It’s time to introduce yourself!

Now you’re ready to learn one of the most important skills in any language—introducing yourself!

In this part, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Ask someone’s name, age, country, and job
✅ Say where you’re from
✅ Tell a bit about yourself

👉 Don’t forget: If you don’t read Sinhala script yet, refer to the Romanization Guide in your Resources section.

✨ Essential Vocabulary

Here are the words you’ll see in this lesson:

✅ Tip: To make something possessive, just add ge to the word.

• ඔයා Oyaa = you
• ඔයාගෙ Oyaage = your

You can add this with any words such as, names, English words etc. As long as it’s an animate noun (living thing), you can add it.

• Shani → Shanige (Shani’s)

• Doctor → Doctorge (Doctor’s)

🗣️ Asking & Answering Questions

Let’s look at the most common phrases step by step:

✨ 1. Asking Someone’s Name

Question:
ඔයාගෙ නම මොකද්ද?
(Oyaage nama mokadhdha?)
What is your name?

Answer:
මගේ නම ………
(Mage nama ………)
My name is ……

✅ Example:
මගේ නම අමායා
(Mage nama Amaya)
My name is Amaya

✨ 2. Asking Where They’re From

Question:
ඔයාගෙ රට මොකද්ද?
(Oyaage rata mokadhdha?)
What is your country?

Answer:
මගේ රට (country)
(Mage rata ……)
My country is ……

✅ Example:
මගේ රට ඇමරිකාව
(Mage rata Aemarikaawa)
My country is America

🎯 Even Better Way to Say Where You’re From

Use this pattern:
mama (country) + en
Change the last sound of the country to en

✅ Examples:

Jarmaniya = Germany

Jermaniyen = from Germany

Kaenadaawa = Canada

Kaenadaawen = from Canada

• මම ජර්මනියෙන්
  (Mama Jarmaniyen)
  I’m from Germany

• මම කැනඩාවෙන්
  (Mama Kaendaawen)
  I’m from Canada

👉 If you want to learn how to say more country names, click the links below:

🔗 Link to the Blog Post → Countries in Sinhala
🔗 Link to the Video → Countries in Sinhala

✨ 3. Asking Someone’s Age

Question:
ඔයාගෙ වයස කීයද?
(Oyaage wayasa kiiyadha?)
How old are you?

Answer (Option 1):
මගේ වයස (number) යි
(Mage wayasa … i)
My age is …

Answer (Option 2):
මට (number) යි
(Mata … i)
I am … years old

✅ Example:
මගේ වයස විසි හතරයි
(Mage wayasa wisi hatharai)
My age is 24

OR

මට විසි හතරයි
(Mata wisi hatharai)
I am 24

👉 Need help with numbers?

🔗 Link to the Blog Post → Numbers
🔗 Link to the Video → Numbers

✨ 4. Asking About Occupation

There are different ways ask this, let’s use the easiest one!

Question:
ඔයාගෙ රස්සාව මොකද්ද?
(Oyaage rassaawa mokadhdha?)
What is your job?

✅ Answer (If you use the English word):
මම (job) කෙනෙක්
(Mama … kenek)

✅ Example:
මම doctor කෙනෙක්
(Mama doctor kenek)
I am a doctor

✅ Important Tip:
In Sri Lanka, it’s common to say their profession in English.
If you say it in Sinhala, you use a different sentence structure, which we’ll learn later.

👉 Want to learn more job names in Sinhala?

🔗 Link to the Blog Post → Professions
🔗 Link to the Video → Professions

🎧 Pronunciation Practice

✅ Listen to the audio clips for each phrase.
✅ Repeat them out loud three times.
✅ Try recording yourself and compare.

🌟 Quick Review

Here’s a recap of the most important words and phrases:

✅ Mama = I / me
✅ Oyaa = you
✅ Mage = my
✅ Oyaage = your
✅ Rata = country
✅ Nama = name
✅ Wayasa = age
✅ Rassaawa = job
✅ Mokadhdha? = what?
✅ Kiiyadha? = how much?

Common Questions:

• Oyaage nama mokadhdha? (What is your name?)

• Oyaage rata mokadhdha? (What is your country?)

• Oyaage wayasa kiiyadha? (How old are you?)

• Oyaage rassaawa mokadhdha? (What is your job?)

✅ Ready to practice more?

👉 Click the links below to continue learning and test yourself:

🔗 Link to the quiz
🔗 Link to practice grammar

💡 Don’t forget to try the quiz and activities to check your understanding and build confidence.

✨ The more you practice, the more natural Sinhala will feel! ✨

• Oyaage rassaawa mokadhdha? (What is your job?)

💬 Discussion Prompt

Can you introduce yourself in Sinhala in the comment section? Get to know each other in the comment section.