මට තේරුණු විදිහට
“මට තේරුණු විදිහට” (maṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭa) — the way I understood it in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'so, as it got understood by me': the understand verb is involuntary, and the person stands in the dative. The turn hedges: the speaker won't vouch. In a live sentence: “මට තේරුණු විදිහට එයාලා හෙට එනවා” — The way I understood it, they'll come tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මට තේරුණු විදිහට |
| Read in Latin letters | maṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭa |
| Translation | the way I understood it |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- මට තේරුණු විදිහටmaṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭathe way I understood it
Why it looks that way
Literally 'so, as it got understood by me': the understand verb is involuntary, and the person stands in the dative. The turn hedges: the speaker won't vouch
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.
- මට තේරුණු විදිහට එයාලා හෙට එනවාmaṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭa eyālā heṭa enavāThe way I understood it, they'll come tomorrow
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 “the way I understood it” in Sinhala?
«මට තේරුණු විදිහට», read “maṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭa”. In a live sentence: “මට තේරුණු විදිහට එයාලා හෙට එනවා” — The way I understood it, they'll come tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ම, ට, ත, ේ, ර, ු, ණ, ු, ව, ි, ද, ි.
How is “මට තේරුණු විදිහට” written in Latin letters?
maṭa tēruṇu vidihaṭa. 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?
Literally 'so, as it got understood by me': the understand verb is involuntary, and the person stands in the dative. The turn hedges: the speaker won't vouch. 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.