Lingoflyපදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය
- පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රයpadiṁci vīmē balapatrayaresidence permit
“පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය” (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya) — residence permit in Sinhala. Noun, level A2. Literally 'the permit for residing': balapatraya is any official permit document. In speech people say 'the resident visa'. In a live sentence: “පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය අවුරුද්දකට” (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya avuruddakaṭa) — A residence permit for a year. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ප, ද, ි, ං, ච, ි, ව, ී, ම, ේ, බ, ල… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya) |
| Read in Latin letters | padiṁci vīmē balapatraya |
| Translation | residence permit |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the permit for residing': balapatraya is any official permit document. In speech people say 'the resident visa'
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.
- පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය අවුරුද්දකටpadiṁci vīmē balapatraya avuruddakaṭaA residence permit for a year
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 “residence permit” in Sinhala?
«පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය» (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya), read “padiṁci vīmē balapatraya”. In a live sentence: “පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය අවුරුද්දකට” (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya avuruddakaṭa) — A residence permit for a year. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ප, ද, ි, ං, ච, ි, ව, ී, ම, ේ, බ, ල…
How is “පදිංචි වීමේ බලපත්රය” (padiṁci vīmē balapatraya) written in Latin letters?
padiṁci vīmē balapatraya. 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 'the permit for residing': balapatraya is any official permit document. In speech people say 'the resident visa'. 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.