Lingoflyඔප්පු කිරීම, සොයාගැනීම: the name of an action
Half of the written words are verbs turned into names, and one tail does the turning. For example: “ඔප්පු කිරීමක් නැතුව කියන්න බෑ” (oppu kirīmak nætuva kiyanna bǣ) — Without a proof it cannot be said. A rule from the Sinhala course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Half of the written words are verbs turned into names, and one tail does the turning.
Cut -නවා off the verb and glue on -ීම: කරනවා (karanavā) → කිරීම (kirīma) (kirīma), වැටෙනවා (væṭenavā) → වැටීම ("a fall"). Verbs in -ගන්නවා (-gannavā) give -ගැනීම (-gænīma): සොයාගැනීම (soyāgænīma) ("a discovery"), අත්කරගැනීම (atkaragænīma) ("an achievement").
The name of a quality comes from -තාව: නිරවද්‍යතාව (niravadyatāva) ("accuracy"), අක්‍රමිකතාව ("irregularity"). In speech the same thing is said with එක (eka): හොයාගත්ත දේ, නරක් (narak) වුණ (vuṇa) එක (eka) (narak vuṇa eka).
The trap sits in deceptive words. ඔප්පුව without a tail is a title deed to land, not a proof. සාක්ෂිය (sākṣiya) is both a piece of evidence and a witness's word.
Table
| Tail | From what | What came out | The colloquial pair |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ීම | ඔප්පු කරනවා (oppu karanavā) — to prove | ඔප්පු කිරීම (oppu kirīma) — a proof | ඔප්පු (oppu) කරන (karana) එක (eka) |
| -ීම | වැටෙනවා (væṭenavā) — to fall | පහත වැටීම (pahata væṭīma) — a decline | අඩු (aḍu) වුණ (vuṇa) එක (eka) |
| -ැනීම | සොයාගන්නවා — to find | සොයාගැනීම (soyāgænīma) — a discovery | හොයාගත්ත දේ |
| -ැනීම | අත්කරගන්නවා — to achieve | අත්කරගැනීම (atkaragænīma) — an achievement | කරගත්ත දේ |
| -තාව | නිරවද්‍ය — exact | නිරවද්‍යතාව (niravadyatāva) — accuracy | none |
| -තාව | අක්‍රමික — disorderly | අක්‍රමිකතාව — irregularity | පිළිවෙළක් නැතිකම (nætikama) |
| -ය | සත්‍ය — true | සත්‍යය (satyaya) — the truth | ඇත්ත (ætta) |
By example
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
the name of an action: how does it work in Sinhala?
Half of the written words are verbs turned into names, and one tail does the turning.
What does it look like in a Sinhala example sentence?
“ඔප්පු කිරීමක් නැතුව කියන්න බෑ” (oppu kirīmak nætuva kiyanna bǣ) — Without a proof it cannot be said. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.