Lingoflyරෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එක
- රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එකrǣ ṣifṭ ekanight shift
“රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එක” (rǣ ṣifṭ eka) — night shift in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. Rǣ is the spoken night; the schedule on the wall writes it with the bookish word. In a live sentence: “රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එකට වැඩිපුර පඩි” (rǣ ṣifṭ ekaṭa væḍipura paḍi) — The night shift pays more. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ර, ෑ, ෂ, ි, ෆ, ්, ට, ්, එ, ක. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එක (rǣ ṣifṭ eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | rǣ ṣifṭ eka |
| Translation | night shift |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
rǣ is the spoken night; the schedule on the wall writes it with the bookish word
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 “night shift” in Sinhala?
«රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එක» (rǣ ṣifṭ eka), read “rǣ ṣifṭ eka”. In a live sentence: “රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එකට වැඩිපුර පඩි” (rǣ ṣifṭ ekaṭa væḍipura paḍi) — The night shift pays more. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ර, ෑ, ෂ, ි, ෆ, ්, ට, ්, එ, ක.
How is “රෑ ෂිෆ්ට් එක” (rǣ ṣifṭ eka) written in Latin letters?
rǣ ṣifṭ eka. 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?
Rǣ is the spoken night; the schedule on the wall writes it with the bookish word. 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.