Us - E01.2S01

In this first episode, meet Astrig and Aragah the two voices behind Sassountsi Sass. Aragah is a French-Armenian born and raised in Paris. He now studies in Milan, Italy. He speaks more Western Armenian, but he tries to show his skills in Eastern Armenian whenever he’s with his Eastern Armenian friends and relatives. Sometimes, his French accent is really strong, sometimes not; one thing is sure: he has a hard time not mixing any foreign language when he speaks Armenian, but he’s working on it (I think?). He also likes to dance alone in his room at night. Astrig is a French-Armenian journalist based in Paris. Her work has been published in various media: France TV, AFP, RTS, Hetq, L’Orient-Le Jour, the Guardian etc. She speaks Eastern Armenian, uses many Russian words without realizing it (that’s because of her mum) and has that Western Armenian twist with occasional Arabic, Turkish and Amharic words popping out (that’s on her dad). She’s trying to stay sane with all those dialects and languages dancing with each other in her brain. Doing fine for now. Will keep you updated. Oh, and she’s a jingalov hats connoisseur.