ගේට් පාස් එක
“ගේට් පාස් එක” (gēṭ pās eka) — access pass in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. English gate pass — the slip that gets you into the plant or the office. The bookish phrase stands only in the rulebook. In a live sentence: “ගේට් පාස් එක පෙන්නලා ඇතුළට යන්න” — Show the access pass and come in. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ග, ේ, ට, ්, ප, ා, ස, ්, එ, ක.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ගේට් පාස් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | gēṭ pās eka |
| Translation | access pass |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ගේට් පාස් එකgēṭ pās ekaaccess pass
Why it looks that way
English gate pass — the slip that gets you into the plant or the office. The bookish phrase stands only in the rulebook
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.
- ගේට් පාස් එක පෙන්නලා ඇතුළට යන්නgēṭ pās eka pennalā ætuḷaṭa yannaShow the access pass and come in
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 “access pass” in Sinhala?
«ගේට් පාස් එක», read “gēṭ pās eka”. In a live sentence: “ගේට් පාස් එක පෙන්නලා ඇතුළට යන්න” — Show the access pass and come in. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ග, ේ, ට, ්, ප, ා, ස, ්, එ, ක.
How is “ගේට් පාස් එක” written in Latin letters?
gēṭ pās 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?
English gate pass — the slip that gets you into the plant or the office. The bookish phrase stands only in the rulebook. 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.