බස් හෝල්ට්
“බස් හෝල්ට්” (bas hōlṭ) — bus halt in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. The conductor calls out the stops leaning out of the door: there is no timetable inside the bus. In a live sentence: “බස් හෝල්ට් එකේ නවතිනවා” — It stops at the bus halt. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ස, ්, හ, ෝ, ල, ්, ට, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බස් හෝල්ට් |
| Read in Latin letters | bas hōlṭ |
| Translation | bus halt |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- බස් හෝල්ට්bas hōlṭbus halt
What it is
A bus stop: a shelter by the road or just a post with a plate. The bus is hailed with a wave of the hand, and getting off is asked with a bell or a knock on the roof. Between stops it will still pick you up.
This word does not reduce to a translation: the thing it names is not part of everyday life here, so a “translation” would end up a description in brackets. The easiest way to learn it is together with its surroundings — where you meet it and what it is for.
Why it looks that way
The conductor calls out the stops leaning out of the door: there is no timetable inside the bus
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.
- බස් හෝල්ට් එකේ නවතිනවාbas hōlṭ ekē navatinavāIt stops at the bus halt
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 “bus halt” in Sinhala?
«බස් හෝල්ට්», read “bas hōlṭ”. In a live sentence: “බස් හෝල්ට් එකේ නවතිනවා” — It stops at the bus halt. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters බ, ස, ්, හ, ෝ, ල, ්, ට, ්.
How is “බස් හෝල්ට්” written in Latin letters?
bas hōlṭ. 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?
The conductor calls out the stops leaning out of the door: there is no timetable inside the bus. 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.