ඔයාට වයස කීයද?
“ඔයාට වයස කීයද?” (oyāṭa vayasa kīyada?) — how old are you? in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Literally 'to you age how much?' — the person stands in the -ṭa form, as in every state-of-being phrase. You already asked kīyada about prices. In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, ඔයාට වයස කීයද?” — Excuse me, how old are you? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඔ, ය, ා, ට, ව, ය, ස, ක, ී, ය, ද.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඔයාට වයස කීයද? |
| Read in Latin letters | oyāṭa vayasa kīyada? |
| Translation | how old are you? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- ඔයාට වයස කීයද?oyāṭa vayasa kīyada?how old are you?
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to you age how much?' — the person stands in the -ṭa form, as in every state-of-being phrase. You already asked kīyada about prices
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.
- සමාවෙන්න, ඔයාට වයස කීයද?samāvenna, oyāṭa vayasa kīyada?Excuse me, how old are you?
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 “how old are you?” in Sinhala?
«ඔයාට වයස කීයද?», read “oyāṭa vayasa kīyada?”. In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, ඔයාට වයස කීයද?” — Excuse me, how old are you? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ඔ, ය, ා, ට, ව, ය, ස, ක, ී, ය, ද.
How is “ඔයාට වයස කීයද?” written in Latin letters?
oyāṭa vayasa kīyada?. 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 you age how much?' — the person stands in the -ṭa form, as in every state-of-being phrase. You already asked kīyada about prices. 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.