කරන්සි එක
“කරන්සි එක” (karansi eka) — foreign currency in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Straight English currency. The familiar rupiyal is the local money; the bookish phrase lives in newspaper rate tables. In a live sentence: “ලංකාවේ කරන්සි එක රුපියල්” — The currency of Sri Lanka is the rupee. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ර, න, ්, ස, ි, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කරන්සි එක |
| Read in Latin letters | karansi eka |
| Translation | foreign currency |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- කරන්සි එකkaransi ekaforeign currency
Why it looks that way
Straight English currency. The familiar rupiyal is the local money; the bookish phrase lives in newspaper rate tables
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.
- ලංකාවේ කරන්සි එක රුපියල්laṁkāvē karansi eka rupiyalThe currency of Sri Lanka is the rupee
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 “foreign currency” in Sinhala?
«කරන්සි එක», read “karansi eka”. In a live sentence: “ලංකාවේ කරන්සි එක රුපියල්” — The currency of Sri Lanka is the rupee. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ක, ර, න, ්, ස, ි, එ, ක.
How is “කරන්සි එක” written in Latin letters?
karansi eka. 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?
Straight English currency. The familiar rupiyal is the local money; the bookish phrase lives in newspaper rate tables. 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.