අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවා
“අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවා” (aluten paṭan gannavā) — to start over in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. The familiar 'to begin' with 'anew'. Don't confuse with 'to resume' from the earlier unit: there the interrupted is continued, here one starts from a clean sheet. In a live sentence: “එයා පිටරට ගිහින් අලුතෙන් පටන් ගත්තා” — He went abroad and started over. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ෙ, න, ්, ප, ට, න, ්, ග.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | aluten paṭan gannavā |
| Translation | to start over |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවාaluten paṭan gannavāto start over
Why it looks that way
The familiar 'to begin' with 'anew'. Don't confuse with 'to resume' from the earlier unit: there the interrupted is continued, here one starts from a clean sheet
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.
- එයා පිටරට ගිහින් අලුතෙන් පටන් ගත්තාeyā piṭaraṭa gihin aluten paṭan gattāHe went abroad and started over
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 start over” in Sinhala?
«අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවා», read “aluten paṭan gannavā”. In a live sentence: “එයා පිටරට ගිහින් අලුතෙන් පටන් ගත්තා” — He went abroad and started over. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ෙ, න, ්, ප, ට, න, ්, ග.
How is “අලුතෙන් පටන් ගන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
aluten paṭan gannavā. 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 familiar 'to begin' with 'anew'. Don't confuse with 'to resume' from the earlier unit: there the interrupted is continued, here one starts from a clean sheet. 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.