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- අවසර පත්රයavasara patrayapermit
“අවසර පත්රය” (avasara patraya) — permit in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. Avasara is 'leave, permission', and avasarayi means 'it is permitted'; the paper carrying it is patraya, a sheet. In a live sentence: “ඒකට අවසර පත්රයක් ඕන” (ēkaṭa avasara patrayaka ōna) — A permit is needed for this. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters අ, ව, ස, ර, ප, ත, ්, ර, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | අවසර පත්රය (avasara patraya) |
| Read in Latin letters | avasara patraya |
| Translation | permit |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
avasara is 'leave, permission', and avasarayi means 'it is permitted'; the paper carrying it is patraya, a sheet
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.
- ඒකට අවසර පත්රයක් ඕනēkaṭa avasara patrayaka ōnaA permit is needed for this
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 “permit” in Sinhala?
«අවසර පත්රය» (avasara patraya), read “avasara patraya”. In a live sentence: “ඒකට අවසර පත්රයක් ඕන” (ēkaṭa avasara patrayaka ōna) — A permit is needed for this. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters අ, ව, ස, ර, ප, ත, ්, ර, ය.
How is “අවසර පත්රය” (avasara patraya) written in Latin letters?
avasara patraya. 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?
Avasara is 'leave, permission', and avasarayi means 'it is permitted'; the paper carrying it is patraya, a sheet. 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.