Lingoflyතෑග්ග අරිනවා
- තෑග්ග අරිනවාtǣgga arinavāto open the present
“තෑග්ග අරිනවා” (tǣgga arinavā) — to open the present in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. Tǣgga, 'gift', and arinavā, 'to open' — the same verb as for a door. On the island a present is often not opened in front of the giver. In a live sentence: “ළමයා තෑග්ග අරින්න හදනවා” (ḷamayā tǣgga arinna hadanavā) — The child is going to open the present. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ත, ෑ, ග, ්, ග, අ, ර, ි, න, ව, ා.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | තෑග්ග අරිනවා (tǣgga arinavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | tǣgga arinavā |
| Translation | to open the present |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Tǣgga, 'gift', and arinavā, 'to open' — the same verb as for a door. On the island a present is often not opened in front of the giver
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 open the present” in Sinhala?
«තෑග්ග අරිනවා» (tǣgga arinavā), read “tǣgga arinavā”. In a live sentence: “ළමයා තෑග්ග අරින්න හදනවා” (ḷamayā tǣgga arinna hadanavā) — The child is going to open the present. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ත, ෑ, ග, ්, ග, අ, ර, ි, න, ව, ා.
How is “තෑග්ග අරිනවා” (tǣgga arinavā) written in Latin letters?
tǣgga arinavā. 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?
Tǣgga, 'gift', and arinavā, 'to open' — the same verb as for a door. On the island a present is often not opened in front of the giver. 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.