වැඩේට බහිනවා
“වැඩේට බහිනවා” (væḍēṭa bahinavā) — to get down to in Sinhala. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to descend into the work': the same familiar 'get down'. Sinhala expresses phases not by a verb but by a turn. In a live sentence: “උදේ අටට වැඩේට බැස්සා” — At eight in the morning they got down to work. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ේ, ට, බ, හ, ි, න, ව, ා.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වැඩේට බහිනවා |
| Read in Latin letters | væḍēṭa bahinavā |
| Translation | to get down to |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- වැඩේට බහිනවාvæḍēṭa bahinavāto get down to
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to descend into the work': the same familiar 'get down'. Sinhala expresses phases not by a verb but by a turn
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.
- උදේ අටට වැඩේට බැස්සාudē aṭaṭa væḍēṭa bæssāAt eight in the morning they got down to work
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 get down to” in Sinhala?
«වැඩේට බහිනවා», read “væḍēṭa bahinavā”. In a live sentence: “උදේ අටට වැඩේට බැස්සා” — At eight in the morning they got down to work. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ව, ැ, ඩ, ේ, ට, බ, හ, ි, න, ව, ා.
How is “වැඩේට බහිනවා” written in Latin letters?
væḍēṭa bahinavā. 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 'to descend into the work': the same familiar 'get down'. Sinhala expresses phases not by a verb but by a turn. 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.