මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්
“මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්” (mama tava deyak ekatu karannam) — allow me to add in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'I'll add one more thing': Sinhala doesn't ask permission, it promises — the -nnam form. In a live sentence: “ඒකට මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්” — To this allow me to add. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ම, ත, ව, ද, ෙ, ය, ක, ්, එ, ක, ත.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම් |
| Read in Latin letters | mama tava deyak ekatu karannam |
| Translation | allow me to add |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්mama tava deyak ekatu karannamallow me to add
Why it looks that way
Literally 'I'll add one more thing': Sinhala doesn't ask permission, it promises — the -nnam form
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.
- ඒකට මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්ēkaṭa mama tava deyak ekatu karannamTo this allow me to add
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 “allow me to add” in Sinhala?
«මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්», read “mama tava deyak ekatu karannam”. In a live sentence: “ඒකට මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්” — To this allow me to add. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ම, ම, ත, ව, ද, ෙ, ය, ක, ්, එ, ක, ත.
How is “මම තව දෙයක් එකතු කරන්නම්” written in Latin letters?
mama tava deyak ekatu karannam. 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?
Literally 'I'll add one more thing': Sinhala doesn't ask permission, it promises — the -nnam form. 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.