නිෂ්පාදන අංශය
“නිෂ්පාදන අංශය” (niṣpādana aṁśaya) — shop floor in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the production section'. The familiar workshop word the course keeps for one master's shop; the shop floor is a part of the factory. In a live sentence: “නිෂ්පාදන අංශයේ අය දෙසීයක් වැඩ කරනවා” — Two hundred people work on the shop floor. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters න, ි, ෂ, ්, ප, ා, ද, න, අ, ං, ශ, ය.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | නිෂ්පාදන අංශය |
| Read in Latin letters | niṣpādana aṁśaya |
| Translation | shop floor |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- නිෂ්පාදන අංශයniṣpādana aṁśayashop floor
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the production section'. The familiar workshop word the course keeps for one master's shop; the shop floor is a part of the factory
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.
- නිෂ්පාදන අංශයේ අය දෙසීයක් වැඩ කරනවාniṣpādana aṁśayē aya desīyak væḍa karanavāTwo hundred people work on the shop floor
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 “shop floor” in Sinhala?
«නිෂ්පාදන අංශය», read “niṣpādana aṁśaya”. In a live sentence: “නිෂ්පාදන අංශයේ අය දෙසීයක් වැඩ කරනවා” — Two hundred people work on the shop floor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters න, ි, ෂ, ්, ප, ා, ද, න, අ, ං, ශ, ය.
How is “නිෂ්පාදන අංශය” written in Latin letters?
niṣpādana aṁśaya. 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 'the production section'. The familiar workshop word the course keeps for one master's shop; the shop floor is a part of the factory. 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.