Lingoflyමෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?
- මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?menu eka denna puḷuvanda?menu, please
“මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (menu eka denna puḷuvanda?) — menu, please in Sinhala. Phrase, level A1. Puḷuvanda is 'is it possible'. Without it 'menu eka denna' is polite too, just shorter and drier. In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (samāvenna menu eka denna puḷuvanda) — Excuse me, could we have the menu? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ෙ, න, ු, එ, ක, ද, ෙ, න, ්, න, ප… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද? (menu eka denna puḷuvanda) |
| Read in Latin letters | menu eka denna puḷuvanda? |
| Translation | menu, please |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Puḷuvanda is 'is it possible'. Without it 'menu eka denna' is polite too, just shorter and drier
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.
- සමාවෙන්න, මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?samāvenna menu eka denna puḷuvandaExcuse me, could we have the menu?
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 “menu, please” in Sinhala?
«මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?» (menu eka denna puḷuvanda), read “menu eka denna puḷuvanda?” In a live sentence: “සමාවෙන්න, මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (samāvenna menu eka denna puḷuvanda) — Excuse me, could we have the menu? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ම, ෙ, න, ු, එ, ක, ද, ෙ, න, ්, න, ප…
How is “මෙනු එක දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (menu eka denna puḷuvanda) written in Latin letters?
menu eka denna puḷuvanda? 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?
Puḷuvanda is 'is it possible'. Without it 'menu eka denna' is polite too, just shorter and drier. 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.