වඩා ගණන්
“වඩා ගණන්” (vaḍā gaṇan) — more expensive in Sinhala. Adverb, level A2. The familiar vaḍā, than, plus 'pricey'. What you compare with stands on -ṭa: 'pricier than this'. In a live sentence: “මේක අර එකට වඩා ගණන්” — This is more expensive than that one. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ව, ඩ, ා, ග, ණ, න, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වඩා ගණන් |
| Read in Latin letters | vaḍā gaṇan |
| Translation | more expensive |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A2 |
- වඩා ගණන්vaḍā gaṇanmore expensive
Why it looks that way
The familiar vaḍā, than, plus 'pricey'. What you compare with stands on -ṭa: 'pricier than this'
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.
- මේක අර එකට වඩා ගණන්mēka ara ekaṭa vaḍā gaṇanThis is more expensive than that one
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 “more expensive” in Sinhala?
«වඩා ගණන්», read “vaḍā gaṇan”. In a live sentence: “මේක අර එකට වඩා ගණන්” — This is more expensive than that one. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A2; written with the characters ව, ඩ, ා, ග, ණ, න, ්.
How is “වඩා ගණන්” written in Latin letters?
vaḍā gaṇan. 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 vaḍā, than, plus 'pricey'. What you compare with stands on -ṭa: 'pricier than this'. 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.