අලුත් යුවළ
“අලුත් යුවළ” (alut yuvaḷa) — newlyweds in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. a-lut yu-va-la; the ḷ is the palate-curled l. In a live sentence: “අලුත් යුවළට තෑග්ගක් දුන්නා” — The newlyweds were given a present. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ය, ු, ව, ළ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අලුත් යුවළ |
| Read in Latin letters | alut yuvaḷa |
| Translation | newlyweds |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- අලුත් යුවළalut yuvaḷanewlyweds
How to pronounce it
a-lut yu-va-la; the ḷ is the palate-curled l
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a new pair'. The pair word is about people; about a pair of things they simply say 'two'
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.
- අලුත් යුවළට තෑග්ගක් දුන්නාalut yuvaḷaṭa tǣggak dunnāThe newlyweds were given a present
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 “newlyweds” in Sinhala?
«අලුත් යුවළ», read “alut yuvaḷa”. a-lut yu-va-la; the ḷ is the palate-curled l. In a live sentence: “අලුත් යුවළට තෑග්ගක් දුන්නා” — The newlyweds were given a present. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ය, ු, ව, ළ.
How is “අලුත් යුවළ” written in Latin letters?
alut yuvaḷa. 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 'a new pair'. The pair word is about people; about a pair of things they simply say 'two'. 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.