Lingoflyමේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?
- මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?mēkē tēruma mokakda?what does it mean?
“මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?” (mēkē tēruma mokakda?) — what does it mean? in Sinhala. Phrase, level A2. Tēruma is 'meaning'. The pair to mēkaṭa kiyannē mokakda?, 'what is it called?': there you ask the name, here the sense. In a live sentence: “මට කියන්න, මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?” (maṭa kiyanna, mēkē tēruma mokakda) — Tell me, what does it mean? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ම, ේ, ක, ේ, ත, ේ, ර, ු, ම, ම, ො, ක…
In short
| Written in Sinhala | මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද? (mēkē tēruma mokakda) |
| Read in Latin letters | mēkē tēruma mokakda? |
| Translation | what does it mean? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Tēruma is 'meaning'. The pair to mēkaṭa kiyannē mokakda?, 'what is it called?': there you ask the name, here the sense
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.
- මට කියන්න, මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?maṭa kiyanna, mēkē tēruma mokakda?Tell me, what does it mean?
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 “what does it mean?” in Sinhala?
«මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?» (mēkē tēruma mokakda), read “mēkē tēruma mokakda?” In a live sentence: “මට කියන්න, මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?” (maṭa kiyanna, mēkē tēruma mokakda) — Tell me, what does it mean? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ම, ේ, ක, ේ, ත, ේ, ර, ු, ම, ම, ො, ක…
How is “මේකේ තේරුම මොකක්ද?” (mēkē tēruma mokakda) written in Latin letters?
mēkē tēruma mokakda? 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?
Tēruma is 'meaning'. The pair to mēkaṭa kiyannē mokakda?, 'what is it called?': there you ask the name, here the sense. 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.