සුබ රාත්රියක්
“සුබ රාත්රියක්” (suba rātriyak) — good night in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Only for parting and before sleep. Meeting in the evening takes suba sændǣvak instead. In a live sentence: “සුබ රාත්රියක්, හෙට හම්බවෙමු” — Good night, see you tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ු, බ, ර, ා, ත, ්, ර, ි, ය, ක, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සුබ රාත්රියක් |
| Read in Latin letters | suba rātriyak |
| Translation | good night |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- සුබ රාත්රියක්suba rātriyakgood night
Why it looks that way
Only for parting and before sleep. Meeting in the evening takes suba sændǣvak instead
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.
- සුබ රාත්රියක්, හෙට හම්බවෙමුsuba rātriyak, heṭa hambavemuGood night, see you tomorrow
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 “good night” in Sinhala?
«සුබ රාත්රියක්», read “suba rātriyak”. In a live sentence: “සුබ රාත්රියක්, හෙට හම්බවෙමු” — Good night, see you tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ස, ු, බ, ර, ා, ත, ්, ර, ි, ය, ක, ්.
How is “සුබ රාත්රියක්” written in Latin letters?
suba rātriyak. 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?
Only for parting and before sleep. Meeting in the evening takes suba sændǣvak instead. 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.