කතා කරලා සතුටුයි
“කතා කරලා සතුටුයි” (katā karalā satuṭuyi) — it was a pleasure talking to you in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. ka-taa ka-ra-laa sa-tu-tu-yi; the ṭa is a retroflex t. In a live sentence: “ඔයා එක්ක කතා කරලා සතුටුයි” — It was a pleasure talking to you. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ක, ර, ල, ා, ස, ත, ු, ට, ු. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කතා කරලා සතුටුයි |
| Read in Latin letters | katā karalā satuṭuyi |
| Translation | it was a pleasure talking to you |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- කතා කරලා සතුටුයිkatā karalā satuṭuyiit was a pleasure talking to you
How to pronounce it
ka-taa ka-ra-laa sa-tu-tu-yi; the ṭa is a retroflex t
Why it looks that way
The -lā tail welds: 'having talked, glad'. The familiar 'glad' closes 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.
- ඔයා එක්ක කතා කරලා සතුටුයිoyā ekka katā karalā satuṭuyiIt was a pleasure talking to you
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 “it was a pleasure talking to you” in Sinhala?
«කතා කරලා සතුටුයි», read “katā karalā satuṭuyi”. ka-taa ka-ra-laa sa-tu-tu-yi; the ṭa is a retroflex t. In a live sentence: “ඔයා එක්ක කතා කරලා සතුටුයි” — It was a pleasure talking to you. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ක, ර, ල, ා, ස, ත, ු, ට, ු.
How is “කතා කරලා සතුටුයි” written in Latin letters?
katā karalā satuṭuyi. 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 -lā tail welds: 'having talked, glad'. The familiar 'glad' closes 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.