ඔරිජිනල් එක
“ඔරිජිනල් එක” (orijinal eka) — original in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. English original, familiar from 'genuine leather'. The copy is the familiar photo copy, and the office makes you tell them apart aloud. In a live sentence: “ෆොටෝ කොපිය නෙවෙයි, ඔරිජිනල් එක ගේන්න” — Not the copy, bring the original. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඔ, ර, ි, ජ, ි, න, ල, ්, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඔරිජිනල් එක |
| Read in Latin letters | orijinal eka |
| Translation | original |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ඔරිජිනල් එකorijinal ekaoriginal
Why it looks that way
English original, familiar from 'genuine leather'. The copy is the familiar photo copy, and the office makes you tell them apart aloud
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.
- ෆොටෝ කොපිය නෙවෙයි, ඔරිජිනල් එක ගේන්නfoṭō kopiya neveyi, orijinal eka gēnnaNot the copy, bring the original
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 “original” in Sinhala?
«ඔරිජිනල් එක», read “orijinal eka”. In a live sentence: “ෆොටෝ කොපිය නෙවෙයි, ඔරිජිනල් එක ගේන්න” — Not the copy, bring the original. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ඔ, ර, ි, ජ, ි, න, ල, ්, එ, ක.
How is “ඔරිජිනල් එක” written in Latin letters?
orijinal eka. 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?
English original, familiar from 'genuine leather'. The copy is the familiar photo copy, and the office makes you tell them apart aloud. 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.