Lingoflyබයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එක
- බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එකbayisikal renṭ ekabike rental
“බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එක” (bayisikal renṭ eka) — bike rental in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. The sign on the coast is written in English and said the same; the native 'for hire' stayed with the office. In a live sentence: “මුහුද ළඟ බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එකක් තියෙනවා” (muhuda ḷanga bayisikal renṭ ekak tiyenavā) — There is a bike rental by the sea. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ය, ි, ස, ි, ක, ල, ්, ර, ෙ, න, ්…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එක (bayisikal renṭ eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | bayisikal renṭ eka |
| Translation | bike rental |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The sign on the coast is written in English and said the same; the native 'for hire' stayed with the office
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 “bike rental” in Sinhala?
«බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එක» (bayisikal renṭ eka), read “bayisikal renṭ eka”. In a live sentence: “මුහුද ළඟ බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එකක් තියෙනවා” (muhuda ḷanga bayisikal renṭ ekak tiyenavā) — There is a bike rental by the sea. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters බ, ය, ි, ස, ි, ක, ල, ්, ර, ෙ, න, ්…
How is “බයිසිකල් රෙන්ට් එක” (bayisikal renṭ eka) written in Latin letters?
bayisikal renṭ 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?
The sign on the coast is written in English and said the same; the native 'for hire' stayed with the office. 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.