By Anahit Petrosyan
Armenian tongue twisters are a great way to improve your child’s pronunciation, articulation, and fluency of words. If practiced every day, your child will learn to communicate precisely by overcoming pronunciation barriers and stammering.
Do you know how we say “tongue twister” in Armenian?
Shootaselook. It literally means, “quick sayings”.
Practice these fun tongue twisters with your child!
Մեր տան առաջ՝
Կանաչ կակաչ,
Կանաչ կակաչ՝
Մեր տան առաջ:
Mer tan arach
Kanach kakach,
Kanach kakach
Mer tan arach.
In front of our house
A green tulip,
A green tulip
In front of our house.
The difficulty in this tongue twister is in using the ah and eh sound interchangeably. Practice this with your child to see how fast they can say it without stammering. It will drastically improve their pronunciation and allow their tongue to become familiar with some of the difficult Armenian sounds not found in the English language.
Here’s another one.
Սիրուն կատուն սուս անի,
Նստի ուսին Սուսանի։
Siroon katoon soos ani,
Nsti oosin Susani.
The pretty cat is quiet,
Sitting on Susan’s shoulder.
This tongue twister is tricky because of the S and oo sounds.
No matter how tricky these tongue twisters get, they can be mastered! For a concise list of tongue twisters in Armenian and English, email us at info@totalkarmenian.com!
Fun Fact: Tongue twisters aren’t only for kids. They are practiced by actors, politicians, and public speakers as a speaking warm-up!
