Lingoflyනෝට් පෑඩ් එක
- නෝට් පෑඩ් එකnōṭ pǣḍ ekanotepad
“නෝට් පෑඩ් එක” (nōṭ pǣḍ eka) — notepad in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. 'The notebook eka' is the school notebook; the pad differs by its tear-off pages. In a live sentence: “නෝට් පෑඩ් එකේ ලියාගන්න” (nōṭ pǣḍ ekē liyāganna) — Write it down in the notepad. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters න, ෝ, ට, ්, ප, ෑ, ඩ, ්, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | නෝට් පෑඩ් එක (nōṭ pǣḍ eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | nōṭ pǣḍ eka |
| Translation | notepad |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
'The notebook eka' is the school notebook; the pad differs by its tear-off pages
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.
- නෝට් පෑඩ් එකේ ලියාගන්නnōṭ pǣḍ ekē liyāgannaWrite it down in the notepad
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 “notepad” in Sinhala?
«නෝට් පෑඩ් එක» (nōṭ pǣḍ eka), read “nōṭ pǣḍ eka”. In a live sentence: “නෝට් පෑඩ් එකේ ලියාගන්න” (nōṭ pǣḍ ekē liyāganna) — Write it down in the notepad. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters න, ෝ, ට, ්, ප, ෑ, ඩ, ්, එ, ක.
How is “නෝට් පෑඩ් එක” (nōṭ pǣḍ eka) written in Latin letters?
nōṭ pǣḍ eka. 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?
'The notebook eka' is the school notebook; the pad differs by its tear-off pages. 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.