No. 608 in Armenian

հովհաննես

The Armenian word "հովհաննես" translates to "Hovhannes," a male given name equivalent to "John" in English.

In a sentence

Հովհաննեսը գնում է դպրոց։
Hovhannes goes to school.
In this sentence, 'Հովհաննես' is used as a proper noun, being the name of a person who is going to school.
Մենք խոսեցինք Հովհաննեսի հետ։
We talked with Hovhannes.
Here, 'Հովհաննեսի' is the genitive case of the name 'Հովհաննես', indicating possession or association that we had a conversation with Hovhannes.
Գիրքը Հովհաննեսին նվիրվեց։
The book was dedicated to Hovhannes.
In this context, 'Հովհաննեսին' is the dative case of the name 'Հովհաննես', showing that the book was dedicated to him.

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