පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය
“පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය” (pāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālaya) — service life in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'the time one can use it': Sinhala gives no single word. On food packaging a different turn stands — the expiration date. In a live sentence: “මේ බැටරියේ පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය අවුරුදු දෙකයි” — The service life of this battery is two years. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ා, ව, ි, ච, ්, ච, ි, ක, ර, න, ්.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය |
| Read in Latin letters | pāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālaya |
| Translation | service life |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලයpāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālayaservice life
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the time one can use it': Sinhala gives no single word. On food packaging a different turn stands — the expiration date
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.
- මේ බැටරියේ පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය අවුරුදු දෙකයිmē bæṭariyē pāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālaya avurudu dekayiThe service life of this battery is two years
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 “service life” in Sinhala?
«පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය», read “pāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālaya”. In a live sentence: “මේ බැටරියේ පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය අවුරුදු දෙකයි” — The service life of this battery is two years. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ප, ා, ව, ි, ච, ්, ච, ි, ක, ර, න, ්.
How is “පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන් කාලය” written in Latin letters?
pāvicci karanna puḷuvan kālaya. 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 'the time one can use it': Sinhala gives no single word. On food packaging a different turn stands — the expiration date. 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.