the distinct conjugations in e and i merged as e. The present tense (as we know it in English) is made by adding the present tense of linel after the present participle form of the verb: (I am reading the book) (I love that book) See also Armenian language Armenian verbs Eastern Armenian verb table Western Armenian language Western Armenia Eastern Armenia Language families and languages IETF language tag:hy References Bibliography Dora Sakayan. (2007) Eastern Armenian for the English-speaking World. A Contrastive Approach (with CD-ROM)''. Yerevan State University Press. External links Arak29 Eastern Armenian Arak29 Western Armenian Arak29 On-Line Dictionaries Eastern Armenian Online Dictionaries Nayiri.com (Library of Armenian dictionaries): Armenian Explanatory Dictionary (ՀԱՅԵՐԷՆ ԲԱՑԱՏՐԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՌԱՐԱՆ) by Stepan Malkhasiants (about 130,000 entries). Written in traditional Armenian orthography. One of the definitive Armenian dictionaries. Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian (ԺԱՄԱՆԱԿԱԿԻՑ ՀԱՅՈՑ ԼԵԶՎԻ ԲԱՑԱՏՐԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՌԱՐԱՆ) published by the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences between 1969 and 1980. In Eastern Armenian, reformed orthography (about 125,000 headwords). Modern Armenian Explanatory Dictionary (ԱՐԴԻ ՀԱՅԵՐԵՆԻ ԲԱՑԱՏՐԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՌԱՐԱՆ) by Edward Aghayan (about 135,600 headwords). In Eastern Armenian and Soviet Armenian orthography. Armenian Language Thesaurus (ՀԱՅՈՑ ԼԵԶՎԻ ՀՈՄԱՆԻՇՆԵՐԻ ԲԱՌԱՐԱՆ) by Ashot Sukiasyan (about 83,000 entries). In Eastern Armenian and Soviet Armenian orthography. Armenian languages Languages of Armenia Languages of Azerbaijan Languages of Georgia (country) Languages of Iran Languages of Russia