කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව
“කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව” (kamkaru ārakṣāva) — occupational safety in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'the safety of the worker': the familiar safety plus the worker of this lesson. Both the agency and a section of the contract are named so. In a live sentence: “කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව ගැන නීති තියෙනවා” — There are laws on occupational safety. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ම, ්, ක, ර, ු, ආ, ර, ක, ්, ෂ, ා.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව |
| Read in Latin letters | kamkaru ārakṣāva |
| Translation | occupational safety |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාවkamkaru ārakṣāvaoccupational safety
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the safety of the worker': the familiar safety plus the worker of this lesson. Both the agency and a section of the contract are named so
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.
- කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව ගැන නීති තියෙනවාkamkaru ārakṣāva gæna nīti tiyenavāThere are laws on occupational safety
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 “occupational safety” in Sinhala?
«කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව», read “kamkaru ārakṣāva”. In a live sentence: “කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව ගැන නීති තියෙනවා” — There are laws on occupational safety. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ක, ම, ්, ක, ර, ු, ආ, ර, ක, ්, ෂ, ා.
How is “කම්කරු ආරක්ෂාව” written in Latin letters?
kamkaru ārakṣāva. 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 'the safety of the worker': the familiar safety plus the worker of this lesson. Both the agency and a section of the contract are named so. 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.