ග්රීෂ්ම කාලය
“ග්රීෂ්ම කාලය” (grīṣma kālaya) — summer in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. griish-ma: the gr is one fused cluster, and the sh is a hushing sound. In a live sentence: “ග්රීෂ්ම කාලේ ගොඩක් රස්නෙයි” — In summer it is very hot. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ග, ්, ර, ී, ෂ, ්, ම, ක, ා, ල, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ග්රීෂ්ම කාලය |
| Read in Latin letters | grīṣma kālaya |
| Translation | summer |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ග්රීෂ්ම කාලයgrīṣma kālayasummer
How to pronounce it
griish-ma: the gr is one fused cluster, and the sh is a hushing sound
Why it looks that way
kālaya is 'a stretch of time': the names of all the seasons are built on 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.
- ග්රීෂ්ම කාලේ ගොඩක් රස්නෙයිgrīṣma kālē goḍak rasneyiIn summer it is very hot
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 “summer” in Sinhala?
«ග්රීෂ්ම කාලය», read “grīṣma kālaya”. griish-ma: the gr is one fused cluster, and the sh is a hushing sound. In a live sentence: “ග්රීෂ්ම කාලේ ගොඩක් රස්නෙයි” — In summer it is very hot. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ග, ්, ර, ී, ෂ, ්, ම, ක, ා, ල, ය.
How is “ග්රීෂ්ම කාලය” written in Latin letters?
grīṣma kālaya. 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?
kālaya is 'a stretch of time': the names of all the seasons are built on 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.