Language/Armenian/Grammar/The-Verb-to-Have

Vocabulary for Present Simple in Armenian

The Verb to Have The Armenian verb ունենալ - “to have” is irregular. It does not follow the declension rule presented in previous class.

Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: The Genitive Case, Cases of Nouns, Pronouns & Pronunciation Rules.

Affirmative

In the affirmative ունենալ is declined in the following way:

• ես ունեմ… Yes unem I have

• մենք ունենք … Menk` unenk` We have

• դու ունես… Du unes You have

• դուք ունեք… Duk` unek` You (pl) have

• նա ունի … Na uni S/he has

• նրանք ունեն … Nrank` unen They have

Negative

The negative is formed by adding չ in front of the declined form of the verb.

• ես չունեմ … Yes chunem I do not have

• մենք չունենք … Menk` chunenk` We do not have դու

• չունես … Du chunes You do not have

• դուք չունեք… Duk` chunek` You (pl.) do not have

• նա չունի … Na chuni S/he does not have

• նրանք չունեն … Nrank` chunen They do not have

Examples

Here are two examples:

1) Ես ունեմ մեծ տուն։ I have a large house.

2) Ես չունեմ փոքր մեքենա։ I don’t have a small car.

Interrogative

The interrogative is formed simply by adding the question mark ՞ on the last vowel of a word. Here are some examples:

1) Ես ունե՞մ մեծ տուն։ Do I have a large house?

2) Ես չունե՞մ մեծ տուն։ Don’t I have a large house?

3) Դու ունե՞ս փոքր մեքենա։ Do you have a small car?

4) Դու չունե՞ս փոքր մեքենա։ Don’t you have a small car?

Sources

https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf

Other Lessons

• Present Continuous Tense
• Irregular Present Tense Verbs
• Simple Past
• The Verb to Be
• Indefinite Pronouns
• Adverbs
• The Instrumental Case
• The Locative Case
• The Passive and Active Voice
• Definite Pronouns