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- පැත්තකට වෙනවාpættakaṭa venavāto move aside
“පැත්තකට වෙනවා” (pættakaṭa venavā) — to move aside in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to become in a side spot', from pætta, 'side'. That's how one asks you to scoot on the bus or the bench: 'move a little to the side'. In a live sentence: “ටිකක් පැත්තකට වෙන්න, තව කෙනෙක් ඉඳගනීවි” (ṭikak pættakaṭa venna, tava kenek indaganīvi) — Move aside a little, one more will sit. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පැත්තකට වෙනවා (pættakaṭa venavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | pættakaṭa venavā |
| Translation | to move aside |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to become in a side spot', from pætta, 'side'. That's how one asks you to scoot on the bus or the bench: 'move a little to the side'
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.
- ටිකක් පැත්තකට වෙන්න, තව කෙනෙක් ඉඳගනීවිṭikak pættakaṭa venna, tava kenek indaganīviMove aside a little, one more will sit
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 move aside” in Sinhala?
«පැත්තකට වෙනවා» (pættakaṭa venavā), read “pættakaṭa venavā”. In a live sentence: “ටිකක් පැත්තකට වෙන්න, තව කෙනෙක් ඉඳගනීවි” (ṭikak pættakaṭa venna, tava kenek indaganīvi) — Move aside a little, one more will sit. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ප, ැ, ත, ්, ත, ක, ට, ව, ෙ, න, ව, ා.
How is “පැත්තකට වෙනවා” (pættakaṭa venavā) written in Latin letters?
pættakaṭa 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 'to become in a side spot', from pætta, 'side'. That's how one asks you to scoot on the bus or the bench: 'move a little to the side'. 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.