එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවා
“එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවා” (eyārpōṭ ekē hiravenavā) — to be stranded at the airport in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. hiravenavā is 'to get stuck' about anything: a person in a jam, a key in a lock, a word in the throat. The place takes the -ē form. In a live sentence: “අපි රෑ මුළුල්ලේ එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවුණා” — We sat stuck at the airport all night. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | eyārpōṭ ekē hiravenavā |
| Translation | to be stranded at the airport |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවාeyārpōṭ ekē hiravenavāto be stranded at the airport
Why it looks that way
hiravenavā is 'to get stuck' about anything: a person in a jam, a key in a lock, a word in the throat. The place takes the -ē form
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.
- අපි රෑ මුළුල්ලේ එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවුණාapi rǣ muḷullē eyārpōṭ ekē hiravuṇāWe sat stuck at the airport all night
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 be stranded at the airport” in Sinhala?
«එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවා», read “eyārpōṭ ekē hiravenavā”. In a live sentence: “අපි රෑ මුළුල්ලේ එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවුණා” — We sat stuck at the airport all night. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters එ, ය, ා, ර, ්, ප, ෝ, ට, ්, එ, ක, ේ.
How is “එයාර්පෝට් එකේ හිරවෙනවා” written in Latin letters?
eyārpōṭ ekē hiravenavā. 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?
hiravenavā is 'to get stuck' about anything: a person in a jam, a key in a lock, a word in the throat. The place takes the -ē form. 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.