කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා
“කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා” (kiyalā pæhædili kaḷā) — he explained that in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. What was said goes BEFORE the saying tag, and the verb after: 'the work is finished, having said, he explained'. The English order here is the reverse, and that's the lesson's main trap. In a live sentence: “එයා වැඩේ ඉවරයි කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා” — He explained that the work is finished. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා |
| Read in Latin letters | kiyalā pæhædili kaḷā |
| Translation | he explained that |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- කියලා පැහැදිලි කළාkiyalā pæhædili kaḷāhe explained that
Why it looks that way
What was said goes BEFORE the saying tag, and the verb after: 'the work is finished, having said, he explained'. The English order here is the reverse, and that's the lesson's main trap
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.
- එයා වැඩේ ඉවරයි කියලා පැහැදිලි කළාeyā væḍē ivarayi kiyalā pæhædili kaḷāHe explained that the work is finished
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 “he explained that” in Sinhala?
«කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා», read “kiyalā pæhædili kaḷā”. In a live sentence: “එයා වැඩේ ඉවරයි කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා” — He explained that the work is finished. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ක, ි, ය, ල, ා, ප, ැ, හ, ැ, ද, ි, ල.
How is “කියලා පැහැදිලි කළා” written in Latin letters?
kiyalā pæhædili kaḷā. 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?
What was said goes BEFORE the saying tag, and the verb after: 'the work is finished, having said, he explained'. The English order here is the reverse, and that's the lesson's main trap. 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.