මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා
“මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා” (mila gaṇan væḍi velā) — prices have gone up in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. The familiar ganana, price, in the plural plus væḍi, more. The -lā form says it already happened and stays so. In a live sentence: “ලංකාවේ මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා” — Prices in Lanka have gone up. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ි, ල, ග, ණ, න, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ව.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා |
| Read in Latin letters | mila gaṇan væḍi velā |
| Translation | prices have gone up |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලාmila gaṇan væḍi velāprices have gone up
Why it looks that way
The familiar ganana, price, in the plural plus væḍi, more. The -lā form says it already happened and stays so
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.
- ලංකාවේ මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලාlaṁkāvē mila gaṇan væḍi velāPrices in Lanka have gone up
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 “prices have gone up” in Sinhala?
«මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා», read “mila gaṇan væḍi velā”. In a live sentence: “ලංකාවේ මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා” — Prices in Lanka have gone up. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ම, ි, ල, ග, ණ, න, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ව.
How is “මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා” written in Latin letters?
mila gaṇan væḍi velā. 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 familiar ganana, price, in the plural plus væḍi, more. The -lā form says it already happened and stays so. 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.