Lingoflyවාහන කුලියට දීම
- වාහන කුලියට දීමvāhana kuliyaṭa dīmacar rental
“වාහන කුලියට දීම” (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma) — car rental in Sinhala. Noun, level A1. 'The car rent eka' is the English name; on the office's sign stands the native phrase, 'giving for hire'. In a live sentence: “වාහන කුලියට දීම දවසකට රුපියල් පන්දාහයි” (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma davasakaṭa rupiyal pandāhayi) — Car rental is five thousand rupees a day. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | වාහන කුලියට දීම (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma) |
| Read in Latin letters | vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma |
| Translation | car rental |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
'The car rent eka' is the English name; on the office's sign stands the native phrase, 'giving for hire'
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.
- වාහන කුලියට දීම දවසකට රුපියල් පන්දාහයිvāhana kuliyaṭa dīma davasakaṭa rupiyal pandāhayiCar rental is five thousand rupees a day
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 “car rental” in Sinhala?
«වාහන කුලියට දීම» (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma), read “vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma”. In a live sentence: “වාහන කුලියට දීම දවසකට රුපියල් පන්දාහයි” (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma davasakaṭa rupiyal pandāhayi) — Car rental is five thousand rupees a day. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ව, ා, හ, න, ක, ු, ල, ි, ය, ට, ද, ී…
How is “වාහන කුලියට දීම” (vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma) written in Latin letters?
vāhana kuliyaṭa dīma. 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?
'The car rent eka' is the English name; on the office's sign stands the native phrase, 'giving for hire'. 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.