භාෂා මට්ටම
“භාෂා මට්ටම” (bhāṣā maṭṭama) — language level in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. bhaa-shaa mat-ta-ma; the bh is a breathy b and the ṭa a retroflex t. In a live sentence: “මගේ භාෂා මට්ටම තාම අඩුයි” — My language level is still low. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters භ, ා, ෂ, ා, ම, ට, ්, ට, ම. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | භාෂා මට්ටම |
| Read in Latin letters | bhāṣā maṭṭama |
| Translation | language level |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- භාෂා මට්ටමbhāṣā maṭṭamalanguage level
How to pronounce it
bhaa-shaa mat-ta-ma; the bh is a breathy b and the ṭa a retroflex t
Why it looks that way
maṭṭama is the level of anything, water in a tank included. 'What's your level?' is asked with it
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.
- මගේ භාෂා මට්ටම තාම අඩුයිmagē bhāṣā maṭṭama tāma aḍuyiMy language level is still low
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 “language level” in Sinhala?
«භාෂා මට්ටම», read “bhāṣā maṭṭama”. bhaa-shaa mat-ta-ma; the bh is a breathy b and the ṭa a retroflex t. In a live sentence: “මගේ භාෂා මට්ටම තාම අඩුයි” — My language level is still low. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters භ, ා, ෂ, ා, ම, ට, ්, ට, ම.
How is “භාෂා මට්ටම” written in Latin letters?
bhāṣā maṭṭama. 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?
maṭṭama is the level of anything, water in a tank included. 'What's your level?' is asked with it. 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.