Lingoflyකණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා
- කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවාkaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavāto cheer for the team
“කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා” (kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā) — to cheer for the team in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Kaṇḍāyama is the team. The native sahāya denavā is help with deeds; from the stands people use the English loan, sapōṭ. In a live sentence: “මම අපේ කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා” (mama apē kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā) — I cheer for our team. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ණ, ්, ඩ, ා, ය, ම, ට, ස, ප, ෝ, ට…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා (kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā |
| Translation | to cheer for the team |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Kaṇḍāyama is the team. The native sahāya denavā is help with deeds; from the stands people use the English loan, sapōṭ
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 cheer for the team” in Sinhala?
«කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා» (kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā), read “kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā”. In a live sentence: “මම අපේ කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා” (mama apē kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā) — I cheer for our team. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ක, ණ, ්, ඩ, ා, ය, ම, ට, ස, ප, ෝ, ට…
How is “කණ්ඩායමට සපෝට් කරනවා” (kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ karanavā) written in Latin letters?
kaṇḍāyamaṭa sapōṭ 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?
Kaṇḍāyama is the team. The native sahāya denavā is help with deeds; from the stands people use the English loan, sapōṭ. 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.