Lingoflyමීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවා
- මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවාmīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavāto reschedule the meeting
“මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවා” (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā) — to reschedule the meeting in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Mīṭiṁ eka, 'meeting', and māru karanavā, 'to swap', together. Postponing without a new date is 'putting off the term'. In a live sentence: “මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanna puḷuvanda) — Can we reschedule the meeting? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ී, ට, ි, ං, එ, ක, ේ, ව, ෙ, ල, ා…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවා (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā |
| Translation | to reschedule the meeting |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Mīṭiṁ eka, 'meeting', and māru karanavā, 'to swap', together. Postponing without a new date is 'putting off the term'
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.
- මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanna puḷuvanda?Can we reschedule the meeting?
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 reschedule the meeting” in Sinhala?
«මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවා» (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā), read “mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā”. In a live sentence: “මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanna puḷuvanda) — Can we reschedule the meeting? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ම, ී, ට, ි, ං, එ, ක, ේ, ව, ෙ, ල, ා…
How is “මීටිං එකේ වෙලාව මාරු කරනවා” (mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā) written in Latin letters?
mīṭiṁ ekē velāva māru karanavā. 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?
Mīṭiṁ eka, 'meeting', and māru karanavā, 'to swap', together. Postponing without a new date is 'putting off the term'. 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.