Time, days and hours in Sinhala
141 words Sinhala words on the topic “time, days and hours”: අද — today, හෙට — tomorrow, ඊයේ — yesterday, උදේ — morning. 141 words can be played from recordings.
141 words on the topic
- අදadatodayFirst in the row today — tomorrow — yesterday. 'For today' adds -ṭa, 'from today on' adds 'starting from'
- හෙටheṭatomorrowA retroflex ṭ at the end. 'The day after tomorrow' is its own word, not 'after tomorrow'. 'Until tomorrow' is heta venakam
- ඊයේīyēyesterdayA long ii at the start: 'ee-ye'. 'The day before yesterday' is another word. 'Since yesterday' adds 'starting from'
- උදේudēmorningAlso 'in the morning', with no preposition: udē enna, 'come in the morning'. The greeting takes the bookish form of the same word
- හවසhavasaeveningThe evening before dark, roughly from three to six; after that night begins. 'In the evening' adds -ṭa. The bookish word lives in timetables and poems
- රෑrǣnightOne letter with a long vowel, and it must be held: the short version reads 'ra' and gives no word. Night and late evening share one word. 'At night' adds -ṭa
- වෙලාවvelāvatimeTime on the clock and a convenient moment alike: 'what time is it?' and 'do you have a minute?'. Time as a flow is a different word, kālaya
- ඔයා කවදාද එන්නේ?oyā kavadāda ennē?when will you come?kavadāda asks 'on which day'. The hour is asked with kīyaṭada. The verb in the question takes the -nnē form
- විනාඩියක් ඉන්නvināḍiyak innawait a minuteLiterally 'stay a minute': no separate verb 'to wait' is needed for such a request
- දවසට දෙපාරක්davasaṭa depāraktwice a daydavasaṭa is 'per day', pāra is 'a time'. Three times is tunpārak
- කීයටද?kīyaṭada?what time?From kī, 'how much', plus -ṭa, 'at', plus the question -da. The answer is built the same way: navayaṭa, 'at nine'
- මට පරක්කු වෙනවාmaṭa parakku venavāI'm running lateLiterally 'to me it is becoming late': being late is described as something that happens to a person
- දැන් පරක්කුයිdæn parakkuyiit's latedæn is 'now'. About the late hour and about a missed deadline people say the same
- වැඩ දවසvæḍa davasaworkdayAn ordinary Colombo office: from half past eight to half past five, and Saturday often works too
- උදේ කෑමudē kǣmabreakfastLiterally 'the morning food': udē is morning, kǣma is food. The bookish version stands in hotel menus; at home people say it just so
- දවල් කෑමdaval kǣmalunchdaval is 'day, midday'. The lunch break at work is literally 'the midday food time'
- රෑ කෑමrǣ kǣmadinnerrǣ is 'night, late evening'. All three meals are built the same way: morning / midday / night plus 'food'
- මුලින්mulinto begin withAbout the order of actions: 'first eat, then go'. Without the booster -ma — otherwise you get 'above all', and that's about importance
- පස්සේpassēlater onOn its own it's 'later'. After another word it becomes the postposition 'after': 'after the meal', 'after that'
- ඊට පස්සේīṭa passēafter thatĪṭa is the -ṭa form of 'that'; together it comes out 'after that'. It opens the next step of a story, and any ordered retelling hangs on it
- අන්තිමේදීantimēdīfinallyAbout the moment long waited for: 'finally the bus came'. The outcome of the whole story is introduced by another word, 'after all'
- අතරතුරataraturawhereasIt stands after the clause, not before it: 'while I ate, he came'. The verb before it takes the -na form
- එකවරekavaraat the same timeLiterally 'at one stroke'. It stands before the verb. About doing two things at once people more often use the -gen form: 'talking while eating'
- කලින්kalinbeforeIt stands after the verb in the -nna form: 'before going'. After a noun it gives 'before': 'before the meal'. It never stands first, as English 'before' does
- වුණාට පස්සේvuṇāṭa passēafter (conjunction)The verb of the clause takes the past plus -ṭa, and only then comes passē: 'after the work got finished'. The whole clause goes first, the main clause second
