Lingoflyමම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා
- මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවාmama goḍak stūtivanta venavāI would be very grateful
“මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා” (mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā) — I would be very grateful in Sinhala. Phrase, level B1. A bookish turn from stūtiyi, 'thanks'. In ordinary talk 'many thanks' is enough. In a live sentence: “උදව් කළොත් මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා” (udav kaḷot mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā) — If you help, I would be very grateful. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ම, ග, ො, ඩ, ක, ්, ස, ්, ත, ූ, ත… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා (mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā) |
| Read in Latin letters | mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā |
| Translation | I would be very grateful |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
A bookish turn from stūtiyi, 'thanks'. In ordinary talk 'many thanks' is enough
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.
- උදව් කළොත් මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවාudav kaḷot mama goḍak stūtivanta venavāIf you help, I would be very grateful
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 “I would be very grateful” in Sinhala?
«මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා» (mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā), read “mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā”. In a live sentence: “උදව් කළොත් මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා” (udav kaḷot mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā) — If you help, I would be very grateful. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ම, ම, ග, ො, ඩ, ක, ්, ස, ්, ත, ූ, ත…
How is “මම ගොඩක් ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙනවා” (mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā) written in Latin letters?
mama goḍak stūtivanta venavā. 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?
A bookish turn from stūtiyi, 'thanks'. In ordinary talk 'many thanks' is enough. 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.