Lingoflyදෙවෙනි කොටස
- දෙවෙනි කොටසdeveni koṭasasequel
“දෙවෙනි කොටස” (deveni koṭasa) — sequel in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the second part': koṭasa is the same 'part' as in koṭasak māru karanavā, 'replace the part'. The next episode of a series is 'the next part'. In a live sentence: “ෆිල්ම් එකේ දෙවෙනි කොටස හොඳයි” (film ekē deveni koṭasa hondayi) — The sequel of the film is good. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ද, ෙ, ව, ෙ, න, ි, ක, ො, ට, ස.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | දෙවෙනි කොටස (deveni koṭasa) |
| Read in Latin letters | deveni koṭasa |
| Translation | sequel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the second part': koṭasa is the same 'part' as in koṭasak māru karanavā, 'replace the part'. The next episode of a series is 'the next part'
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 “sequel” in Sinhala?
«දෙවෙනි කොටස» (deveni koṭasa), read “deveni koṭasa”. In a live sentence: “ෆිල්ම් එකේ දෙවෙනි කොටස හොඳයි” (film ekē deveni koṭasa hondayi) — The sequel of the film is good. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ද, ෙ, ව, ෙ, න, ි, ක, ො, ට, ස.
How is “දෙවෙනි කොටස” (deveni koṭasa) written in Latin letters?
deveni koṭasa. 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 second part': koṭasa is the same 'part' as in koṭasak māru karanavā, 'replace the part'. The next episode of a series is 'the next part'. 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.