Lingoflyඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එක
- ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එකḍirekṭ flayiṭ ekadirect flight
“ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එක” (ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka) — direct flight in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. Keḷin is 'straight', but about a flight it isn't said: at the counter the English direct sounds. In a live sentence: “කොළඹ ඉඳන් ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එකක් තියෙනවා” (koḷamba indan ḍirekṭ flayiṭ ekak tiyenavā) — There is a direct flight from Colombo. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඩ, ි, ර, ෙ, ක, ්, ට, ්, ෆ, ්, ල, ය… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එක (ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka |
| Translation | direct flight |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Keḷin is 'straight', but about a flight it isn't said: at the counter the English direct sounds
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 “direct flight” in Sinhala?
«ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එක» (ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka), read “ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka”. In a live sentence: “කොළඹ ඉඳන් ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එකක් තියෙනවා” (koḷamba indan ḍirekṭ flayiṭ ekak tiyenavā) — There is a direct flight from Colombo. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ඩ, ි, ර, ෙ, ක, ්, ට, ්, ෆ, ්, ල, ය…
How is “ඩිරෙක්ට් ෆ්ලයිට් එක” (ḍirekṭ flayiṭ eka) written in Latin letters?
ḍirekṭ flayiṭ 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?
Keḷin is 'straight', but about a flight it isn't said: at the counter the English direct sounds. 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.