Lingoflyපාට් ටයිම් රස්සාව
- පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාවpāṭ ṭayim rassāvaside job
“පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාව” (pāṭ ṭayim rassāva) — side job in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. The pair to ful ṭayim rækiyāva, 'full-time work'. Students side-job at hotels and call centers, and both times say exactly this. In a live sentence: “ඉගෙන ගනිද්දී පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාවක් කරනවා” (igena ganiddī pāṭ ṭayim rassāvak karanavā) — I have a side job while I study. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ා, ට, ්, ට, ය, ි, ම, ්, ර, ස, ්…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාව (pāṭ ṭayim rassāva) |
| Read in Latin letters | pāṭ ṭayim rassāva |
| Translation | side job |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The pair to ful ṭayim rækiyāva, 'full-time work'. Students side-job at hotels and call centers, and both times say exactly this
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.
- ඉගෙන ගනිද්දී පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාවක් කරනවාigena ganiddī pāṭ ṭayim rassāvak karanavāI have a side job while I study
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 “side job” in Sinhala?
«පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාව» (pāṭ ṭayim rassāva), read “pāṭ ṭayim rassāva”. In a live sentence: “ඉගෙන ගනිද්දී පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාවක් කරනවා” (igena ganiddī pāṭ ṭayim rassāvak karanavā) — I have a side job while I study. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ප, ා, ට, ්, ට, ය, ි, ම, ්, ර, ස, ්…
How is “පාට් ටයිම් රස්සාව” (pāṭ ṭayim rassāva) written in Latin letters?
pāṭ ṭayim rassāva. 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 pair to ful ṭayim rækiyāva, 'full-time work'. Students side-job at hotels and call centers, and both times say exactly this. 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.