බදු අංකය
“බදු අංකය” (badu aṁkaya) — tax number in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. In Sri Lanka it is called the TIN and is issued by the tax office (IRD). Badu is the tax — the course knows it from badu prakāśaya, the tax return. In a live sentence: “ඔයාගේ බදු අංකය කියන්න” — Say your tax number. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ද, ු, අ, ං, ක, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බදු අංකය |
| Read in Latin letters | badu aṁkaya |
| Translation | tax number |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- බදු අංකයbadu aṁkayatax number
Why it looks that way
In Sri Lanka it is called the TIN and is issued by the tax office (IRD). Badu is the tax — the course knows it from badu prakāśaya, the tax return
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.
- ඔයාගේ බදු අංකය කියන්නoyāgē badu aṁkaya kiyannaSay your tax number
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 “tax number” in Sinhala?
«බදු අංකය», read “badu aṁkaya”. In a live sentence: “ඔයාගේ බදු අංකය කියන්න” — Say your tax number. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters බ, ද, ු, අ, ං, ක, ය.
How is “බදු අංකය” written in Latin letters?
badu aṁkaya. 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?
In Sri Lanka it is called the TIN and is issued by the tax office (IRD). Badu is the tax — the course knows it from badu prakāśaya, the tax return. 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.