නිදන්ගත රෝගය
“නිදන්ගත රෝගය” (nidangata rōgaya) — chronic illness in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. The phrase is bookish, but the doctor has no other. In speech it's described: 'an illness that never stops'. In a live sentence: “නිදන්ගත රෝගය එක්ක ජීවත් වෙන්න පුරුදු වෙනවා” — One learns to live with a chronic illness. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters න, ි, ද, න, ්, ග, ත, ර, ෝ, ග, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | නිදන්ගත රෝගය |
| Read in Latin letters | nidangata rōgaya |
| Translation | chronic illness |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- නිදන්ගත රෝගයnidangata rōgayachronic illness
Why it looks that way
The phrase is bookish, but the doctor has no other. In speech it's described: 'an illness that never stops'
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.
- නිදන්ගත රෝගය එක්ක ජීවත් වෙන්න පුරුදු වෙනවාnidangata rōgaya ekka jīvat venna purudu venavāOne learns to live with a chronic illness
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 “chronic illness” in Sinhala?
«නිදන්ගත රෝගය», read “nidangata rōgaya”. In a live sentence: “නිදන්ගත රෝගය එක්ක ජීවත් වෙන්න පුරුදු වෙනවා” — One learns to live with a chronic illness. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters න, ි, ද, න, ්, ග, ත, ර, ෝ, ග, ය.
How is “නිදන්ගත රෝගය” written in Latin letters?
nidangata rōgaya. 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 phrase is bookish, but the doctor has no other. In speech it's described: 'an illness that never stops'. 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.