සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය
“සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය” (saukhya sampanna jīvitaya) — healthy lifestyle in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable. In a live sentence: “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕන” — One must lead a healthy lifestyle. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ෞ, ඛ, ්, ය, ස, ම, ්, ප, න, ්, න. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය |
| Read in Latin letters | saukhya sampanna jīvitaya |
| Translation | healthy lifestyle |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයsaukhya sampanna jīvitayahealthy lifestyle
How to pronounce it
sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable
Why it looks that way
From 'health'. The middle word means 'full of something', and the phrase sounds like a brochure because it came from one
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.
- සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕනsaukhya sampanna jīvitayak gata karanna ōnaOne must lead a healthy lifestyle
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 “healthy lifestyle” in Sinhala?
«සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය», read “saukhya sampanna jīvitaya”. sauk-hya sam-pan-na jii-vi-ta-ya; the khya is one syllable. In a live sentence: “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කරන්න ඕන” — One must lead a healthy lifestyle. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ස, ෞ, ඛ, ්, ය, ස, ම, ්, ප, න, ්, න.
How is “සෞඛ්ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතය” written in Latin letters?
saukhya sampanna jīvitaya. 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?
From 'health'. The middle word means 'full of something', and the phrase sounds like a brochure because it came from one. 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.