Lingoflyඑයාව මතක් වෙනවා
- එයාව මතක් වෙනවාeyāva matak venavāto miss someone
“එයාව මතක් වෙනවා” (eyāva matak venavā) — to miss someone in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'he is remembered to me': longing is built through memory here, not through lack. In a live sentence: “මට එයාව මතක් වෙනවා” (maṭa eyāva matak venavā) — I miss him. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters එ, ය, ා, ව, ම, ත, ක, ්, ව, ෙ, න, ව… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | එයාව මතක් වෙනවා (eyāva matak venavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | eyāva matak venavā |
| Translation | to miss someone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'he is remembered to me': longing is built through memory here, not through lack
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.
- මට එයාව මතක් වෙනවාmaṭa eyāva matak venavāI miss him
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 miss someone” in Sinhala?
«එයාව මතක් වෙනවා» (eyāva matak venavā), read “eyāva matak venavā”. In a live sentence: “මට එයාව මතක් වෙනවා” (maṭa eyāva matak venavā) — I miss him. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters එ, ය, ා, ව, ම, ත, ක, ්, ව, ෙ, න, ව…
How is “එයාව මතක් වෙනවා” (eyāva matak venavā) written in Latin letters?
eyāva matak venavā. 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 'he is remembered to me': longing is built through memory here, not through lack. 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.