Lingoflyවෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවා
- වෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවාvelāvaṭa ivara karanavāto make it on time
“වෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවා” (velāvaṭa ivara karanavā) — to make it on time in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to finish by the time': velāva, 'time', and ivarayi, 'finished', together. There's no separate verb, and the negation builds the usual way — 'couldn't'. In a live sentence: “මට වැඩේ වෙලාවට ඉවර කරන්න බැරි වුණා” (maṭa væḍē velāvaṭa ivara karanna bæri vuṇā) — I didn't make it on time to finish the work. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවා (velāvaṭa ivara karanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | velāvaṭa ivara karanavā |
| Translation | to make it on time |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to finish by the time': velāva, 'time', and ivarayi, 'finished', together. There's no separate verb, and the negation builds the usual way — 'couldn't'
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 make it on time” in Sinhala?
«වෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවා» (velāvaṭa ivara karanavā), read “velāvaṭa ivara karanavā”. In a live sentence: “මට වැඩේ වෙලාවට ඉවර කරන්න බැරි වුණා” (maṭa væḍē velāvaṭa ivara karanna bæri vuṇā) — I didn't make it on time to finish the work. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ව, ෙ, ල, ා, ව, ට, ඉ, ව, ර, ක, ර, න…
How is “වෙලාවට ඉවර කරනවා” (velāvaṭa ivara karanavā) written in Latin letters?
velāvaṭa ivara 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?
Literally 'to finish by the time': velāva, 'time', and ivarayi, 'finished', together. There's no separate verb, and the negation builds the usual way — 'couldn't'. 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.