Lingoflyඅධ්යයන වර්ෂය
- අධ්යයන වර්ෂයadhyayana varṣayaschool year
“අධ්යයන වර්ෂය” (adhyayana varṣaya) — school year in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. A bookish word, heard in school announcements. The calendar may surprise: on the island the school year starts in January, not in September. In a live sentence: “අලුත් අධ්යයන වර්ෂය ජනවාරියේ පටන් ගන්නවා” (alut adhyayana varṣaya janavāriyē paṭan gannavā) — The new school year starts in January. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ධ, ්, ය, ය, න, ව, ර, ්, ෂ, ය.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අධ්යයන වර්ෂය (adhyayana varṣaya) |
| Read in Latin letters | adhyayana varṣaya |
| Translation | school year |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
A bookish word, heard in school announcements. The calendar may surprise: on the island the school year starts in January, not in September
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.
- අලුත් අධ්යයන වර්ෂය ජනවාරියේ පටන් ගන්නවාalut adhyayana varṣaya janavāriyē paṭan gannavāThe new school year starts in January
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 “school year” in Sinhala?
«අධ්යයන වර්ෂය» (adhyayana varṣaya), read “adhyayana varṣaya”. In a live sentence: “අලුත් අධ්යයන වර්ෂය ජනවාරියේ පටන් ගන්නවා” (alut adhyayana varṣaya janavāriyē paṭan gannavā) — The new school year starts in January. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters අ, ධ, ්, ය, ය, න, ව, ර, ්, ෂ, ය.
How is “අධ්යයන වර්ෂය” (adhyayana varṣaya) written in Latin letters?
adhyayana varṣaya. 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?
A bookish word, heard in school announcements. The calendar may surprise: on the island the school year starts in January, not in September. 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 this 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.