Lingoflyඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම්
- ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම්ængē ratu pællamrash
“ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම්” (ængē ratu pællam) — rash in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. An-ge ra-tu pæl-lam; the ng is one sound, nose and g together. In a live sentence: “ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම් ආවා” (ængē ratu pællam āvā) — A rash appeared. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ඇ, ඟ, ේ, ර, ත, ු, ප, ැ, ල, ්, ල, ම… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම් (ængē ratu pællam) |
| Read in Latin letters | ængē ratu pællam |
| Translation | rash |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
an-ge ra-tu pæl-lam; the ng is one sound, nose and g together
Why it looks that way
Literally 'red spots on the body' — that's exactly how you describe it to the doctor. Ratu is red
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.
- ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම් ආවාængē ratu pællam āvāA rash appeared
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 “rash” in Sinhala?
«ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම්» (ængē ratu pællam), read “ængē ratu pællam”. An-ge ra-tu pæl-lam; the ng is one sound, nose and g together. In a live sentence: “ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම් ආවා” (ængē ratu pællam āvā) — A rash appeared. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ඇ, ඟ, ේ, ර, ත, ු, ප, ැ, ල, ්, ල, ම…
How is “ඇඟේ රතු පැල්ලම්” (ængē ratu pællam) written in Latin letters?
ængē ratu pællam. 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?
Literally 'red spots on the body' — that's exactly how you describe it to the doctor. Ratu is red. 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.