තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා
“තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා” (tamangē matayē innavā) — to stick to one's guns in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to stay in one's opinion'. The 'one's own' word works for any person, handier than 'my' or 'your'. In a live sentence: “කතා කරලා ඉවරයි, දෙන්නම තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා” — We talked, and both stuck to their guns. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ත, ම, න, ්, ග, ේ, ම, ත, ය, ේ, ඉ, න.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා |
| Read in Latin letters | tamangē matayē innavā |
| Translation | to stick to one's guns |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවාtamangē matayē innavāto stick to one's guns
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to stay in one's opinion'. The 'one's own' word works for any person, handier than 'my' or 'your'
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.
- කතා කරලා ඉවරයි, දෙන්නම තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවාkatā karalā ivarayi, dennama tamangē matayē innavāWe talked, and both stuck to their guns
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 stick to one's guns” in Sinhala?
«තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා», read “tamangē matayē innavā”. In a live sentence: “කතා කරලා ඉවරයි, දෙන්නම තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා” — We talked, and both stuck to their guns. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ත, ම, න, ්, ග, ේ, ම, ත, ය, ේ, ඉ, න.
How is “තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා” written in Latin letters?
tamangē matayē innavā. 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 'to stay in one's opinion'. The 'one's own' word works for any person, handier than 'my' or 'your'. 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.