හෙළි වෙනවා
“හෙළි වෙනවා” (heḷi venavā) — to come to light in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. The involuntary verb: the affair comes to light by itself, with no doer. The active pair means 'to disclose, make public'. The familiar 'it turned out' is about the speaker, this about the fact. In a live sentence: “පරීක්ෂණයෙන් සත්යය හෙළි වුණා” — By the check the truth came to light. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | හෙළි වෙනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | heḷi venavā |
| Translation | to come to light |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- හෙළි වෙනවාheḷi venavāto come to light
Why it looks that way
The involuntary verb: the affair comes to light by itself, with no doer. The active pair means 'to disclose, make public'. The familiar 'it turned out' is about the speaker, this about the fact
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.
- පරීක්ෂණයෙන් සත්යය හෙළි වුණාparīkṣaṇayen satyaya heḷi vuṇāBy the check the truth came to 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 “to come to light” in Sinhala?
«හෙළි වෙනවා», read “heḷi venavā”. In a live sentence: “පරීක්ෂණයෙන් සත්යය හෙළි වුණා” — By the check the truth came to light. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters හ, ෙ, ළ, ි, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ා.
How is “හෙළි වෙනවා” written in Latin letters?
heḷi venavā. 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 involuntary verb: the affair comes to light by itself, with no doer. The active pair means 'to disclose, make public'. The familiar 'it turned out' is about the speaker, this about the fact. 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.