නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂය
“නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂය” (næti vemin yana viśēṣaya) — endangered species in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'the kind that is going missing'. The bookish phrase stands in reports; here a turn is taken that the village will understand too. In a live sentence: “මේක නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂයක්” — This is an endangered species. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters න, ැ, ත, ි, ව, ෙ, ම, ි, න, ්, ය, න.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂය |
| Read in Latin letters | næti vemin yana viśēṣaya |
| Translation | endangered species |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂයnæti vemin yana viśēṣayaendangered species
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the kind that is going missing'. The bookish phrase stands in reports; here a turn is taken that the village will understand too
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.
- මේක නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂයක්mēka næti vemin yana viśēṣayakThis is an endangered species
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 “endangered species” in Sinhala?
«නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂය», read “næti vemin yana viśēṣaya”. In a live sentence: “මේක නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂයක්” — This is an endangered species. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters න, ැ, ත, ි, ව, ෙ, ම, ි, න, ්, ය, න.
How is “නැති වෙමින් යන විශේෂය” written in Latin letters?
næti vemin yana viśēṣaya. 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 'the kind that is going missing'. The bookish phrase stands in reports; here a turn is taken that the village will understand too. 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.