සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ
“සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ” (sokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣ) — the socket doesn't work in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. The socket is the English socket, the plug is the plug; neither has a native name. The turn 'does no work' you know: it complains about everything that fails. In a live sentence: “මේ සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ” — This socket doesn't work. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ |
| Read in Latin letters | sokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣ |
| Translation | the socket doesn't work |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑsokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣthe socket doesn't work
Why it looks that way
The socket is the English socket, the plug is the plug; neither has a native name. The turn 'does no work' you know: it complains about everything that fails
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 සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑmē sokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣThis socket doesn't work
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 socket doesn't work” in Sinhala?
«සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ», read “sokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣ”. In a live sentence: “මේ සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ” — This socket doesn't work. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ස, ො, ක, ට, ්, එ, ක, ව, ැ, ඩ, ක, ර.
How is “සොකට් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ” written in Latin letters?
sokaṭ eka væḍa karannē nǣ. 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?
The socket is the English socket, the plug is the plug; neither has a native name. The turn 'does no work' you know: it complains about everything that fails. 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.