මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක
“මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක” (mæsēj ekē kōḍ eka) — SMS code in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. You know 'the message eka'. At the bank and in apps the same code is called shortly 'the OTP eka'. In a live sentence: “මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක දාන්න” — Enter the code from the SMS. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ැ, ස, ේ, ජ, ්, එ, ක, ේ, ක, ෝ, ඩ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | mæsēj ekē kōḍ eka |
| Translation | SMS code |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එකmæsēj ekē kōḍ ekaSMS code
Why it looks that way
You know 'the message eka'. At the bank and in apps the same code is called shortly 'the OTP eka'
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.
- මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක දාන්නmæsēj ekē kōḍ eka dānnaEnter the code from the SMS
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 “SMS code” in Sinhala?
«මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක», read “mæsēj ekē kōḍ eka”. In a live sentence: “මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක දාන්න” — Enter the code from the SMS. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ම, ැ, ස, ේ, ජ, ්, එ, ක, ේ, ක, ෝ, ඩ.
How is “මැසේජ් එකේ කෝඩ් එක” written in Latin letters?
mæsēj ekē kōḍ 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?
You know 'the message eka'. At the bank and in apps the same code is called shortly 'the OTP eka'. 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.