Lingoflyෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවා
- ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවාfarnicar ekalas karanavāto assemble furniture
“ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවා” (farnicar ekalas karanavā) — to assemble furniture in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Ekalas karanavā is 'to put together from parts into one'. Furniture on the island goes by the English word; the bookish one stands in inventories. In a live sentence: “අලුත් ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරන්න ඕන” (alut farnicar ekalas karanna ōna) — The new furniture needs assembling. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ෆ, ර, ්, න, ි, ච, ර, ්, එ, ක, ල, ස…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවා (farnicar ekalas karanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | farnicar ekalas karanavā |
| Translation | to assemble furniture |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
ekalas karanavā is 'to put together from parts into one'. Furniture on the island goes by the English word; the bookish one stands in inventories
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 assemble furniture” in Sinhala?
«ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවා» (farnicar ekalas karanavā), read “farnicar ekalas karanavā”. In a live sentence: “අලුත් ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරන්න ඕන” (alut farnicar ekalas karanna ōna) — The new furniture needs assembling. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ෆ, ර, ්, න, ි, ච, ර, ්, එ, ක, ල, ස…
How is “ෆර්නිචර් එකලස් කරනවා” (farnicar ekalas karanavā) written in Latin letters?
farnicar ekalas karanavā. 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?
Ekalas karanavā is 'to put together from parts into one'. Furniture on the island goes by the English word; the bookish one stands in inventories. 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.