අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවා
“අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවා” (alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra denavā) — to process the request in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to hand over to repair': bāra denavā is passing into another's hands. The request is filed by handing the thing over; there's no paper word for it. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එක අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දුන්නා” — The phone was handed in for repair. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ය, ා, ව.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra denavā |
| Translation | to process the request |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවාalutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra denavāto process the request
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to hand over to repair': bāra denavā is passing into another's hands. The request is filed by handing the thing over; there's no paper word for it
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.
- ෆෝන් එක අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දුන්නාfōn eka alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra dunnāThe phone was handed in for repair
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 process the request” in Sinhala?
«අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවා», read “alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra denavā”. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් එක අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දුන්නා” — The phone was handed in for repair. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ය, ා, ව.
How is “අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දෙනවා” written in Latin letters?
alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra denavā. 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 hand over to repair': bāra denavā is passing into another's hands. The request is filed by handing the thing over; there's no paper word for it. 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.