හිත හදාගන්නවා
“හිත හදාගන්නවා” (hita hadāgannavā) — to resign oneself in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to set one's heart right for oneself', from the familiar heart and make with the 'for oneself' tail. About loss, about the boss's decision, about what can't be changed. In a live sentence: “අන්තිමට එයා හිත හදාගත්තා” — In the end he resigned himself. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters හ, ි, ත, හ, ද, ා, ග, න, ්, න, ව, ා.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | හිත හදාගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | hita hadāgannavā |
| Translation | to resign oneself |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- හිත හදාගන්නවාhita hadāgannavāto resign oneself
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to set one's heart right for oneself', from the familiar heart and make with the 'for oneself' tail. About loss, about the boss's decision, about what can't be changed
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.
- අන්තිමට එයා හිත හදාගත්තාantimaṭa eyā hita hadāgattāIn the end he resigned himself
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 resign oneself” in Sinhala?
«හිත හදාගන්නවා», read “hita hadāgannavā”. In a live sentence: “අන්තිමට එයා හිත හදාගත්තා” — In the end he resigned himself. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters හ, ි, ත, හ, ද, ා, ග, න, ්, න, ව, ා.
How is “හිත හදාගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
hita hadāgannavā. 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?
Literally 'to set one's heart right for oneself', from the familiar heart and make with the 'for oneself' tail. About loss, about the boss's decision, about what can't be changed. 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.