following cases: At the start of a word if the following sound is a () or (). For example: ("to choose") is written , ("friend") is written , ("defiant") is written and ("to comprehend") is written . At the start of a word if the vowel stems from the or sound. For example: ("to desire") is written because it stems from the noun ("desire", ). Also, ("to drink") is written because it stems from the noun ("mouthful", ). It is also written in the case of the Western Armenian verbs ("to do", ընել), ("to say", ըսել), and ("to be", ըլլալ). At the start or the middle of a monosyllabic word whose only vowel is . For example: ("according to") is written , and ("a" or "an", indefinite article) is written . In derivative and compound words if their second part starts with . For example: ("inadmissible") is written because it is a derivative word that is formed from the prefix ("un-", ) and the root ("admissible", ). Also, ("swift") is written արագընթաց because it is a compound word that is formed from the root words ("quick") and ("gait"). Within a word after the letters , if they are not followed by a vowel they represent . For example: ( "to hide") and ( "from tomorrow"). In line-breaking. For example: (, "harm") becomes , and (, "to feel") becomes . At the end of words, to specify the article "the". For example: (, "the light") is formed by adding to the end of . Also, (, "the statues") does the same. — is always written . For example: ("village") is written . — is a rare sound to write foreign words and is always written . For example: the female name ("Eugenie") is written , a transcription of letters. Diphthongs Armenian has nine diphthongs: , , , , , , , , . — , , ; occurs in , is written differently depending on its context. at the start of a word is written . For example: ("Yanikian", a family name) is written . Preceded by a consonant, it is written . For example: ("room") is written . However, at the end of a word, is written . For example: ("daily") is written . When is preceded by a vowel other than or , it is written . For example: ("station") is written . Besides that, presents in the endings