Lingoflyහරි ගානට
- හරි ගානටhari gānaṭajust enough
“හරි ගානට” (hari gānaṭa) — just enough in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'exactly by the count', from hari, 'right', and gāṇa, 'count'. About money, room, food: enough but without stock. About time they say it differently — 'nearly over'. In a live sentence: “මාසේ අන්තිමට සල්ලි හරි ගානට තියෙන්නේ” (māsē antimaṭa salli hari gānaṭa tiyennē) — By the end of the month the money is just enough. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters හ, ර, ි, ග, ා, න, ට.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | හරි ගානට (hari gānaṭa) |
| Read in Latin letters | hari gānaṭa |
| Translation | just enough |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'exactly by the count', from hari, 'right', and gāṇa, 'count'. About money, room, food: enough but without stock. About time they say it differently — 'nearly over'
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.
- මාසේ අන්තිමට සල්ලි හරි ගානට තියෙන්නේmāsē antimaṭa salli hari gānaṭa tiyennēBy the end of the month the money is just enough
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 “just enough” in Sinhala?
«හරි ගානට» (hari gānaṭa), read “hari gānaṭa”. In a live sentence: “මාසේ අන්තිමට සල්ලි හරි ගානට තියෙන්නේ” (māsē antimaṭa salli hari gānaṭa tiyennē) — By the end of the month the money is just enough. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters හ, ර, ි, ග, ා, න, ට.
How is “හරි ගානට” (hari gānaṭa) written in Latin letters?
hari gānaṭa. 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 'exactly by the count', from hari, 'right', and gāṇa, 'count'. About money, room, food: enough but without stock. About time they say it differently — 'nearly over'. 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.