දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීම
“දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීම” (demavpiya ræsvīma) — parents' meeting in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Demavpiyo — parents, the course knows the word; ræsvīma is a gathering of any kind. Literally 'two-parental': de is two, mavpiya is mother and father. In a live sentence: “හෙට දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීමක් තියෙනවා” — Tomorrow there is a parents' meeting. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ද, ෙ, ම, ව, ්, ප, ි, ය, ර, ැ, ස, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීම |
| Read in Latin letters | demavpiya ræsvīma |
| Translation | parents' meeting |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීමdemavpiya ræsvīmaparents' meeting
Why it looks that way
Demavpiyo — parents, the course knows the word; ræsvīma is a gathering of any kind. Literally 'two-parental': de is two, mavpiya is mother and father
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.
- හෙට දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීමක් තියෙනවාheṭa demavpiya ræsvīmak tiyenavāTomorrow there is a parents' meeting
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 “parents' meeting” in Sinhala?
«දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීම», read “demavpiya ræsvīma”. In a live sentence: “හෙට දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීමක් තියෙනවා” — Tomorrow there is a parents' meeting. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ද, ෙ, ම, ව, ්, ප, ි, ය, ර, ැ, ස, ්.
How is “දෙමව්පිය රැස්වීම” written in Latin letters?
demavpiya ræsvīma. 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?
Demavpiyo — parents, the course knows the word; ræsvīma is a gathering of any kind. Literally 'two-parental': de is two, mavpiya is mother and father. 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.