බලන්න වටින තැන
“බලන්න වටින තැන” (balanna vaṭina tæna) — the place of interest in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'a place worth looking at': the modifier with its verb stands before the noun. The bookish phrase lives in guidebooks but isn't said aloud. In a live sentence: “මෙහෙ බලන්න වටින තැන් ගොඩක් තියෙනවා” — There are many places of interest here. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ල, න, ්, න, ව, ට, ි, න, ත, ැ, න.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බලන්න වටින තැන |
| Read in Latin letters | balanna vaṭina tæna |
| Translation | the place of interest |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- බලන්න වටින තැනbalanna vaṭina tænathe place of interest
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a place worth looking at': the modifier with its verb stands before the noun. The bookish phrase lives in guidebooks but isn't said aloud
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.
- මෙහෙ බලන්න වටින තැන් ගොඩක් තියෙනවාmehe balanna vaṭina tæn goḍak tiyenavāThere are many places of interest here
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 “the place of interest” in Sinhala?
«බලන්න වටින තැන», read “balanna vaṭina tæna”. In a live sentence: “මෙහෙ බලන්න වටින තැන් ගොඩක් තියෙනවා” — There are many places of interest here. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters බ, ල, න, ්, න, ව, ට, ි, න, ත, ැ, න.
How is “බලන්න වටින තැන” written in Latin letters?
balanna vaṭina tæna. 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 'a place worth looking at': the modifier with its verb stands before the noun. The bookish phrase lives in guidebooks but isn't said aloud. 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.