භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය
“භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය” (bhāṇḍa niṣpādanaya) — manufacturing in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'the production of goods': the course knows the production word by itself, and here it's specified with the goods word so the talk is of output, not of the industry. In a live sentence: “මේ මාසේ භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය අඩුයි” — This month the manufacturing output is low. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters භ, ා, ණ, ්, ඩ, න, ි, ෂ, ්, ප, ා, ද.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය |
| Read in Latin letters | bhāṇḍa niṣpādanaya |
| Translation | manufacturing |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනයbhāṇḍa niṣpādanayamanufacturing
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the production of goods': the course knows the production word by itself, and here it's specified with the goods word so the talk is of output, not of the industry
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.
- මේ මාසේ භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය අඩුයිmē māsē bhāṇḍa niṣpādanaya aḍuyiThis month the manufacturing output is low
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 “manufacturing” in Sinhala?
«භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය», read “bhāṇḍa niṣpādanaya”. In a live sentence: “මේ මාසේ භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය අඩුයි” — This month the manufacturing output is low. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters භ, ා, ණ, ්, ඩ, න, ි, ෂ, ්, ප, ා, ද.
How is “භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය” written in Latin letters?
bhāṇḍa niṣpādanaya. 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 production of goods': the course knows the production word by itself, and here it's specified with the goods word so the talk is of output, not of the industry. 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.