Lingoflyහරි මැද්දේ
- හරි මැද්දේhari mæddēright in the middle of
“හරි මැද්දේ” (hari mæddē) — right in the middle of in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'in the very middle': mæda, 'middle', with the booster hari, 'right'. About a feast, a downpour, a talk. In a live sentence: “උත්සවේ හරි මැද්දේ කරන්ට් එක ගියා” (utsavē hari mæddē karanṭ eka giyā) — Right in the middle of the feast the light went off. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters හ, ර, ි, ම, ැ, ද, ්, ද, ේ.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | හරි මැද්දේ (hari mæddē) |
| Read in Latin letters | hari mæddē |
| Translation | right in the middle of |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'in the very middle': mæda, 'middle', with the booster hari, 'right'. About a feast, a downpour, a talk
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.
- උත්සවේ හරි මැද්දේ කරන්ට් එක ගියාutsavē hari mæddē karanṭ eka giyāRight in the middle of the feast the light went off
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 “right in the middle of” in Sinhala?
«හරි මැද්දේ» (hari mæddē), read “hari mæddē”. In a live sentence: “උත්සවේ හරි මැද්දේ කරන්ට් එක ගියා” (utsavē hari mæddē karanṭ eka giyā) — Right in the middle of the feast the light went off. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters හ, ර, ි, ම, ැ, ද, ්, ද, ේ.
How is “හරි මැද්දේ” (hari mæddē) written in Latin letters?
hari mæddē. 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 'in the very middle': mæda, 'middle', with the booster hari, 'right'. About a feast, a downpour, a talk. 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.