ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ
“ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ” (ṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanga) — next to the traffic light in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. The familiar traffic light and the 'near' word together. The near word, like everything here, stands after the name. In a live sentence: “ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ නවත්තන්න” — Stop next to the traffic light. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ට, ්, ර, ැ, ෆ, ි, ක, ්, ල, ය, ි, ට.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ |
| Read in Latin letters | ṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanga |
| Translation | next to the traffic light |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanganext to the traffic light
Why it looks that way
The familiar traffic light and the 'near' word together. The near word, like everything here, stands after the name
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.
- ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ නවත්තන්නṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanga navattannaStop next to the traffic light
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 “next to the traffic light” in Sinhala?
«ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ», read “ṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanga”. In a live sentence: “ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ නවත්තන්න” — Stop next to the traffic light. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ට, ්, ර, ැ, ෆ, ි, ක, ්, ල, ය, ි, ට.
How is “ට්රැෆික් ලයිට් එක ළඟ” written in Latin letters?
ṭræfik layiṭ eka ḷanga. 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 familiar traffic light and the 'near' word together. The near word, like everything here, stands after the name. 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.