කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවා
“කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවා” (koṭas ekaṭa savi karanavā) — to assemble the piece in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to fasten the parts together': the part word in the plural plus 'to attach'. Packing things for a trip is a different verb altogether. In a live sentence: “කොටස් එකට සවි කරන්න පැය දෙකක් යනවා” — Assembling the piece takes two hours. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ො, ට, ස, ්, එ, ක, ට, ස, ව, ි, ක.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | koṭas ekaṭa savi karanavā |
| Translation | to assemble the piece |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවාkoṭas ekaṭa savi karanavāto assemble the piece
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to fasten the parts together': the part word in the plural plus 'to attach'. Packing things for a trip is a different verb altogether
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.
- කොටස් එකට සවි කරන්න පැය දෙකක් යනවාkoṭas ekaṭa savi karanna pæya dekak yanavāAssembling the piece takes two hours
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 “to assemble the piece” in Sinhala?
«කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවා», read “koṭas ekaṭa savi karanavā”. In a live sentence: “කොටස් එකට සවි කරන්න පැය දෙකක් යනවා” — Assembling the piece takes two hours. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ක, ො, ට, ස, ්, එ, ක, ට, ස, ව, ි, ක.
How is “කොටස් එකට සවි කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
koṭas ekaṭa savi karanavā. 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 'to fasten the parts together': the part word in the plural plus 'to attach'. Packing things for a trip is a different verb altogether. 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.