මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එක
“මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එක” (meḍikal inṣuvarans eka) — health insurance in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. That's exactly how they ask at the hospital. The native phrase is printed on the policy itself, and you'll have to read it. In a live sentence: “මගේ මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එකෙන් මේක ගෙවෙනවද?” — Will my health insurance cover this? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ෙ, ඩ, ි, ක, ල, ්, ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | meḍikal inṣuvarans eka |
| Translation | health insurance |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එකmeḍikal inṣuvarans ekahealth insurance
Why it looks that way
That's exactly how they ask at the hospital. The native phrase is printed on the policy itself, and you'll have to read 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 මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එකෙන් මේක ගෙවෙනවද?magē meḍikal inṣuvarans eken mēka gevenavada?Will my health insurance cover this?
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 “health insurance” in Sinhala?
«මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එක», read “meḍikal inṣuvarans eka”. In a live sentence: “මගේ මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එකෙන් මේක ගෙවෙනවද?” — Will my health insurance cover this? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ම, ෙ, ඩ, ි, ක, ල, ්, ඉ, න, ්, ෂ, ු.
How is “මෙඩිකල් ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එක” written in Latin letters?
meḍikal inṣuvarans eka. 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?
That's exactly how they ask at the hospital. The native phrase is printed on the policy itself, and you'll have to read 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.