ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය
“ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය” (fōn ekē alāramaya) — phone alarm in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. You know 'the alarm clock'. On a phone it isn't a device but a signal, and it is 'put': 'set the alarm'. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය හයට දැම්මා” — He set the phone alarm for six. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ෆ, ෝ, න, ්, එ, ක, ේ, අ, ල, ා, ර, ම.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය |
| Read in Latin letters | fōn ekē alāramaya |
| Translation | phone alarm |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමයfōn ekē alāramayaphone alarm
Why it looks that way
You know 'the alarm clock'. On a phone it isn't a device but a signal, and it is 'put': 'set the alarm'
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.
- ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය හයට දැම්මාfōn ekē alāramaya hayaṭa dæmmāHe set the phone alarm for six
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 “phone alarm” in Sinhala?
«ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය», read “fōn ekē alāramaya”. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය හයට දැම්මා” — He set the phone alarm for six. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ෆ, ෝ, න, ්, එ, ක, ේ, අ, ල, ා, ර, ම.
How is “ෆෝන් එකේ අලාරමය” written in Latin letters?
fōn ekē alāramaya. 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?
You know 'the alarm clock'. On a phone it isn't a device but a signal, and it is 'put': 'set the alarm'. 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.