අන්තිම වෙනකොට
“අන්තිම වෙනකොට” (antima venakoṭa) — toward the end in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'when it becomes last', from the familiar last and 'when'. The word for 'end' the course already knows; here the preposition is carried by a whole clause. In a live sentence: “අන්තිම වෙනකොට හැමෝම මහන්සියි” — Toward the end everyone got tired. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, න, ්, ත, ි, ම, ව, ෙ, න, ක, ො, ට.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අන්තිම වෙනකොට |
| Read in Latin letters | antima venakoṭa |
| Translation | toward the end |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- අන්තිම වෙනකොටantima venakoṭatoward the end
Why it looks that way
Literally 'when it becomes last', from the familiar last and 'when'. The word for 'end' the course already knows; here the preposition is carried by a whole clause
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.
- අන්තිම වෙනකොට හැමෝම මහන්සියිantima venakoṭa hæmōma mahansiyiToward the end everyone got tired
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 “toward the end” in Sinhala?
«අන්තිම වෙනකොට», read “antima venakoṭa”. In a live sentence: “අන්තිම වෙනකොට හැමෝම මහන්සියි” — Toward the end everyone got tired. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters අ, න, ්, ත, ි, ම, ව, ෙ, න, ක, ො, ට.
How is “අන්තිම වෙනකොට” written in Latin letters?
antima venakoṭa. 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 'when it becomes last', from the familiar last and 'when'. The word for 'end' the course already knows; here the preposition is carried by a whole clause. 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.