ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවා
“ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවා” (āyet paṭan gannavā) — to resume in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. The familiar 'to begin' with 'again'. There's no separate word: Sinhala knows no prefixes and puts the adverb in front. In a live sentence: “වැස්ස නැවතුනාම වැඩ ආයෙත් පටන් ගත්තා” — When the rain ended, the work was resumed. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ආ, ය, ෙ, ත, ්, ප, ට, න, ්, ග, න, ්.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | āyet paṭan gannavā |
| Translation | to resume |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවාāyet paṭan gannavāto resume
Why it looks that way
The familiar 'to begin' with 'again'. There's no separate word: Sinhala knows no prefixes and puts the adverb in front
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.
- වැස්ස නැවතුනාම වැඩ ආයෙත් පටන් ගත්තාvæssa nævatunāma væḍa āyet paṭan gattāWhen the rain ended, the work was resumed
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 resume” in Sinhala?
«ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවා», read “āyet paṭan gannavā”. In a live sentence: “වැස්ස නැවතුනාම වැඩ ආයෙත් පටන් ගත්තා” — When the rain ended, the work was resumed. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ආ, ය, ෙ, ත, ්, ප, ට, න, ්, ග, න, ්.
How is “ආයෙත් පටන් ගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
āyet paṭan gannavā. 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 'to begin' with 'again'. There's no separate word: Sinhala knows no prefixes and puts the adverb in front. 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.