Lingoflyමාරු ක්රමය
- මාරු ක්රමයmāru kramayarotational shifts
“මාරු ක්රමය” (māru kramaya) — rotational shifts in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the rotating order', from māruva, 'shift', and kramaya, 'method'. The word is broader than a fly-in fly-out roster: any work in shifts. In a live sentence: “එයා නැවේ මාරු ක්රමයට වැඩ කරනවා” (eyā nævē māru kramayaṭa væḍa karanavā) — He works rotational shifts on a ship. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ා, ර, ු, ක, ්, ර, ම, ය. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මාරු ක්රමය (māru kramaya) |
| Read in Latin letters | māru kramaya |
| Translation | rotational shifts |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the rotating order', from māruva, 'shift', and kramaya, 'method'. The word is broader than a fly-in fly-out roster: any work in shifts
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 නැවේ මාරු ක්රමයට වැඩ කරනවාeyā nævē māru kramayaṭa væḍa karanavāHe works rotational shifts on a ship
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 “rotational shifts” in Sinhala?
«මාරු ක්රමය» (māru kramaya), read “māru kramaya”. In a live sentence: “එයා නැවේ මාරු ක්රමයට වැඩ කරනවා” (eyā nævē māru kramayaṭa væḍa karanavā) — He works rotational shifts on a ship. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ම, ා, ර, ු, ක, ්, ර, ම, ය.
How is “මාරු ක්රමය” (māru kramaya) written in Latin letters?
māru kramaya. 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 rotating order', from māruva, 'shift', and kramaya, 'method'. The word is broader than a fly-in fly-out roster: any work in shifts. 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.