ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය
“ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය” (inṣuvarans polisiya) — insurance policy in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. in-shu-va-rans po-li-si-ya; in 'policy' the second li is short, in 'police' the li is long. In a live sentence: “ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය කියවලා බලන්න” — Read the insurance policy. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු, ව, ර, න, ්, ස, ්, ප. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය |
| Read in Latin letters | inṣuvarans polisiya |
| Translation | insurance policy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසියinṣuvarans polisiyainsurance policy
How to pronounce it
in-shu-va-rans po-li-si-ya; in 'policy' the second li is short, in 'police' the li is long
Why it looks that way
The familiar inshuarans eka plus English policy. Don't mix up the police: that's polīsiya with a long ii
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.
- ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය කියවලා බලන්නinṣuvarans polisiya kiyavalā balannaRead the insurance policy
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 “insurance policy” in Sinhala?
«ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය», read “inṣuvarans polisiya”. in-shu-va-rans po-li-si-ya; in 'policy' the second li is short, in 'police' the li is long. In a live sentence: “ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය කියවලා බලන්න” — Read the insurance policy. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු, ව, ර, න, ්, ස, ්, ප.
How is “ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් පොලිසිය” written in Latin letters?
inṣuvarans polisiya. 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?
The familiar inshuarans eka plus English policy. Don't mix up the police: that's polīsiya with a long ii. 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.