කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය
“කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය” (katāvē pradhāna caritaya) — main character in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the main person of the story': the familiar 'main'. A hero as a brave man is vīrayā, another word. In a live sentence: “කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය ගැහැණු ළමයෙක්” — The main character of the book is a girl. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ව, ේ, ප, ්, ර, ධ, ා, න, ච.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය |
| Read in Latin letters | katāvē pradhāna caritaya |
| Translation | main character |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතයkatāvē pradhāna caritayamain character
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the main person of the story': the familiar 'main'. A hero as a brave man is vīrayā, another 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.
- කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය ගැහැණු ළමයෙක්katāvē pradhāna caritaya gæhæṇu ḷamayekThe main character of the book is a girl
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 “main character” in Sinhala?
«කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය», read “katāvē pradhāna caritaya”. In a live sentence: “කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය ගැහැණු ළමයෙක්” — The main character of the book is a girl. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ව, ේ, ප, ්, ර, ධ, ා, න, ච.
How is “කතාවේ ප්රධාන චරිතය” written in Latin letters?
katāvē pradhāna caritaya. 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 'the main person of the story': the familiar 'main'. A hero as a brave man is vīrayā, another 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.