ඇතුළට ගන්නවා
“ඇතුළට ගන්නවා” (ætuḷaṭa gannavā) — to fit in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to take inside', through the familiar 'inside'. In speech more often the impersonal turn with 'goes': 'two liters go into this'. In a live sentence: “මේ බෑග් එකට පොත් දහයක් ඇතුළට ගන්න පුළුවන්” — This bag can fit ten books. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඇ, ත, ු, ළ, ට, ග, න, ්, න, ව, ා. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඇතුළට ගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | ætuḷaṭa gannavā |
| Translation | to fit |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- ඇතුළට ගන්නවාætuḷaṭa gannavāto fit
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to take inside', through the familiar 'inside'. In speech more often the impersonal turn with 'goes': 'two liters go into this'
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.
- මේ බෑග් එකට පොත් දහයක් ඇතුළට ගන්න පුළුවන්mē bǣg ekaṭa pot dahayak ætuḷaṭa ganna puḷuvanThis bag can fit ten books
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 fit” in Sinhala?
«ඇතුළට ගන්නවා», read “ætuḷaṭa gannavā”. In a live sentence: “මේ බෑග් එකට පොත් දහයක් ඇතුළට ගන්න පුළුවන්” — This bag can fit ten books. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ඇ, ත, ු, ළ, ට, ග, න, ්, න, ව, ා.
How is “ඇතුළට ගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
ætuḷaṭa 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 inside', through the familiar 'inside'. In speech more often the impersonal turn with 'goes': 'two liters go into this'. 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.