Lingoflyරටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම
- රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීමraṭin piṭuvahal kirīmadeportation
“රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම” (raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma) — deportation in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Ra-tin pi-tu-va-hal ki-ri-ma; the ii in kiri-ma is long. In a live sentence: “වීසා එක ඉවර වුණොත් රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම වෙන්න පුළුවන්” (vīsā eka ivara vuṇot raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma venna puḷuvan) — An expired visa can mean deportation. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ර, ට, ි, න, ්, ප, ි, ට, ු, ව, හ, ල… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම (raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma) |
| Read in Latin letters | raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma |
| Translation | deportation |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
ra-tin pi-tu-va-hal ki-ri-ma; the ii in kiri-ma is long
Why it looks that way
Literally 'removal from the country': raṭin is the 'from where' form. A written word only; in speech people say 'they take you out of the country'
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.
- වීසා එක ඉවර වුණොත් රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම වෙන්න පුළුවන්vīsā eka ivara vuṇot raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma venna puḷuvanAn expired visa can mean deportation
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 “deportation” in Sinhala?
«රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම» (raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma), read “raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma”. Ra-tin pi-tu-va-hal ki-ri-ma; the ii in kiri-ma is long. In a live sentence: “වීසා එක ඉවර වුණොත් රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම වෙන්න පුළුවන්” (vīsā eka ivara vuṇot raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma venna puḷuvan) — An expired visa can mean deportation. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ර, ට, ි, න, ්, ප, ි, ට, ු, ව, හ, ල…
How is “රටින් පිටුවහල් කිරීම” (raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma) written in Latin letters?
raṭin piṭuvahal kirīma. 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 'removal from the country': raṭin is the 'from where' form. A written word only; in speech people say 'they take you out of the country'. 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.