LingoflyLike and just the same: වගේ, වගේම
To compare with a model, put වගේ (vagē) after it — "like": මේ ගෙදර (gedara) හෝටලයක් වගේ (vagē) — "this house is like a hotel". For example: “අලුත් (alut) කාමරේ (kāmarē) පරණ (paraṇa) එක (eka) වගේම (vagēma) ලස්සනයි” (lassanayi) — The new room is as beautiful as the old one. A rule from the Sinhala course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To compare with a model, put වගේ (vagē) after it — "like": මේ ගෙදර (gedara) හෝටලයක් වගේ (vagē) — "this house is like a hotel".
With the tag -ම it turns into "just the same": අලුත් (alut) කාමරේ (kāmarē) පරණ (paraṇa) එක (eka) වගේම (vagēma) ලස්සනයි (lassanayi) (alut kāmarē paraṇa eka vagēma lassanayi) — "just as beautiful as the old one".
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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
Like and just the same: how does it work in Sinhala?
To compare with a model, put වගේ (vagē) after it — "like": මේ ගෙදර (gedara) හෝටලයක් වගේ (vagē) — "this house is like a hotel".
What does it look like in a Sinhala example sentence?
“අලුත් (alut) කාමරේ (kāmarē) පරණ (paraṇa) එක (eka) වගේම (vagēma) ලස්සනයි” (lassanayi) (alut kāmarē paraṇa eka vagēma lassanayi) — The new room is as beautiful as the old one. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.