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Common Verbs in Sinhala
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Sinhalese (or Sinhala), is the native language of the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
In today's lesson you will learn some common verbs with examples of use.
Feel free to edit this page by adding new verbs!
Happy learning!
යන්න (Yanna) = Go[edit | edit source]
ඔයා යන්න[edit | edit source]
- oyaa yanna
- You go
Oyaa - You
මම යන්නද?[edit | edit source]
- Mama yanna'da'?
- can I go / it is ok if I go?
Mama - me
Yanna - go
da - question word
මට යන්න ඕන[edit | edit source]
- mata yanna ona.
- I want to go
ona - want
ඔයා යනවද?[edit | edit source]
- oya yanwada?
- are you going?
එන්න (enna) - come
ඔයා එන්න[edit | edit source]
- oya enna
- You come
එන්න එපා[edit | edit source]
- enna epaa
- Don't come.
epaa - don't
මට එන්න ඕන[edit | edit source]
- mata enna oona
- I want to come
oona - want
ඔයා එනවද?[edit | edit source]
- oya enawada?
- Are you coming?
කන්න kanna = eat[edit | edit source]
කන්න ඕනෙද?[edit | edit source]
- Kanna ooneda?
- (Do you) want to eat?
කන්න බෑ[edit | edit source]
- Kanna baae
- can't eat
baae - can't
කන්න පුළුවන්[edit | edit source]
- kanna puluwan
- can eat
puluwan - can
කන්න එපා[edit | edit source]
- kanna epa
- don't eat
epa - don't
මට කන්න ඕනේ නැහැ[edit | edit source]
- mata kanna oone na.
- I don't want to eat
mata - to me
kanna - eat
ona - want
na - no
බොන්න bonna = drink[edit | edit source]
මට බොන්න ඕනේ[edit | edit source]
- mata bonna ona.
- I want to drink?
මට වතුර බොන්න ඕන[edit | edit source]
- Mata wathura bonna ona.
- I want to drink water.
wathura - water
මට බොන්න ඕනේ නැහැ[edit | edit source]
- mata bonna ona na.
- I don't want to drink.
දෙන්න denna = Give[edit | edit source]
මට දෙන්න[edit | edit source]
- give me
- mata denna.
එයාට දෙන්න[edit | edit source]
- eyaata denna.
- Give him/her
අරක දෙන්න[edit | edit source]
- araka denna
- give me that
araka - that.
ගන්න ganna = take[edit | edit source]
මේක ගන්න[edit | edit source]
- meka ganna
- take this
ගන්න ද?[edit | edit source]
- gannada?
- (can) I take?
කියන්න kiyanna = say/tell[edit | edit source]
මට කියන්න[edit | edit source]
- mata kiyanna
- tell me
එයාට කියන්න[edit | edit source]
- eyaata kiyanna
- tell him/ her
කියන්න බැරිද?[edit | edit source]
- kiyanna barida?
- can't (you) tell?
කරන්න Karanna = Do[edit | edit source]
මේක කරන්න[edit | edit source]
- meka kranna
- do this
අරක කරන්න[edit | edit source]
- araka kranna
- do that (one)
කරන්න බැරිද?[edit | edit source]
- karanna barida?
- can't (you) do?
කරන්න පුලුවන්ද[edit | edit source]
- Karanna puluwnda?
- can you do?
කරන්න ඕනේද?[edit | edit source]
- karanna one da?
- should (I) do?
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