පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ
“පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ” (padanam velā tiyennē) — adapted from in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. From the familiar basis word of the proof unit. The -ē form awaits continuation, and what it's based on takes the -en tail or the 'on' word. In a live sentence: “චිත්රපටිය පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ ඇත්ත කතාවක් මත” — The film is adapted from a true story. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ද, න, ම, ්, ව, ෙ, ල, ා, ත, ි, ය.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ |
| Read in Latin letters | padanam velā tiyennē |
| Translation | adapted from |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේpadanam velā tiyennēadapted from
Why it looks that way
From the familiar basis word of the proof unit. The -ē form awaits continuation, and what it's based on takes the -en tail or the 'on' word
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.
- චිත්රපටිය පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ ඇත්ත කතාවක් මතcitrapaṭiya padanam velā tiyennē ætta katāvak mataThe film is adapted from a true story
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 “adapted from” in Sinhala?
«පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ», read “padanam velā tiyennē”. In a live sentence: “චිත්රපටිය පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ ඇත්ත කතාවක් මත” — The film is adapted from a true story. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ප, ද, න, ම, ්, ව, ෙ, ල, ා, ත, ි, ය.
How is “පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ” written in Latin letters?
padanam velā tiyennē. 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?
From the familiar basis word of the proof unit. The -ē form awaits continuation, and what it's based on takes the -en tail or the 'on' word. 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.