Lingoflyටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවා
- ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවාṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavāto refund the ticket money
“ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවා” (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā) — to refund the ticket money in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to take the ticket's money back'. From the counter side the same act is 'giving back'. Who takes and who gives differs only by the verb. In a live sentence: “ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu ganna puḷuvanda) — Can I get a refund on the ticket? You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවා (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā |
| Translation | to refund the ticket money |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to take the ticket's money back'. From the counter side the same act is 'giving back'. Who takes and who gives differs only by the verb
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.
- ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්න පුළුවන්ද?ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu ganna puḷuvanda?Can I get a refund on the ticket?
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 refund the ticket money” in Sinhala?
«ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවා» (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā), read “ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā”. In a live sentence: “ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්න පුළුවන්ද?” (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu ganna puḷuvanda) — Can I get a refund on the ticket? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ට, ි, ක, ට, ්, එ, ක, ේ, ස, ල, ්, ල…
How is “ටිකට් එකේ සල්ලි ආපහු ගන්නවා” (ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā) written in Latin letters?
ṭikaṭ ekē salli āpahu gannavā. 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 take the ticket's money back'. From the counter side the same act is 'giving back'. Who takes and who gives differs only by the verb. 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.