- ගමන්මgamanmaas soon asA tail on the verb of the clause, the clause first: 'as soon as he comes, tell me'. The verb before it stands in the short participle form
- ඒ ඉඳන්ē indansince thene in-dan; the nd is one sound, not n plus d
- හැමවෙලේමhæmavelēmaalwaysLiterally 'in every time': the familiar hæma, every, plus 'time' and the booster -ma. It stands before the verb, not at the end
- නිතරnitaraoftenIt stands before the verb. The boosted nitarama means 'every so often', almost 'all the time' — with a shade of irritation
- කලාතුරකින්kalāturakinrarelyA long word, but there's no other in use. It stands before the verb; in a negative phrase it isn't needed — 'I hardly ever go' is said without it
- සමහරවෙලාවටsamaharavelāvaṭasometimesLiterally 'in some time', the -ṭa form. There's a shorter one too, samaharavita, but its shade is different, closer to 'maybe'
- කවදාවත් නෑkavadāvat nǣneverA double negation, like English 'never... not once': kavadāvat goes before the verb and nǣ closes the phrase, the verb between them taking the -nnē form. Without nǣ the phrase won't build
- සාමාන්යයෙන්sāmānyayenusuallyIt stands at the head of the phrase or before the verb. The same word means 'on average' and 'as a rule', while 'ordinary' without -en is another shape
- ගොඩක් වෙලාgoḍak velāa long timeLiterally 'a lot of time'. About long years say it differently — 'a lot of years'. The familiar 'a lot' here works as a measure of time
- හැම පාරමhæma pāramaevery timepāra here isn't 'road' but 'time': 'once', 'twice'. The booster -ma is required, otherwise it's just 'each time out of many'
- කලින් කලටkalin kalaṭafrom time to timeLiterally 'from term to term': the same kala, time, term, as in 'before'. It stands at the head of the phrase or before the verb
- තාමtāmaso farIt stands before the verb and very often with a negation: 'still hasn't come'. In an affirmative it gives 'still': 'still working'
- එකපාරටමekapāraṭamasuddenlyLiterally 'in one time': the same pāra, time, as in 'every time'. It stands at the head of the sentence or before the verb
- කලින්මkalinmain advanceThe same 'before', but with the booster -ma and no clause: 'book in advance'. It stands before the verb
- වෙලාවටvelāvaṭaon timeThe -ṭa form of the familiar 'time'. The same word with a number gives the hour — 'at ten' — so out of context it's heard as 'at the set time'
- හදිසියෙන්මhadisiyenmaurgentlyIt stands before the verb: 'come urgently'. Without the booster -ma the same word means 'suddenly', and the whole difference between 'urgent' and 'sudden' hangs on one letter
- වහාමvahāmaright awayIt stands before the verb and sounds demanding — the word of orders and announcements. A gentle 'right now' is dænma
- ටිකෙන් ටිකṭiken ṭikalittle by littleLiterally 'little from little' — a doubling of the familiar tika. It stands before the verb and is almost always about slow improvement: 'little by little it gets better'
- අන්තිම මොහොතේantima mohotēat the last momentmohota, 'a moment', is a written word, but in this phrase it lives in speech too. It stands at the head of the phrase or right before the verb
- කවදා හරි දවසකkavadā hari davasakasooner or laterLiterally 'on some day or other'. Hari after a question word gives indefiniteness: 'someone', 'somewhere'. It stands at the head of the phrase
- එක් දවසක්ek davasakonceThat's how fairy tales open. An ordinary story makes do with a bare 'one day'
- පොඩි කාලේpoḍi kālēas a kidpo-di kaa-læ; the ḍ is the back-kind d
- ඒ කාලේē kālēback thenLiterally 'in that time'. Elders open half their stories with it
- ඒක ගොඩක් කලින් වුණාēka goḍak kalin vuṇāit was a long time agokalin is 'earlier, before'. The familiar 'a lot' here means not 'much' but 'far'
- පලවෙනි පාරpalaveni pārathe first timeThe familiar pāra here is 'time', not 'road'. 'I see it for the first time' is said with it
- අනාගතයanāgatayathe futureThe future as an era of life, not a verb tense: the Sinhala verb has no future tense at all
