ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා
“ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා” (gedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavā) — to invite over in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Ārādhana karanavā is to invite in general and sounds ceremonial. Speech is simpler: 'come to the house', gedara enna kianavā. In a live sentence: “යාළුවෝ ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරන්න” — Invite your friends over. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ග, ෙ, ද, ර, ට, ආ, ර, ා, ධ, න, ා, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | gedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavā |
| Translation | to invite over |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවාgedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavāto invite over
Why it looks that way
Ārādhana karanavā is to invite in general and sounds ceremonial. Speech is simpler: 'come to the house', gedara enna kianavā
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.
- යාළුවෝ ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරන්නyāḷuvō gedaraṭa ārādhanā karannaInvite your friends over
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 invite over” in Sinhala?
«ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා», read “gedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavā”. In a live sentence: “යාළුවෝ ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරන්න” — Invite your friends over. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ග, ෙ, ද, ර, ට, ආ, ර, ා, ධ, න, ා, ක.
How is “ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
gedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavā. 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?
Ārādhana karanavā is to invite in general and sounds ceremonial. Speech is simpler: 'come to the house', gedara enna kianavā. 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.