ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවා
“ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවා” (æmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karanavā) — to call an ambulance in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. The familiar ambulance eka and kōl karanavā. Where you call to takes the -ṭa form. The ambulance here is free: 1990. In a live sentence: “ඉක්මනට ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරන්න” — Call an ambulance, quickly. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඇ, ම, ්, බ, ි, ය, ු, ල, න, ්, ස, ්.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | æmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karanavā |
| Translation | to call an ambulance |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවාæmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karanavāto call an ambulance
Why it looks that way
The familiar ambulance eka and kōl karanavā. Where you call to takes the -ṭa form. The ambulance here is free: 1990
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.
- ඉක්මනට ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරන්නikmanaṭa æmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karannaCall an ambulance, quickly
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 call an ambulance” in Sinhala?
«ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවා», read “æmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karanavā”. In a live sentence: “ඉක්මනට ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරන්න” — Call an ambulance, quickly. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ඇ, ම, ්, බ, ි, ය, ු, ල, න, ්, ස, ්.
How is “ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකට කෝල් කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
æmbiyulans ekaṭa kōl karanavā. 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 ambulance eka and kōl karanavā. Where you call to takes the -ṭa form. The ambulance here is free: 1990. 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.