- අතීතයatītayathe pastThe pair to the previous one. 'Forget the past' is said with it
- ළඟ කාලේ සැලසුම්ḷanga kālē sælasumimmediate planslan-ga kaa-læ se-la-sum; the ḷ is the curled-tongue l
- අවුරුද්දකින්avuruddakinin a yearThe -kin tail means 'after'. 'In a month' and 'in a week' are built the same way
- ස්ථිරවමsthiravamapermanentlyNot 'often' but 'for good': sthira is permanent, firm. The familiar 'often' doesn't fit here
- තාවකාලිකවtāvakālikavatemporarilyThe pair to the previous one. The door sign 'temporarily closed' is said with it
- හරියන වෙලාවhariyana velāvaa convenient timeLiterally 'a fitting time', from the familiar 'right'. It won't describe a comfortable chair — only an arrangement
- වෙලාවක් නියම කරනවාvelāvak niyama karanavāto set a timeniyama karanavā is 'to fix, to appoint'. The familiar niyamayi, 'excellent', is from the same root
- දවල් පස්සේdaval passēin the afternoonLiterally 'after midday'. daval is noon, and the familiar 'evening' starts around four
- හවස් වෙනකොටhavas venakoṭain the late afternoonha-vas ve-na-ko-ta; the ṭa is a retroflex t
- ඕනෑම වෙලාවකōnǣma velāvakaat any timeoo-næ-ma ve-laa-va-ka; the æ is a long vowel
- පහට කලින් බෑpahaṭa kalin bǣnot before fiveThe familiar 'five' and 'before'. Bhæ is 'no good, it won't do'
- මම වෙලාවට එන්නම්mama velāvaṭa ennamI will be on timeThe familiar 'on time'. The -nnam tail is the promise: 'I shall, truly'
- වෙනකම්venakamuntilThe -nakam tail on the verb: 'until he comes'. Sinhala puts no negation here, while English does — that's the trap
- සියවසsiyavasaa centuryLiterally 'a hundred years': the familiar hundred and year fused. 'The twentieth century' is said with it. The bookish centennial word exists, but aloud it's this one. A century as an era is another word
- යුගයyugayaan eraA span of history with a face of its own: the era of kings, the era of machines. Unlike the century it has no length in years
- දශකයdaśakayaa decadeFrom 'ten' in the bookish form. That's how the newspaper writes it: 'after three decades'. In speech: 'after thirty years'
- කාල පරාසයkāla parāsayaa periodLiterally 'a span of time', from the familiar time word. About a stretch with a beginning and an end: the rainy period, the work period, the reporting period
- මොහොතmohotaan instantThe shortest span Sinhala names. The familiar 'time' is about time in general and the hour on the clock; this is about the blink. 'Stay an instant' — wait a moment
- දිගු කාලීනdigu kālīnaprolongedLiterally 'long-lasting', from the familiar long and time. About an illness, a plan, a deposit in the bank. Colloquially — 'taking a lot of time'
- ළඟදීḷangadīone of these daysFrom the familiar 'near': both 'the other day' in the past and 'one of these days' ahead — Sinhala doesn't split them, the verb tells the time
- මේ කාලේmē kālēnowadaysLiterally 'in this time', from the familiar this and time in the colloquial shape. That's how a complaint about modern ways begins
- අනාදිමත් කාලයක් තිස්සේanādimat kālayak tissēsince time immemorialLiterally 'throughout a time without beginning': the first word is the bookish 'beginningless'. A solemn turn, taken in sermons and tales of custom
- මිනිත්තු ගාණකින්minittu gāṇakinin a matter of minutesLiterally 'in some minutes', from the familiar minute and count with the -en tail. Sinhala doesn't translate 'a matter of': it simply doesn't name the number
- නවීනnavīnacurrentAbout technology, a building, views. The familiar 'new' means new about a thing; this is 'of the present make'
- අති පැරණිati pæraṇimillennia oldLiterally 'most ancient': the first syllable is a booster prefix. The familiar 'ancient' the course keeps for old; the deeper age is marked by exactly this prefix
- ගිය කාලේgiya kālēthe old daysLiterally 'the gone time'. The familiar 'past' the course keeps for the past as a notion, while this is about what a person remembers himself
- ඉඳහිටindahiṭaseldomThe familiar 'rarely' the course keeps for 'rare'; this one is softer — 'now and then'. Often goes with the familiar 'only'
