සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය
“සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය” (saukhya sampanna jīvitaya) — healthy lifestyle in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable. In a live sentence: “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕන” — One must lead a healthy lifestyle. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ෞ, ඛ, ්, ය, ස, ම, ්, ප, න, ්, න. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය |
| Read in Latin letters | saukhya sampanna jīvitaya |
| Translation | healthy lifestyle |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයsaukhya sampanna jīvitayahealthy lifestyle
How to pronounce it
sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable
Why it looks that way
From 'health' — the name of unit seven. The middle word means 'full of something', and the phrase sounds like a brochure because it came from one
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.
- සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕනsaukhya sampanna jīvitayak gata karanna ōnaOne must lead a healthy lifestyle
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 “healthy lifestyle” in Sinhala?
«සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය», read “saukhya sampanna jīvitaya”. sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable. In a live sentence: “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕන” — One must lead a healthy lifestyle. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ස, ෞ, ඛ, ්, ය, ස, ම, ්, ප, න, ්, න.
How is “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය” written in Latin letters?
saukhya sampanna jīvitaya. 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?
From 'health' — the name of unit seven. The middle word means 'full of something', and the phrase sounds like a brochure because it came from one. 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.