Lingoflyසම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවා
- සම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවාsambandhakama tiyāgannavāto keep in touch
“සම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවා” (sambandhakama tiyāgannavā) — to keep in touch in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Sambandhaya, 'relationship', with the -kama suffix plus tiyāgannavā, 'to keep'. A phone connection is a different word entirely. In a live sentence: “අපි තාම සම්බන්ධකම තියාගෙන ඉන්නවා” (api tāma sambandhakama tiyāgena innavā) — We still keep in touch. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ම, ්, බ, න, ්, ධ, ක, ම, ත, ි, ය… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවා (sambandhakama tiyāgannavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | sambandhakama tiyāgannavā |
| Translation | to keep in touch |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Sambandhaya, 'relationship', with the -kama suffix plus tiyāgannavā, 'to keep'. A phone connection is a different word entirely
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 keep in touch” in Sinhala?
«සම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවා» (sambandhakama tiyāgannavā), read “sambandhakama tiyāgannavā”. In a live sentence: “අපි තාම සම්බන්ධකම තියාගෙන ඉන්නවා” (api tāma sambandhakama tiyāgena innavā) — We still keep in touch. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ස, ම, ්, බ, න, ්, ධ, ක, ම, ත, ි, ය…
How is “සම්බන්ධකම තියාගන්නවා” (sambandhakama tiyāgannavā) written in Latin letters?
sambandhakama tiyāgannavā. 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?
Sambandhaya, 'relationship', with the -kama suffix plus tiyāgannavā, 'to keep'. A phone connection is a different word entirely. 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.