- දිනපතාdinapatādailyA slightly bookish 'every day': from the day word. In speech they say 'every single day'. In notices and timetables this one stands
- නිතිපතාnitipatāregularlyThe same -pata tail as on 'daily', but from 'constantly': not necessarily every day, but by order. The doctor says 'take the medicine regularly'
- මුල්ම වතාවටmulma vatāvaṭafor the first timeLiterally 'in the very first time', from the familiar first and try with the booster -ma. By the same pattern 'for the second time'
- අලුතෙන්මalutenmaonce moreFrom the familiar 'new' with the -en tail and the booster -ma: 'quite anew'. The familiar 'again' means just 'once more', without redoing from the start
- වැඩි වැඩියෙන්væḍi væḍiyenmore and more oftenThe familiar 'more', doubled, with the -en tail. Doubling in Sinhala means intensifying: 'it rains more and more'
- සතියේ දවස්වලsatiyē davasvalaon weekdaysLiterally 'in the days of the week', from the familiar week and day. There's no separate word for weekdays: days off have their names, the rest are simply days of the week
- වාරයක් හැරලාvārayak hæralāevery other timeLiterally 'having skipped one time': the turn word is a time, a turn. About medicine, shifts and a bus that skips runs
- අවුරුද්දකට වතාවක්avuruddakaṭa vatāvakonce a yearLiterally 'to the year, one time', from the familiar year and try. By the same pattern 'once a month'
- නිතර නිතරnitara nitaraconstantlyThe familiar 'often', doubled: 'every so often, minute by minute'. Often with a shade of irritation: 'constantly calling'
- ඒ අතරේē atarēmeanwhileLiterally 'in that interval', from the between word. That's how two threads of a story are linked: 'I went to the shop. Meanwhile he came'
- සමගාමීවsamagāmīvain parallelA bookish 'going together': two affairs run at once. In speech they say 'both at one stroke'. About parallel lines in a notebook there's another word
- එතෙක්etekuntil thenA bookish 'until that': the prefix points at what's already named. In speech they say 'until it happens'. Often paired with 'until'
- පසුකාලීනවpasukālīnavafurther ahead (in time)A bookish 'in the later time', from the familiar 'after'. In speech — 'later on'. The word lives in reports and biographies
- කලින් දවසේkalin davasēthe day beforeLiterally 'on the previous day', from the familiar before and day. Sinhala gives no single word for the eve and always names the day
- ඉදිරියටidiriyaṭafrom now onLiterally 'forward': the same word works for movement in space. About time it's taken at meetings: 'from now on, don't do it so'
- මේ පාරmē pārathis timeThe familiar pāra here isn't 'road' but 'time': the word has two senses, and the second is heard only from context. 'Last time' uses the same pāra
- නියමිත වෙලාවටniyamita velāvaṭain due timeLiterally 'at the appointed time', from the familiar time word. The familiar 'on time' means simply punctual; this adds 'as agreed'
- පස්සේ දිනයක් දාලාpassē dinayak dālābackdatedLiterally 'having put a date later': Sinhala describes the act with the paper itself. At the office that's exactly how they speak of a signature made later
- කල් නොදමාkal nodamāwithout delayThe direct negation of the stalling turn from the hindrance unit: the negative prefix before the verb. It stands in official letters
- පෙබරවාරිpebaravāriFebruaryEnglish February digested by Sinhala sounds: f becomes p and v becomes a w. Months don't decline: 'in February' is pebaravāri māsē, literally 'in the month February'
- මාර්තුmārtuMarchThe little stroke over the line here is not a letter but a mark. In March the southwest of the island is at its hottest — rains come only in April
- අප්රේල්aprēlAprilThe main month of the year: the Sinhala New Year falls in April, and the country stops for almost a week. Inside the word hides an r — a small mark under the letter
- මැයිmæyiMayThe shortest month name of the year, just two letters. The May full moon brings Vesak, the chief Buddhist festival
