Lingoflyඑක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන
- එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරනek varak pāvicci karanasingle-use
“එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන” (ek varak pāvicci karana) — single-use in Sinhala. Adjective, level B1. Literally 'which is used one time', from varak, 'once', and pāvicci karanavā, 'to use'. About a bag, a cup, a syringe. In a live sentence: “එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන බෑග් තහනම්” (ek varak pāvicci karana bǣg tahanam) — Single-use bags are prohibited. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters එ, ක, ්, ව, ර, ක, ්, ප, ා, ව, ි, ච… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන (ek varak pāvicci karana) |
| Read in Latin letters | ek varak pāvicci karana |
| Translation | single-use |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'which is used one time', from varak, 'once', and pāvicci karanavā, 'to use'. About a bag, a cup, a syringe
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 “single-use” in Sinhala?
«එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන» (ek varak pāvicci karana), read “ek varak pāvicci karana”. In a live sentence: “එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන බෑග් තහනම්” (ek varak pāvicci karana bǣg tahanam) — Single-use bags are prohibited. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters එ, ක, ්, ව, ර, ක, ්, ප, ා, ව, ි, ච…
How is “එක් වරක් පාවිච්චි කරන” (ek varak pāvicci karana) written in Latin letters?
ek varak pāvicci karana. 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 'which is used one time', from varak, 'once', and pāvicci karanavā, 'to use'. About a bag, a cup, a syringe. 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.