රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවා
“රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවා” (rōhalē natara venavā) — to be admitted to the hospital in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to stay in the hospital', from the familiar hospital and 'to stay'. The bookish phrase is from the news bulletin. In a live sentence: “දවස් තුනක් රෝහලේ නතර වෙන්න වුණා” — I had to be admitted to the hospital for three days. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ර, ෝ, හ, ල, ේ, න, ත, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ව.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | rōhalē natara venavā |
| Translation | to be admitted to the hospital |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවාrōhalē natara venavāto be admitted to the hospital
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to stay in the hospital', from the familiar hospital and 'to stay'. The bookish phrase is from the news bulletin
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.
- දවස් තුනක් රෝහලේ නතර වෙන්න වුණාdavas tunak rōhalē natara venna vuṇāI had to be admitted to the hospital for three days
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 be admitted to the hospital” in Sinhala?
«රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවා», read “rōhalē natara venavā”. In a live sentence: “දවස් තුනක් රෝහලේ නතර වෙන්න වුණා” — I had to be admitted to the hospital for three days. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ර, ෝ, හ, ල, ේ, න, ත, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ව.
How is “රෝහලේ නතර වෙනවා” written in Latin letters?
rōhalē natara venavā. 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 stay in the hospital', from the familiar hospital and 'to stay'. The bookish phrase is from the news bulletin. 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.