පෙළගස්සනවා
“පෙළගස්සනවා” (peḷagassanavā) — to spread out in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. From the 'row' word of the past unit: to spread out is to set in a row. About goods on a counter, papers on a desk, people in a line. In a live sentence: “බඩු මේසේ උඩ පෙළගස්සන්න” — Spread the things out on the table. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ෙ, ළ, ග, ස, ්, ස, න, ව, ා.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පෙළගස්සනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | peḷagassanavā |
| Translation | to spread out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- පෙළගස්සනවාpeḷagassanavāto spread out
Why it looks that way
From the 'row' word of the past unit: to spread out is to set in a row. About goods on a counter, papers on a desk, people in a line
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.
- බඩු මේසේ උඩ පෙළගස්සන්නbaḍu mēsē uḍa peḷagassannaSpread the things out on the table
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 spread out” in Sinhala?
«පෙළගස්සනවා», read “peḷagassanavā”. In a live sentence: “බඩු මේසේ උඩ පෙළගස්සන්න” — Spread the things out on the table. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ප, ෙ, ළ, ග, ස, ්, ස, න, ව, ා.
How is “පෙළගස්සනවා” written in Latin letters?
peḷagassanavā. 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?
From the 'row' word of the past unit: to spread out is to set in a row. About goods on a counter, papers on a desk, people in a line. 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.