- ජූනිjūniJuneA long u, just as in July: the two months differ only in the last syllable, and people ask each other to repeat which one
- අගෝස්තුagōstuAugustNot 'aw-gust' but 'a-gos-tu': the g is hard and the -st- gets its own vowel. In August Kandy holds its perahera, the night procession with elephants
- සැප්තැම්බර්sæptæmbarSeptemberThe last four months all end in the same -bar and differ only in the beginning. The final r adds no syllable of its own
- ඔක්තෝබර්oktōbarOctoberIt starts with a free-standing o — the same letter as in oyā, 'you'. October brings the second monsoon; it rains almost every evening
- නොවැම්බර්novæmbarNovemberThe nasal m before b is said as one knot: 'nova-mbar', not 'novam-bar'
- දෙසැම්බර්desæmbarDecemberIt opens with the same de- as deka, 'two'. December in the island's south is cool and the most touristy month of the year
- අවුරුද්දavuruddayearYou know it from 'last year'. Age is counted with it: 'to me are thirty years'. The New Year is the 'new year' itself. The bookish varshaya lives in documents and dates
- පැය විසිහතරpæya visihataraday and nightThere is no word for the 24-hour stretch: people say 'twenty-four hours' — 'hour' plus 'twenty-four'. If it's just the calendar day, they say davasak
- ශතවර්ෂයśatavarṣayacentenaryA bookish word off a jubilee plaque and out of a newspaper; aloud the same is said as 'a hundred years'. The everyday 'century' is a different word you know
- විනාඩියvināḍiyaminuteYou know it from 'wait a minute'. In counting it drops -ya: 'ten minutes'
- තත්පරයtatparayasecond (of time)In counting it sheds -ya: 'thirty seconds'. About a short wait people say 'a second' — just a moment
- පැය බාගයpæya bāgayahalf an hourLiterally 'half of an hour': the familiar 'half' plus 'hour'. In speech almost always with -k: pæya bāgayak
- දවල්davalnoonYou know it from 'lunch': the word covers noon and midday in general. Exactly twelve is 'twelve at midday'. The bookish word only meets you in timetables
- මැදියමmædiyamamidnightFrom 'middle', that is, 'the middle of the night'. In speech people more often name the hour: 'twelve at night'
- දැන්dænnowYou know it from 'it's already late'. It also means 'at present' and 'already'. The boost dænmama is 'right now'
- කාලසීමාවkālasīmāvadeadlineLiterally 'the border of time': kālaya is time, sīmāva is the limit. About the last day people say 'the final day', and 'on time' is 'at the set time'
- ඊළඟīḷanganextIn a queue they call exactly this: īḷaṁga! The nasal ňg is a sound of its own in Sinhala
- ගියgiyapreviousA participle of yanavā, 'to go': literally 'gone'. Giya sathiye is 'last week' — the week that has gone
- පරක්කු වෙනවාparakku venavāto be lateFrom parakku, 'late'. To be late for something takes the dative -ṭa
- වෙලාවට යනවාvelāvaṭa yanavāto make it in timeLiterally 'to go toward the time'. There is no separate verb for 'to manage to be on time'
- ආයෙත්āyetagainWith the same tail -t as in 'too, as well'. Literally 'and once more'
- ඉක්මනටikmanaṭasoonFrom ikman, 'fast', with the dative tail. It means both 'soon' and 'a bit faster'
- ගොඩක් කලින්goḍak kalinlong agoLiterally 'a lot earlier'. Kalin is 'earlier', from kāla, 'time'
- මෑතකදීmǣtakadīrecentlyFrom mǣtha, 'recent'. A bit bookish, but it holds its place in speech
- පරක්කුparakkulateFrom it comes the verb parakku venavā, 'to be late'
- උදේටudēṭaearlyFrom udē, 'morning', with the dative tail. Sinhala measures earliness from the morning, not in the abstract
- ඉක්මනින්ikmaninquicklyFrom the same ikman, but with the instrumental -in, not the dative. The tail changes the shade: hurry vs speed
- දැන් තමයිdæn tamayijust nowLiterally 'now exactly'. Thamayi is the boosting particle, one of the most frequent in the language
- උදේ වරුවේudē varuvēin the morningvaruva is a stretch of the day: daval varuva, havas varuva. Plain udēṭa in speech more often means 'early'
