ගමන කල් දානවා
“ගමන කල් දානවා” (gamana kal dānavā) — to postpone the trip in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. kal dānavā is 'to put off to later', literally 'to put down a term'. The familiar 'trip'. In a live sentence: “අපි ගමන කල් දැම්මා” — We postponed the trip. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ග, ම, න, ක, ල, ්, ද, ා, න, ව, ා. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ගමන කල් දානවා |
| Read in Latin letters | gamana kal dānavā |
| Translation | to postpone the trip |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ගමන කල් දානවාgamana kal dānavāto postpone the trip
Why it looks that way
kal dānavā is 'to put off to later', literally 'to put down a term'. The familiar 'trip'
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.
- අපි ගමන කල් දැම්මාapi gamana kal dæmmāWe postponed the trip
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 “to postpone the trip” in Sinhala?
«ගමන කල් දානවා», read “gamana kal dānavā”. In a live sentence: “අපි ගමන කල් දැම්මා” — We postponed the trip. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ග, ම, න, ක, ල, ්, ද, ා, න, ව, ා.
How is “ගමන කල් දානවා” written in Latin letters?
gamana kal dānavā. 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?
kal dānavā is 'to put off to later', literally 'to put down a term'. The familiar 'trip'. 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.