ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවා
“ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවා” (inṣuvar karanavā) — to insure in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. English insure plus karanavā, like every borrowed verb. The bookish rakshana karanavā stands in the contract. In a live sentence: “මම කාර් එක ඉන්ෂුවර් කළා” — I insured the car. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු, ව, ර, ්, ක, ර, න, ව. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | inṣuvar karanavā |
| Translation | to insure |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවාinṣuvar karanavāto insure
Why it looks that way
English insure plus karanavā, like every borrowed verb. The bookish rakshana karanavā stands in the contract
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 කාර් එක ඉන්ෂුවර් කළාmama kār eka inṣuvar kaḷāI insured the car
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 insure” in Sinhala?
«ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවා», read “inṣuvar karanavā”. In a live sentence: “මම කාර් එක ඉන්ෂුවර් කළා” — I insured the car. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු, ව, ර, ්, ක, ර, න, ව.
How is “ඉන්ෂුවර් කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
inṣuvar karanavā. 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?
English insure plus karanavā, like every borrowed verb. The bookish rakshana karanavā stands in the contract. 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.