ට වඩා පහළයි
“ට වඩා පහළයි” (ṭa vaḍā pahaḷayi) — lower than in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. The familiar 'than' link plus the 'lower' word of this unit. The -ṭa tail glues onto what's compared with: 'lower than last year'. In a live sentence: “මේ අවුරුද්දේ අස්වැන්න ගිය අවුරුද්දට වඩා පහළයි” — This year's harvest is lower than last year's. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ට, ව, ඩ, ා, ප, හ, ළ, ය, ි.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ට වඩා පහළයි |
| Read in Latin letters | ṭa vaḍā pahaḷayi |
| Translation | lower than |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ට වඩා පහළයිṭa vaḍā pahaḷayilower than
Why it looks that way
The familiar 'than' link plus the 'lower' word of this unit. The -ṭa tail glues onto what's compared with: 'lower than last year'
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.
- මේ අවුරුද්දේ අස්වැන්න ගිය අවුරුද්දට වඩා පහළයිmē avuruddē asvænna giya avuruddaṭa vaḍā pahaḷayiThis year's harvest is lower than last year's
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 “lower than” in Sinhala?
«ට වඩා පහළයි», read “ṭa vaḍā pahaḷayi”. In a live sentence: “මේ අවුරුද්දේ අස්වැන්න ගිය අවුරුද්දට වඩා පහළයි” — This year's harvest is lower than last year's. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ට, ව, ඩ, ා, ප, හ, ළ, ය, ි.
How is “ට වඩා පහළයි” written in Latin letters?
ṭa vaḍā pahaḷayi. 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 'than' link plus the 'lower' word of this unit. The -ṭa tail glues onto what's compared with: 'lower than last year'. 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.