ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල
“ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල” (iḍam kæbælla) — a plot of land in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'a piece of land'. The English homonymy doesn't carry over: the police plot the course knows as a separate word, and the two share nothing. In a live sentence: “ගමේ ඉඩම් කැබැල්ලක් ගත්තා” — He bought a plot of land in the village. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඉ, ඩ, ම, ්, ක, ැ, බ, ැ, ල, ්, ල.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල |
| Read in Latin letters | iḍam kæbælla |
| Translation | a plot of land |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ඉඩම් කැබැල්ලiḍam kæbællaa plot of land
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a piece of land'. The English homonymy doesn't carry over: the police plot the course knows as a separate word, and the two share nothing
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.
- ගමේ ඉඩම් කැබැල්ලක් ගත්තාgamē iḍam kæbællak gattāHe bought a plot of land in the village
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 “a plot of land” in Sinhala?
«ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල», read “iḍam kæbælla”. In a live sentence: “ගමේ ඉඩම් කැබැල්ලක් ගත්තා” — He bought a plot of land in the village. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ඉ, ඩ, ම, ්, ක, ැ, බ, ැ, ල, ්, ල.
How is “ඉඩම් කැබැල්ල” written in Latin letters?
iḍam kæbælla. 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 'a piece of land'. The English homonymy doesn't carry over: the police plot the course knows as a separate word, and the two share nothing. 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.