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- වැඩි කරලා කියනවාvæḍi karalā kiyanavāto exaggerate
“වැඩි කරලා කියනවා” (væḍi karalā kiyanavā) — to exaggerate in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to say having increased': two verbs in a row, the first in the -lā form. The bookish version lives only in school essays. In a live sentence: “එයා හැමදේම වැඩි කරලා කියනවා” (eyā hæmadēma væḍi karalā kiyanavā) — He exaggerates everything. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ක, ර, ල, ා, ක, ි, ය, න… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වැඩි කරලා කියනවා (væḍi karalā kiyanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | væḍi karalā kiyanavā |
| Translation | to exaggerate |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to say having increased': two verbs in a row, the first in the -lā form. The bookish version lives only in school essays
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.
- එයා හැමදේම වැඩි කරලා කියනවාeyā hæmadēma væḍi karalā kiyanavāHe exaggerates everything
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 exaggerate” in Sinhala?
«වැඩි කරලා කියනවා» (væḍi karalā kiyanavā), read “væḍi karalā kiyanavā”. In a live sentence: “එයා හැමදේම වැඩි කරලා කියනවා” (eyā hæmadēma væḍi karalā kiyanavā) — He exaggerates everything. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ි, ක, ර, ල, ා, ක, ි, ය, න…
How is “වැඩි කරලා කියනවා” (væḍi karalā kiyanavā) written in Latin letters?
væḍi karalā kiyanavā. 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 say having increased': two verbs in a row, the first in the -lā form. The bookish version lives only in school essays. 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.