සන්තෝෂ වෙනවා
“සන්තෝෂ වෙනවා” (santōṣa venavā) — to be delighted in Sinhala. Verb, level A1. 'To become glad' is joy in general; this one is delight in a flash, at hearing news. In a live sentence: “ඒ ආරංචියට අපි සන්තෝෂ වුණා” — We were delighted at the news. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, න, ්, ත, ෝ, ෂ, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ා. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සන්තෝෂ වෙනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | santōṣa venavā |
| Translation | to be delighted |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
- සන්තෝෂ වෙනවාsantōṣa venavāto be delighted
Why it looks that way
'To become glad' is joy in general; this one is delight in a flash, at hearing news
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.
- ඒ ආරංචියට අපි සන්තෝෂ වුණාē āraṁciyaṭa api santōṣa vuṇāWe were delighted at the news
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 be delighted” in Sinhala?
«සන්තෝෂ වෙනවා», read “santōṣa venavā”. In a live sentence: “ඒ ආරංචියට අපි සන්තෝෂ වුණා” — We were delighted at the news. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ස, න, ්, ත, ෝ, ෂ, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ා.
How is “සන්තෝෂ වෙනවා” written in Latin letters?
santōṣa venavā. 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?
'To become glad' is joy in general; this one is delight in a flash, at hearing news. 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.