Lingoflyප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු
- ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපුplāsṭik valin hadapumade of plastic
“ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු” (plāsṭik valin hadapu) — made of plastic in Sinhala. Adjective, level A1. With the borrowed name a separate valin stands instead of -en. In a live sentence: “ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු බාල්දියක් ගන්න” (plāsṭik valin hadapu bāldiyaka ganna) — Take the bucket made of plastic. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ්, ල, ා, ස, ්, ට, ි, ක, ්, ව, ල… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු (plāsṭik valin hadapu) |
| Read in Latin letters | plāsṭik valin hadapu |
| Translation | made of plastic |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
With the borrowed name a separate valin stands instead of -en
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.
- ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු බාල්දියක් ගන්නplāsṭik valin hadapu bāldiyaka gannaTake the bucket made of plastic
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 “made of plastic” in Sinhala?
«ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු» (plāsṭik valin hadapu), read “plāsṭik valin hadapu”. In a live sentence: “ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු බාල්දියක් ගන්න” (plāsṭik valin hadapu bāldiyaka ganna) — Take the bucket made of plastic. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters ප, ්, ල, ා, ස, ්, ට, ි, ක, ්, ව, ල…
How is “ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් හදපු” (plāsṭik valin hadapu) written in Latin letters?
plāsṭik valin hadapu. 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?
With the borrowed name a separate valin stands instead of -en. 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.