ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න
“ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න” (dhairyen inna) — hang in there in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. dhair-yen in-na; the dh is a breathy dh, not a plain d. In a live sentence: “ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න, ඔක්කොම හරි යයි” — Hang in there, everything will work out. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ධ, ෛ, ර, ්, ය, ෙ, න, ්, ඉ, න, ්, න. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න |
| Read in Latin letters | dhairyen inna |
| Translation | hang in there |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්නdhairyen innahang in there
How to pronounce it
dhair-yen in-na; the dh is a breathy dh, not a plain d
Why it looks that way
Literally 'stay with courage'. Everyday speech says the same as 'pull yourself together'
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.
- ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න, ඔක්කොම හරි යයිdhairyen inna, okkoma hari yayiHang in there, everything will work out
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 “hang in there” in Sinhala?
«ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න», read “dhairyen inna”. dhair-yen in-na; the dh is a breathy dh, not a plain d. In a live sentence: “ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න, ඔක්කොම හරි යයි” — Hang in there, everything will work out. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ධ, ෛ, ර, ්, ය, ෙ, න, ්, ඉ, න, ්, න.
How is “ධෛර්යෙන් ඉන්න” written in Latin letters?
dhairyen inna. 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 'stay with courage'. Everyday speech says the same as 'pull yourself together'. 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.