ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා
“ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා” (giṇumaṭa salli dānavā) — to deposit money into the account in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. Literally 'to put money to the account', the destination in the -ṭa form. The same dānavā puts sugar in tea and things in bags. In a live sentence: “මම හෙට ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා” — Tomorrow I'll deposit money into the account. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ග, ි, ණ, ු, ම, ට, ස, ල, ්, ල, ි, ද.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා |
| Read in Latin letters | giṇumaṭa salli dānavā |
| Translation | to deposit money into the account |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවාgiṇumaṭa salli dānavāto deposit money into the account
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to put money to the account', the destination in the -ṭa form. The same dānavā puts sugar in tea and things in bags
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.
- මම හෙට ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවාmama heṭa giṇumaṭa salli dānavāTomorrow I'll deposit money into the account
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 deposit money into the account” in Sinhala?
«ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා», read “giṇumaṭa salli dānavā”. In a live sentence: “මම හෙට ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා” — Tomorrow I'll deposit money into the account. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ග, ි, ණ, ු, ම, ට, ස, ල, ්, ල, ි, ද.
How is “ගිණුමට සල්ලි දානවා” written in Latin letters?
giṇumaṭa salli dānavā. 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 put money to the account', the destination in the -ṭa form. The same dānavā puts sugar in tea and things in bags. 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.