Lingoflyජෙනරේටර් එක
- ජෙනරේටර් එකjenarēṭar ekagenerator
“ජෙනරේටර් එක” (jenarēṭar eka) — generator in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. An everyday thing on the island: the power goes off, and the shop starts its own. Sinhala has no word for it at all. In a live sentence: “කරන්ට් ගියාම ජෙනරේටර් එක ඔන් කරනවා” (karanṭ giyāma jenarēṭar eka on karanavā) — When the current goes, they start the generator. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ජ, ෙ, න, ර, ේ, ට, ර, ්, එ, ක.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ජෙනරේටර් එක (jenarēṭar eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | jenarēṭar eka |
| Translation | generator |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
An everyday thing on the island: the power goes off, and the shop starts its own. Sinhala has no word for it at all
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.
- කරන්ට් ගියාම ජෙනරේටර් එක ඔන් කරනවාkaranṭ giyāma jenarēṭar eka on karanavāWhen the current goes, they start the generator
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 “generator” in Sinhala?
«ජෙනරේටර් එක» (jenarēṭar eka), read “jenarēṭar eka”. In a live sentence: “කරන්ට් ගියාම ජෙනරේටර් එක ඔන් කරනවා” (karanṭ giyāma jenarēṭar eka on karanavā) — When the current goes, they start the generator. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ජ, ෙ, න, ර, ේ, ට, ර, ්, එ, ක.
How is “ජෙනරේටර් එක” (jenarēṭar eka) written in Latin letters?
jenarēṭar 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?
An everyday thing on the island: the power goes off, and the shop starts its own. Sinhala has no word for it at all. 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.