Lingoflyකතාවේ කොටසක්
- කතාවේ කොටසක්katāvē koṭasakexcerpt
“කතාවේ කොටසක්” (katāvē koṭasak) — excerpt in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'a piece of the story': koṭasa, 'part', here about text. Sinhala never says a bare 'excerpt' — it names what the piece comes from. In a live sentence: “කතාවේ කොටසක් විතරයි කියෙව්වේ” (katāvē koṭasak vitarayi kiyevvē) — I read only an excerpt of the story. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ව, ේ, ක, ො, ට, ස, ක, ්. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කතාවේ කොටසක් (katāvē koṭasak) |
| Read in Latin letters | katāvē koṭasak |
| Translation | excerpt |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a piece of the story': koṭasa, 'part', here about text. Sinhala never says a bare 'excerpt' — it names what the piece comes from
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.
- කතාවේ කොටසක් විතරයි කියෙව්වේkatāvē koṭasak vitarayi kiyevvēI read only an excerpt of the story
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 “excerpt” in Sinhala?
«කතාවේ කොටසක්» (katāvē koṭasak), read “katāvē koṭasak”. In a live sentence: “කතාවේ කොටසක් විතරයි කියෙව්වේ” (katāvē koṭasak vitarayi kiyevvē) — I read only an excerpt of the story. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ක, ත, ා, ව, ේ, ක, ො, ට, ස, ක, ්.
How is “කතාවේ කොටසක්” (katāvē koṭasak) written in Latin letters?
katāvē koṭasak. 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 'a piece of the story': koṭasa, 'part', here about text. Sinhala never says a bare 'excerpt' — it names what the piece comes from. 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.