ඇතුළ පැත්තේ
“ඇතුළ පැත්තේ” (ætuḷa pættē) — at the back in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'from the inner side', from two familiar words. About the far corner of a shop, the depth of a garden, the back room. In a live sentence: “කඩේ ඇතුළ පැත්තේ තව රාක්කයක් තියෙනවා” — At the back of the shop there's another shelf. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඇ, ත, ු, ළ, ප, ැ, ත, ්, ත, ේ.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඇතුළ පැත්තේ |
| Read in Latin letters | ætuḷa pættē |
| Translation | at the back |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ඇතුළ පැත්තේætuḷa pættēat the back
Why it looks that way
Literally 'from the inner side', from two familiar words. About the far corner of a shop, the depth of a garden, the back room
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.
- කඩේ ඇතුළ පැත්තේ තව රාක්කයක් තියෙනවාkaḍē ætuḷa pættē tava rākkayak tiyenavāAt the back of the shop there's another shelf
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 “at the back” in Sinhala?
«ඇතුළ පැත්තේ», read “ætuḷa pættē”. In a live sentence: “කඩේ ඇතුළ පැත්තේ තව රාක්කයක් තියෙනවා” — At the back of the shop there's another shelf. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ඇ, ත, ු, ළ, ප, ැ, ත, ්, ත, ේ.
How is “ඇතුළ පැත්තේ” written in Latin letters?
ætuḷa pættē. 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 'from the inner side', from two familiar words. About the far corner of a shop, the depth of a garden, the back room. 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.