diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayInitializerExpression.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayInitializerExpression.java
index 876dc90670f..f455e18d12f 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayInitializerExpression.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayInitializerExpression.java
@@ -9,15 +9,26 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author ignatov
  */
 public class ArrayInitializerExpression extends Expression {
+  private Type myType;
   private final List<Expression> myInitializers;
 
-  public ArrayInitializerExpression(List<Expression> initializers) {
+  public ArrayInitializerExpression(final Type type, List<Expression> initializers) {
+    myType = type;
     myInitializers = initializers;
+
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private static String createArrayFunction(@NotNull final Type type) {
+    String sType = type.convertedToNotNull().toKotlin().replace("Array", "").toLowerCase();
+    if (!sType.equals("any") && PRIMITIVE_TYPES.contains(sType))
+      return sType + "Array";
+    return AstUtil.lowerFirstCharacter(type.convertedToNotNull().toKotlin());
   }
 
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public String toKotlin() {
-    return "array" + "(" + AstUtil.joinNodes(myInitializers, COMMA_WITH_SPACE) + ")";
+    return createArrayFunction(myType) + "(" + AstUtil.joinNodes(myInitializers, COMMA_WITH_SPACE) + ")";
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/util/AstUtil.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/util/AstUtil.java
index 3c96203ab94..047c96ce8f9 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/util/AstUtil.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/util/AstUtil.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public class AstUtil {
     return string.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + string.substring(1);
   }
 
+  public static String lowerFirstCharacter(String string) {
+    return string.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase() + string.substring(1);
+  }
+
   public static List<String> createListWithEmptyString(final List<Expression> arguments) {
     final List<String> conversions = new LinkedList<String>();
     //noinspection UnusedDeclaration
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
index 233e97f8c89..deffc512a96 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class ExpressionVisitor extends StatementVisitor {
   public void visitArrayInitializerExpression(PsiArrayInitializerExpression expression) {
     super.visitArrayInitializerExpression(expression);
     myResult = new ArrayInitializerExpression(
+      typeToType(expression.getType()),
       expressionsToExpressionList(expression.getInitializers())
     );
   }
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/newInt.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/newInt.kt
index 5bf3fb77d23..6cfae9942ea 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/newInt.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/newInt.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-array(1, 2, 3)
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+intArray(1, 2, 3)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.jav
deleted file mode 100644
index bfea03892f9..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.jav
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{1, 2, 3};
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf3fb77d23..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDim.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-array(1, 2, 3)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.jav
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d0d48ea35d..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.jav
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{a, b, c};
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 61951103058..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/oneDimWithVariables.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-array(a, b, c)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.jav
deleted file mode 100644
index 7892cebda83..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.jav
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9} };
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9474db259a3..00000000000
--- a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/expression/twoDim.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-array(array(1, 2, 3), array(4, 5, 6), array(7, 8, 9))
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.jav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a6e85cdfe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.jav
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+byte[] a = new byte[] {1, 2, 3};
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f0ce90f341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/newByte.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var a : ByteArray? = byteArray(1, 2, 3)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.jav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e498af66a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.jav
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int[] a = {1, 2, 3};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19b3af3f5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDim.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var a : IntArray? = intArray(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.jav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..185a7d5aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.jav
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+int a = 0, b = 0, c = 0;
+int is[] = {a, b, c};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1b91cfa3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/oneDimWithVariables.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+var a : Int = 0
+var b : Int = 0
+var c : Int = 0
+var `is` : IntArray? = intArray(a, b, c)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.jav b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.jav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f895393aad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.jav
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int[][] a = { {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9} };
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.kt b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ccc886bd71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayInitializerExpression/statement/twoDim.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var a : Array<IntArray?>? = array<IntArray?>(intArray(1, 2, 3), intArray(4, 5, 6), intArray(7, 8, 9))
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diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/arrayInitializationStatement.kt b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/arrayInitializationStatement.kt
index 283e73ae8ae..146484f79d7 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/arrayInitializationStatement.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/arrayInitializationStatement.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = array()
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+var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = array<IntArray?>()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/doubleArray.kt b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/doubleArray.kt
index 152845e23f9..c8147ce0a7f 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/doubleArray.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/doubleArray.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var a : DoubleArray? = array(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
+var a : DoubleArray? = doubleArray(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/longArray.kt b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/longArray.kt
index f4a9760f755..25e13c35f13 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/longArray.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/longArray.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var a : LongArray? = array(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
+var a : LongArray? = longArray(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newIntArray.kt b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newIntArray.kt
index 7b306f0e0fc..19b3af3f5c4 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newIntArray.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newIntArray.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var a : IntArray? = array(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
+var a : IntArray? = intArray(1, 2, 3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newStringArray.kt b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newStringArray.kt
index 75bd5eaa610..8e2ed9e854c 100644
--- a/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newStringArray.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/arrayType/statement/newStringArray.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var a : Array<String?>? = array("abc")
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+var a : Array<String?>? = array<String?>("abc")
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diff --git a/testData/ast/classExpression/statement/complexExample.kt b/testData/ast/classExpression/statement/complexExample.kt
index fcbc1c36ccd..d05f082bcc6 100644
--- a/testData/ast/classExpression/statement/complexExample.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/classExpression/statement/complexExample.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var constrArgTypes : Array<Class<*>?>? = array(getJavaClass<Array<String?>?>, getJavaClass<String?>)
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+var constrArgTypes : Array<Class<*>?>? = array<Class<*>?>(getJavaClass<Array<String?>?>, getJavaClass<String?>)
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diff --git a/testData/ast/function/file/varVararg.kt b/testData/ast/function/file/varVararg.kt
index ebd7393461c..a32417ad75b 100644
--- a/testData/ast/function/file/varVararg.kt
+++ b/testData/ast/function/file/varVararg.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace demo
 open class Test() {
 open fun test(vararg var args : Any?) : Unit {
-args = array(1, 2, 3)
+args = array<Int?>(1, 2, 3)
 }
 }
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