චාජ් කරන්න දානවා
“චාජ් කරන්න දානවා” (cāj karanna dānavā) — to put on charge in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. You know 'the charger eka'. Literally 'put to charge': dānavā here means 'to set', as one sets a pot on the fire. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එක චාජ් කරන්න දාන්න” — Put the phone on charge. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ච, ා, ජ, ්, ක, ර, න, ්, න, ද, ා, න.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | චාජ් කරන්න දානවා |
| Read in Latin letters | cāj karanna dānavā |
| Translation | to put on charge |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- චාජ් කරන්න දානවාcāj karanna dānavāto put on charge
Why it looks that way
You know 'the charger eka'. Literally 'put to charge': dānavā here means 'to set', as one sets a pot on the fire
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.
- ෆෝන් එක චාජ් කරන්න දාන්නfōn eka cāj karanna dānnaPut the phone on charge
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 put on charge” in Sinhala?
«චාජ් කරන්න දානවා», read “cāj karanna dānavā”. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එක චාජ් කරන්න දාන්න” — Put the phone on charge. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ච, ා, ජ, ්, ක, ර, න, ්, න, ද, ා, න.
How is “චාජ් කරන්න දානවා” written in Latin letters?
cāj karanna dānavā. 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?
You know 'the charger eka'. Literally 'put to charge': dānavā here means 'to set', as one sets a pot on the fire. 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.