Lingoflyසිගරට් නවත්තනවා
- සිගරට් නවත්තනවාsigaraṭ navattanavāto quit smoking
“සිගරට් නවත්තනවා” (sigaraṭ navattanavā) — to quit smoking in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Navattanavā is 'to stop'. A one-day refusal is 'not drinking today'; this one is for good. In a live sentence: “එයා අවුරුද්දකට කලින් සිගරට් නැවැත්තුවා” (eyā avuruddakaṭa kalin sigaraṭ nævættuvā) — He quit smoking a year ago. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ස, ි, ග, ර, ට, ්, න, ව, ත, ්, ත, න… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | සිගරට් නවත්තනවා (sigaraṭ navattanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | sigaraṭ navattanavā |
| Translation | to quit smoking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Navattanavā is 'to stop'. A one-day refusal is 'not drinking today'; this one is for good
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.
- එයා අවුරුද්දකට කලින් සිගරට් නැවැත්තුවාeyā avuruddakaṭa kalin sigaraṭ nævættuvāHe quit smoking a year ago
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 quit smoking” in Sinhala?
«සිගරට් නවත්තනවා» (sigaraṭ navattanavā), read “sigaraṭ navattanavā”. In a live sentence: “එයා අවුරුද්දකට කලින් සිගරට් නැවැත්තුවා” (eyā avuruddakaṭa kalin sigaraṭ nævættuvā) — He quit smoking a year ago. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ස, ි, ග, ර, ට, ්, න, ව, ත, ්, ත, න…
How is “සිගරට් නවත්තනවා” (sigaraṭ navattanavā) written in Latin letters?
sigaraṭ navattanavā. 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?
Navattanavā is 'to stop'. A one-day refusal is 'not drinking today'; this one is for good. 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.