ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි
“ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි” (ivara venna ḷangayi) — about to run out in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'near to ending', from the familiar end and near. About time and stock alike; 'just enough' is about quantity, this about the end. In a live sentence: “පෙට්රල් ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි” — The gasoline is about to run out. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඉ, ව, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ්, න, ළ, ඟ, ය, ි.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි |
| Read in Latin letters | ivara venna ḷangayi |
| Translation | about to run out |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයිivara venna ḷangayiabout to run out
Why it looks that way
Literally 'near to ending', from the familiar end and near. About time and stock alike; 'just enough' is about quantity, this about the end
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.
- පෙට්රල් ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයිpeṭral ivara venna ḷangayiThe gasoline is about to run out
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 “about to run out” in Sinhala?
«ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි», read “ivara venna ḷangayi”. In a live sentence: “පෙට්රල් ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි” — The gasoline is about to run out. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ඉ, ව, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ්, න, ළ, ඟ, ය, ි.
How is “ඉවර වෙන්න ළඟයි” written in Latin letters?
ivara venna ḷangayi. 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 'near to ending', from the familiar end and near. About time and stock alike; 'just enough' is about quantity, this about the end. 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.