Lingoflyසීසීටීවී කැමරාව
- සීසීටීවී කැමරාවsīsīṭīvī kæmarāvasecurity camera
“සීසීටීවී කැමරාව” (sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva) — security camera in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Kæmarāva, 'camera', with the English letters CCTV in front. In speech often just 'the CCTV'. In a live sentence: “කඩේ ඉස්සරහ සීසීටීවී කැමරාවක් තියෙනවා” (kaḍē issaraha sīsīṭīvī kæmarāvak tiyenavā) — In front of the shop stands a security camera. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ී, ස, ී, ට, ී, ව, ී, ක, ැ, ම, ර… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සීසීටීවී කැමරාව (sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva) |
| Read in Latin letters | sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva |
| Translation | security camera |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Kæmarāva, 'camera', with the English letters CCTV in front. In speech often just 'the CCTV'
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 “security camera” in Sinhala?
«සීසීටීවී කැමරාව» (sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva), read “sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva”. In a live sentence: “කඩේ ඉස්සරහ සීසීටීවී කැමරාවක් තියෙනවා” (kaḍē issaraha sīsīṭīvī kæmarāvak tiyenavā) — In front of the shop stands a security camera. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ස, ී, ස, ී, ට, ී, ව, ී, ක, ැ, ම, ර…
How is “සීසීටීවී කැමරාව” (sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva) written in Latin letters?
sīsīṭīvī kæmarāva. 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?
Kæmarāva, 'camera', with the English letters CCTV in front. In speech often just 'the CCTV'. 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.