Lingoflyෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව
- ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාවfōn alutvæḍiyāvaphone repair
“ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව” (fōn alutvæḍiyāva) — phone repair in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. 'Renovation' is the same word as for the house; a phone is fixed in the corner shop, in front of you and within the hour. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව පැයකින් ඉවරයි” (fōn alutvæḍiyāva pæyakina ivarayi) — The phone repair takes an hour. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ෆ, ෝ, න, ්, අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව (fōn alutvæḍiyāva) |
| Read in Latin letters | fōn alutvæḍiyāva |
| Translation | phone repair |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
'Renovation' is the same word as for the house; a phone is fixed in the corner shop, in front of you and within the hour
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.
- ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව පැයකින් ඉවරයිfōn alutvæḍiyāva pæyakina ivarayiThe phone repair takes an hour
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 “phone repair” in Sinhala?
«ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව» (fōn alutvæḍiyāva), read “fōn alutvæḍiyāva”. In a live sentence: “ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව පැයකින් ඉවරයි” (fōn alutvæḍiyāva pæyakina ivarayi) — The phone repair takes an hour. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ෆ, ෝ, න, ්, අ, ල, ු, ත, ්, ව, ැ, ඩ…
How is “ෆෝන් අලුත්වැඩියාව” (fōn alutvæḍiyāva) written in Latin letters?
fōn alutvæḍiyāva. 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?
'Renovation' is the same word as for the house; a phone is fixed in the corner shop, in front of you and within the hour. 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.