සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවා
“සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවා” (saddē ōf karanavā) — to mute in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. saddē is 'sound' in its spoken form. On a call people instead say one English word: 'mute it'. In a live sentence: “පන්තියේදී සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරන්න” — Mute yourself in the lesson. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ද, ්, ද, ේ, ඕ, ෆ, ්, ක, ර, න, ව. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | saddē ōf karanavā |
| Translation | to mute |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවාsaddē ōf karanavāto mute
Why it looks that way
saddē is 'sound' in its spoken form. On a call people instead say one English word: 'mute it'
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.
- පන්තියේදී සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරන්නpantiyēdī saddē ōf karannaMute yourself in the lesson
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 mute” in Sinhala?
«සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවා», read “saddē ōf karanavā”. In a live sentence: “පන්තියේදී සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරන්න” — Mute yourself in the lesson. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ස, ද, ්, ද, ේ, ඕ, ෆ, ්, ක, ර, න, ව.
How is “සද්දේ ඕෆ් කරනවා” written in Latin letters?
saddē ōf karanavā. 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?
saddē is 'sound' in its spoken form. On a call people instead say one English word: 'mute it'. 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.