Lingoflyකෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම
- කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීමkǣṣ valin gevīmacash payment
“කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම” (kǣṣ valin gevīma) — cash payment in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Kǣṣ, 'cash', plus -valin, 'by means of'. By card is kāḍ eken — a different ending: one thing takes -eken, many take -valin. In a live sentence: “මෙතන කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම විතරයි” (metana kǣṣ valin gevīma vitarayi) — Cash payment only here. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ෑ, ෂ, ්, ව, ල, ි, න, ්, ග, ෙ, ව… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම (kǣṣ valin gevīma) |
| Read in Latin letters | kǣṣ valin gevīma |
| Translation | cash payment |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Kǣṣ, 'cash', plus -valin, 'by means of'. By card is kāḍ eken — a different ending: one thing takes -eken, many take -valin
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 “cash payment” in Sinhala?
«කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම» (kǣṣ valin gevīma), read “kǣṣ valin gevīma”. In a live sentence: “මෙතන කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම විතරයි” (metana kǣṣ valin gevīma vitarayi) — Cash payment only here. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ක, ෑ, ෂ, ්, ව, ල, ි, න, ්, ග, ෙ, ව…
How is “කෑෂ් වලින් ගෙවීම” (kǣṣ valin gevīma) written in Latin letters?
kǣṣ valin gevīma. 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?
Kǣṣ, 'cash', plus -valin, 'by means of'. By card is kāḍ eken — a different ending: one thing takes -eken, many take -valin. 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.