කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවා
“කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවා” (konsal ofis ekaṭa katā karanavā) — to go to the consulate in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. katā karanavā means to talk, to phone and to apply; the institution takes the -ṭa form. Coming in person is 'going to the office'. In a live sentence: “පාස්පෝට් එක නැති වුණොත් කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරන්න” — If you lose your passport, go to the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | konsal ofis ekaṭa katā karanavā |
| Translation | to go to the consulate |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවාkonsal ofis ekaṭa katā karanavāto go to the consulate
Why it looks that way
katā karanavā means to talk, to phone and to apply; the institution takes the -ṭa form. Coming in person is 'going to the office'
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.
- පාස්පෝට් එක නැති වුණොත් කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරන්නpāspōṭ eka næti vuṇot konsal ofis ekaṭa katā karannaIf you lose your passport, go to the consulate
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 go to the consulate” in Sinhala?
«කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවා», read “konsal ofis ekaṭa katā karanavā”. In a live sentence: “පාස්පෝට් එක නැති වුණොත් කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරන්න” — If you lose your passport, go to the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ක, ො, න, ්, ස, ල, ්, ඔ, ෆ, ි, ස, ්.
How is “කොන්සල් ඔෆිස් එකට කතා කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
konsal ofis ekaṭa katā 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?
katā karanavā means to talk, to phone and to apply; the institution takes the -ṭa form. Coming in person is 'going to the office'. 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.