තුන්ගුණයකින්
“තුන්ගුණයකින්” (tunguṇayakin) — three times as much in Sinhala. Adverb, level B1. The same pattern with the familiar 'three': the multiple tail glues onto any number, and that's how all multiple comparison is built. In a live sentence: “වැඩේ තුන්ගුණයකින් අඩු වුණා” — The work became three times as much less. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ත, ු, න, ්, ග, ු, ණ, ය, ක, ි, න, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | තුන්ගුණයකින් |
| Read in Latin letters | tunguṇayakin |
| Translation | three times as much |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | B1 |
- තුන්ගුණයකින්tunguṇayakinthree times as much
Why it looks that way
The same pattern with the familiar 'three': the multiple tail glues onto any number, and that's how all multiple comparison is built
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.
- වැඩේ තුන්ගුණයකින් අඩු වුණාvæḍē tunguṇayakin aḍu vuṇāThe work became three times as much less
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 “three times as much” in Sinhala?
«තුන්ගුණයකින්», read “tunguṇayakin”. In a live sentence: “වැඩේ තුන්ගුණයකින් අඩු වුණා” — The work became three times as much less. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level B1; written with the characters ත, ු, න, ්, ග, ු, ණ, ය, ක, ි, න, ්.
How is “තුන්ගුණයකින්” written in Latin letters?
tunguṇayakin. 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?
The same pattern with the familiar 'three': the multiple tail glues onto any number, and that's how all multiple comparison is built. 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.