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Armenian punctuation marks are classified under three groups: cleavage, accentuation, and revelation. Modern Armenian has 15 punctuation marks.

1. [ : ] the period (վերջակետ) indicates the end of a sentence. It is graphically similar to the English colon.

Այսօր շատ ցուրտ եղանակ է։ (The weather is very cold today.)

2. [, ] the comma (ստորակետ) looks like the comma in English. It is used in the following cases: Երբ ինձ տեսար, արդեն ուշ էր: (When you saw me, it was already late.)
 * to separate the main clause from the following subordinate.

Armenian also separates subordinate clauses that follow the main clause, unlike English.

Կգամ, եթե աշխատանքս շուտ ավարտեմ: (I will come if I finish my work early.)

Ես բերել եմ վարդեր, շուշաններ և մեխակներ (I have brought roses, lilies, and carnations.) Armenian does not have a rule similar to the Oxford comma, meaning that a comma is not put before the conjunctions ու and և (both meaning "and").
 * to mark off similar words, clauses, or phrases in a list where there are no conjunctions (or there is only a final one).

Արե՛գ, դուռը բա՛ց։ (Areg, open the door!).
 * after direct address and exclamations.

3. the grave accent (բութ) is used in the following cases: Ես գնալու եմ խանութ, իսկ դու՝ աշխատանքի։ (I will go to the shop, and you [will go] to work.)
 * replacing omitted words.

Իմ՝ քեզ տված ծախիկները որտե՞ղ են։ (Where are the flowers that I have you?). (Literally: "My - to you given book where is?).
 * separating words that have been drawn together because of missing words.

Պարոն Սարյանը՝ դասախոսս, ժամանեց։ (Mister Saryan, my professor, has arrived.)
 * separating a word from its apposition.