පිටත්වීම් අංශය
“පිටත්වීම් අංශය” (piṭatvīm aṁśaya) — departures area in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. The pair to arrivals: 'departure'. Anshaya is 'a section' — the same word as in the emergency room. In a live sentence: “පිටත්වීම් අංශය දෙවෙනි තට්ටුවේ” — The departures area is on the second floor. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ි, ට, ත, ්, ව, ී, ම, ්, අ, ං, ශ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පිටත්වීම් අංශය |
| Read in Latin letters | piṭatvīm aṁśaya |
| Translation | departures area |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- පිටත්වීම් අංශයpiṭatvīm aṁśayadepartures area
Why it looks that way
The pair to arrivals: 'departure'. Anshaya is 'a section' — the same word as in the emergency room
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.
- පිටත්වීම් අංශය දෙවෙනි තට්ටුවේpiṭatvīm aṁśaya deveni taṭṭuvēThe departures area is on the second floor
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 “departures area” in Sinhala?
«පිටත්වීම් අංශය», read “piṭatvīm aṁśaya”. In a live sentence: “පිටත්වීම් අංශය දෙවෙනි තට්ටුවේ” — The departures area is on the second floor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ප, ි, ට, ත, ්, ව, ී, ම, ්, අ, ං, ශ.
How is “පිටත්වීම් අංශය” written in Latin letters?
piṭatvīm aṁśaya. 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 pair to arrivals: 'departure'. Anshaya is 'a section' — the same word as in the emergency room. 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.