මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?
“මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?” (mama koheda atsan karannē?) — where do I sign? in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. In a question with kohēda the verb takes the -nnē form: not karanavā but karannē. In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?” — Excuse me, where do I sign? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ම, ක, ො, හ, ෙ, ද, අ, ත, ්, ස, න. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ? |
| Read in Latin letters | mama koheda atsan karannē? |
| Translation | where do I sign? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?mama koheda atsan karannē?where do I sign?
Why it looks that way
In a question with kohēda the verb takes the -nnē form: not karanavā but karannē
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.
- සමාවෙන්න, මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?samāvenna, mama koheda atsan karannē?Excuse me, where do I sign?
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 “where do I sign?” in Sinhala?
«මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?», read “mama koheda atsan karannē?”. In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?” — Excuse me, where do I sign? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ම, ම, ක, ො, හ, ෙ, ද, අ, ත, ්, ස, න.
How is “මම කොහෙද අත්සන් කරන්නේ?” written in Latin letters?
mama koheda atsan karannē?. 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?
In a question with kohēda the verb takes the -nnē form: not karanavā but karannē. 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.