ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක
“ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක” (āpahu ena ṭikaṭ eka) — ticket back in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. You know 'the go-and-come ticket', both ways; here is only the half that goes home. In a live sentence: “ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක තාම ගත්තේ නෑ” — I haven't bought the ticket back yet. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ආ, ප, හ, ු, එ, න, ට, ි, ක, ට, ්, එ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | āpahu ena ṭikaṭ eka |
| Translation | ticket back |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ආපහු එන ටිකට් එකāpahu ena ṭikaṭ ekaticket back
Why it looks that way
You know 'the go-and-come ticket', both ways; here is only the half that goes home
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක තාම ගත්තේ නෑāpahu ena ṭikaṭ eka tāma gattē nǣI haven't bought the ticket back yet
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- 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.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “ticket back” in Sinhala?
«ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක», read “āpahu ena ṭikaṭ eka”. In a live sentence: “ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක තාම ගත්තේ නෑ” — I haven't bought the ticket back yet. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ආ, ප, හ, ු, එ, න, ට, ි, ක, ට, ්, එ.
How is “ආපහු එන ටිකට් එක” written in Latin letters?
āpahu ena ṭikaṭ eka. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
You know 'the go-and-come ticket', both ways; here is only the half that goes home. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.