වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව
“වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව” (væḍa ivara vena velāva) — end of the workday in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. ivara venavā is 'to come to an end'; by half past four the office fans are already off. In a live sentence: “වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව හතරහමාරයි” — The end of the workday is half past four. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ඉ, ව, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ෙ, ල.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව |
| Read in Latin letters | væḍa ivara vena velāva |
| Translation | end of the workday |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාවvæḍa ivara vena velāvaend of the workday
Why it looks that way
ivara venavā is 'to come to an end'; by half past four the office fans are already off
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.
- වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව හතරහමාරයිvæḍa ivara vena velāva hatarahamārayiThe end of the workday is half past four
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 “end of the workday” in Sinhala?
«වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව», read “væḍa ivara vena velāva”. In a live sentence: “වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව හතරහමාරයි” — The end of the workday is half past four. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ඉ, ව, ර, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ෙ, ල.
How is “වැඩ ඉවර වෙන වෙලාව” written in Latin letters?
væḍa ivara vena velāva. 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?
ivara venavā is 'to come to an end'; by half past four the office fans are already off. 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.