ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවා
“ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවා” (pratiphalaya honda karagannavā) — to improve the result in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to make the result good for oneself': the familiar 'result' plus the -gannavā 'for oneself'. In a live sentence: “මම ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගත්තා” — I improved the result. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ්, ර, ත, ි, ඵ, ල, ය, හ, ො, ඳ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | pratiphalaya honda karagannavā |
| Translation | to improve the result |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවාpratiphalaya honda karagannavāto improve the result
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to make the result good for oneself': the familiar 'result' plus the -gannavā 'for oneself'
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.
- මම ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගත්තාmama pratiphalaya honda karagattāI improved the result
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 improve the result” in Sinhala?
«ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවා», read “pratiphalaya honda karagannavā”. In a live sentence: “මම ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගත්තා” — I improved the result. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ප, ්, ර, ත, ි, ඵ, ල, ය, හ, ො, ඳ, ක.
How is “ප්රතිඵලය හොඳ කරගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
pratiphalaya honda karagannavā. 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 make the result good for oneself': the familiar 'result' plus the -gannavā 'for oneself'. 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.