- දවල්ටdavalṭain the daytimeThe tail -ṭa turns a part of the day into an adverb. daval also means noon itself
- හවසටhavasaṭain the eveningThe same tail -ṭa. The Lankan havas begins as early as three in the afternoon
- රෑටrǣṭaat nightrǣ is the spoken night; the bookish rāthriya lives on signs and in timetables
- හැමදාමhæmadāmaevery daydā is the old word for 'day', and -ma presses it: 'every single day'
- දවස පුරාමdavasa purāmaall daypurā means 'throughout', and -ma adds 'entirely, without a break'
- පොඩි වෙලාවක්poḍi velāvakmomentThere is no separate word — people say 'a small time'. The bookish mohōta sounds like 'an instant'
- ඔරලෝසුවoralōsuvaclockWall clocks and wristwatches alike. The word is Portuguese — from relógio
- වෙලාව කීයදvelāva kīyadawhat time is it?Literally 'the time is how much?' — there is no verb in the question at all
- කවදා හරිkavadā harisometimeYou know kavadāvat nǣ, 'never', from the same kavadā, 'when'. With hari it looks forward: not a fixed day, but some day or other
- දවසdavasadayYou know 'workday' and 'every day', but the bare word only arrives now. Davasa is the whole day; the light half against night has its own word, daval
- පැයpæyahourYou know 'half an hour' and 'minute'. Pæya is the hour as a stretch of time; 'what time is it?' is asked with a different word, velāva
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- අද මට වැඩ නෑada maṭa væḍa nǣToday I have no work
- හෙට හම්බ වෙමුheṭa hamba vemuSee you tomorrow
- ඊයේ ගොඩක් වැස්සාīyē goḍak væssāYesterday there was a lot of rain
- උදේ තේ එකක් බොනවාudē tē ekak bonavāIn the morning I drink tea
- හවස මුහුදු වෙරළට යමුhavasa muhudu veraḷaṭa yamuIn the evening we'll go to the beach
- රෑ බස් නෑrǣ bas nǣAt night there are no buses
What is worth knowing about these words
අද (ada) — today. First in the row today — tomorrow — yesterday. 'For today' adds -ṭa, 'from today on' adds 'starting from'
හෙට (heṭa) — tomorrow. A retroflex ṭ at the end. 'The day after tomorrow' is its own word, not 'after tomorrow'. 'Until tomorrow' is heta venakam
ඊයේ (īyē) — yesterday. A long ii at the start: 'ee-ye'. 'The day before yesterday' is another word. 'Since yesterday' adds 'starting from'
උදේ (udē) — morning. Also 'in the morning', with no preposition: udē enna, 'come in the morning'. The greeting takes the bookish form of the same word
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is අද (ada) — today.
- What is this word?
It is ඔයා කවදාද එන්නේ? (oyā kavadāda ennē?) — when will you come?.
- What is this word?
It is උදේ කෑම (udē kǣma) — breakfast.
- What is this word?
It is අතරතුර (ataratura) — whereas.
- What is this word?
It is නිතර (nitara) — often.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “today” in Sinhala?
First in the row today — tomorrow — yesterday. 'For today' adds -ṭa, 'from today on' adds 'starting from'
- How do you say “when will you come?” in Sinhala?
kavadāda asks 'on which day'. The hour is asked with kīyaṭada. The verb in the question takes the -nnē form
- How do you say “breakfast” in Sinhala?
Literally 'the morning food': udē is morning, kǣma is food. The bookish version stands in hotel menus; at home people say it just so
- How do you say “whereas” in Sinhala?
It stands after the clause, not before it: 'while I ate, he came'. The verb before it takes the -na form
- How do you say “often” in Sinhala?
It stands before the verb. The boosted nitarama means 'every so often', almost 'all the time' — with a shade of irritation
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “today” in Sinhala?
«අද», read “ada”. First in the row today — tomorrow — yesterday. 'For today' adds -ṭa, 'from today on' adds 'starting from'. It is one of 141 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
A dozen is enough. The set of 141 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.
Is there audio?
Yes, 141 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.