Lingoflyබෑන්ඩේජ් එක
- බෑන්ඩේජ් එකbǣnḍēj ekabandage
“බෑන්ඩේජ් එක” (bǣnḍēj eka) — bandage in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Baen-dej e-ka; the ḍ is retroflex and the j as in 'jump'. In a live sentence: “තුවාලේට බෑන්ඩේජ් එකක් දාන්න” (tuvālēṭa bǣnḍēj ekak dānna) — Put a bandage on the wound. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ෑ, න, ්, ඩ, ේ, ජ, ්, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බෑන්ඩේජ් එක (bǣnḍēj eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | bǣnḍēj eka |
| Translation | bandage |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
baen-dej e-ka; the ḍ is retroflex and the j as in 'jump'
Why it looks that way
English bandage. Plāstar is a small plaster; the bandage is the one you wind round
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.
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 “bandage” in Sinhala?
«බෑන්ඩේජ් එක» (bǣnḍēj eka), read “bǣnḍēj eka”. Baen-dej e-ka; the ḍ is retroflex and the j as in 'jump'. In a live sentence: “තුවාලේට බෑන්ඩේජ් එකක් දාන්න” (tuvālēṭa bǣnḍēj ekak dānna) — Put a bandage on the wound. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters බ, ෑ, න, ්, ඩ, ේ, ජ, ්, එ, ක.
How is “බෑන්ඩේජ් එක” (bǣnḍēj eka) written in Latin letters?
bǣnḍēj eka. 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?
English bandage. Plāstar is a small plaster; the bandage is the one you wind round. 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.