Lingoflyබෝඩර් එක පනිනවා
- බෝඩර් එක පනිනවාbōḍar eka paninavāto cross the border
“බෝඩර් එක පනිනවා” (bōḍar eka paninavā) — to cross the border in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to jump the border': paninavā is the same verb for a fence, a puddle and a border. For an islander the phrase is bookish — borders here are crossed only by plane. In a live sentence: “ඒ අය බෝඩර් එක පැන්නා” (ē aya bōḍar eka pænnā) — They crossed the border. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බෝඩර් එක පනිනවා (bōḍar eka paninavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | bōḍar eka paninavā |
| Translation | to cross the border |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to jump the border': paninavā is the same verb for a fence, a puddle and a border. For an islander the phrase is bookish — borders here are crossed only by plane
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 “to cross the border” in Sinhala?
«බෝඩර් එක පනිනවා» (bōḍar eka paninavā), read “bōḍar eka paninavā”. In a live sentence: “ඒ අය බෝඩර් එක පැන්නා” (ē aya bōḍar eka pænnā) — They crossed the border. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters බ, ෝ, ඩ, ර, ්, එ, ක, ප, න, ි, න, ව…
How is “බෝඩර් එක පනිනවා” (bōḍar eka paninavā) written in Latin letters?
bōḍar eka paninavā. 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?
Literally 'to jump the border': paninavā is the same verb for a fence, a puddle and a border. For an islander the phrase is bookish — borders here are crossed only by plane. 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.