අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස
“අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස” (adahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasa) — freedom of speech in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the freedom of expressing thoughts' — a four-word construction, and it can't get shorter. Used only in writing and public speech. In a live sentence: “අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස ව්යවස්ථාවේ තියෙනවා” — Freedom of speech is written into the constitution. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ද, හ, ස, ්, ප, ්, ර, ක, ා, ශ, ක.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස |
| Read in Latin letters | adahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasa |
| Translation | freedom of speech |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහසadahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasafreedom of speech
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the freedom of expressing thoughts' — a four-word construction, and it can't get shorter. Used only in writing and public speech
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.
- අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස ව්යවස්ථාවේ තියෙනවාadahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasa vyavasthāvē tiyenavāFreedom of speech is written into the constitution
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 “freedom of speech” in Sinhala?
«අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස», read “adahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasa”. In a live sentence: “අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස ව්යවස්ථාවේ තියෙනවා” — Freedom of speech is written into the constitution. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters අ, ද, හ, ස, ්, ප, ්, ර, ක, ා, ශ, ක.
How is “අදහස් ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ නිදහස” written in Latin letters?
adahas prakāśa kirīmē nidahasa. 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 freedom of expressing thoughts' — a four-word construction, and it can't get shorter. Used only in writing and public speech. 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.