රස්සාවට ගන්නවා
“රස්සාවට ගන්නවා” (rassāvaṭa gannavā) — to hire in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to take to the work', from the familiar job word. Hiring a car or a flat is a different verb altogether. In a live sentence: “ඔෆිස් එකට අලුත් අය දෙන්නෙක් රස්සාවට ගත්තා” — The office hired two new people. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ර, ස, ්, ස, ා, ව, ට, ග, න, ්, න, ව. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | රස්සාවට ගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | rassāvaṭa gannavā |
| Translation | to hire |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- රස්සාවට ගන්නවාrassāvaṭa gannavāto hire
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to take to the work', from the familiar job word. Hiring a car or a flat is a different verb altogether
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.
- ඔෆිස් එකට අලුත් අය දෙන්නෙක් රස්සාවට ගත්තාofis ekaṭa alut aya dennek rassāvaṭa gattāThe office hired two new people
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 hire” in Sinhala?
«රස්සාවට ගන්නවා», read “rassāvaṭa gannavā”. In a live sentence: “ඔෆිස් එකට අලුත් අය දෙන්නෙක් රස්සාවට ගත්තා” — The office hired two new people. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ර, ස, ්, ස, ා, ව, ට, ග, න, ්, න, ව.
How is “රස්සාවට ගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
rassāvaṭa gannavā. 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 'to take to the work', from the familiar job word. Hiring a car or a flat is a different verb altogether. 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.