•     3.5. The Present Subjunctive.
•     3.6. The Present Imperative.
• 4. Word Order and Congruence.
• 5. Prepositions.
• 6. Nominal Declension.
•     6.1. Stem Variation vs. Vocalic Alternation.
•     6.2. r- and ł-Stems.
•     6.3. ն-Stems with Two Stems.
•     6.4. ն-Stems with Three Stems.
• 7. Demonstratives.
•     7.1. Demonstrative Suffixes.
•     7.2. Demonstrative Adjectives.
• 8. The Aorist System of Verbs.
•     8.1. The Aorist Indicative.
•     8.2. The Aorist Subjunctive.
•     8.3. The Aorist Imperative.
• 9. Adverbs.
• 10. Particles.
• 11. Mixed Nominal Declension.
•     11.1. Substantives with -ն in the Plural Only.
•     11.2. Substantives with -ն in the Singular Only.
•     11.3. Anomalous Nouns.
• 12. Personal Pronouns and Possessives.
•     12.1. Personal Pronouns.
•     12.2. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns.
•     12.3. Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives.
• 13. Verbal Classification and Anomalous Verbs.
•     13.1. Present-Aorist Classification.
•     13.2. Anomalous and Suppletive Verbs.
• 14. The Passive Voice.
•     14.1. Passive Voice in the Present System.
•     14.2. The Aorist System and Mediopassive.
•     14.3. General Notes on Passive Usage.
• 15. Negation.
• 16. Reciprocal, Collective and Distributive Pronouns.
•     16.1. Reciprocal Pronouns.
•     16.2. Collective Pronouns.
•     16.3. Distributive Pronoun.
• 17. Numerals.
•     17.1. Cardinal Numbers.
•     17.2. Ordinal Numbers.
•     17.3. Collective, Multiplicative, Iterative, Distributive, and Fractional Forms.
•     17.4. Numeral Interrogative and Iterative Adverb.
• 18. Participle, Infinitive, and Verbal Adjectives.
•     18.1. Participle Formation.
•     18.2. Participle Usage.
•     18.3. Infinitive.
•     18.4. Verbal Adjectives.
• 19. Comparison.
•     19.1. Comparative.
•     19.2. Superlative.
•     19.3. Comparative Clauses.
• 20. Time and Temporal Clauses.
•     20.1. Time.
•     20.2. Temporal Clauses.
• 21. Interrogatives and Relatives.
•     21.1. Interrogative Adjectives, Prounouns, and Adverbs.
•     21.2. Relative Pronoun.
•     21.3. Indefinite Pronoun.
• 22. Word Formation.
•     22.1. Derivatives from Verbs.
•     22.2. Derivatives from Nouns.
•     22.3. Iteration.
• 23. Case Syntax.
•     23.1. The Nominative Case.
•     23.2. The Accusative Case.
•     23.3. The Genitive Case.
•     23.4. The Dative Case.
•     23.5. The Locative Case.
•     23.6. The Ablative Case.
•     23.7. The Instrumental Case.
• 24. Future Expression and the Subjunctive.
• 25. Adverbial Clauses.