🎓 Level 1 – Lesson 1 – Part 7

Complete Summary & Review

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You’ve completed Lesson 1.
Let’s look at everything you’ve learned, with examples and key words so you can revise easily.

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🌿 Part 1 – Introduction to Sinhala

✅ What is Sinhala?
Sinhala is the main language spoken in Sri Lanka.

✅ Two types of Sinhala:

• Written Sinhala: Used in books, news, speeches, TV programs

• Spoken Sinhala: Used in daily life (more casual and different vocabulary & grammar)

Example:
Written Sinhala – ආයුබෝවන්! (formal)
Spoken Sinhala – කොහොමද? (casual)

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🌸 Part 2 – Romanization & Pronunciation

✅ Custom Romanization System
You learned how we write Sinhala sounds with English letters for our resources.

✅ Important Pronunciation Tips:

• Double consonants must be pronounced clearly:

  • kana = කන (ear)

  • kanna = කන්න (to eat)

• Long vowels:

  • a vs. aa

    • dhanawa දනවා (burning feeling)

    • dhaanawa දානවා (putting)

• ae and e sounds:

  • ae = ඇ

    • kaemathii කැමතියි (like)

  • e = එ

    • mage මගෙ (mine)

✅ Examples:

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🌿 Part 3 – Greetings

✅ Common Greetings:

✅ Example Conversation:
A: හෙලෝ කොහොමද?
(Halo! Kohomadha?)
Hello! How are you?

B: හොඳයි
(Hondhai)
Good

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🌼 Part 4 – Introducing Yourself

✅ Vocabulary:

• මම (Mama) – I / me

• ඔයා (Oyaa) – you

• මගේ (Mage) – my

• ඔයාගේ (Oyaage) – your

• නම (Nama) – name

• රට (Rata) – country

• වයස (Wayasa) – age

✅ Question Examples:

• ඔයාගේ නම මොකද්ද?
  (Oyaage nama mokadhdha?)
  What is your name?

• ඔයාගේ රට මොකද්ද?
  (Oyaage rata mokadhdha?)
  What is your country?

• ඔයාගේ වයස කීයද?
  (Oyaage wayasa kiiyadha?)
  How old are you?

✅ Answer Examples:

• මගේ නම Lisa.
  (Mage nama Lisa.)
  My name is Lisa.

• මම ජර්මනියෙන්
  (Mama Germanyen.)
  I am from Germany.

• මට විසි දෙකයි.
  (Mata wisi dhekai.)
  I am 22.

✅ Extra Grammar:
To say “I am from…”, change the country to “-en”:

• Amerikaawa = America

• Amerikaawen = From America

• Kaenadaawa = Canada

• Kaenadaawen = From Canada

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🌸 Part 5 – Likes & Dislikes

✅ Basic Phrases:

• මම කැමතියි… (Mama kaemathii…) – I like…

• මම කැමති නෑ… (Mama kaemathi naae…) – I don’t like…

✅ Examples:

• මම කැමතියි කන්න.
  (Mama kaemathii kanna.)
  I like to eat.

• මම කැමතියි පොත් කියවන්න.
  (Mama kaemathii poth kiyawanna.)
  I like to read books.

✅ Using English verbs:

• මම කැමතියි play කරන්න.
  (Mama kaemathii play karanna.)

✅ Favorites:

• මගේ කැමතිම කෑම rice and curry.
  (Mage kaemathima kaaema rice and curry.)
  My favorite food is rice and curry.

✅ More Examples:

• මගේ කැමතිම තැන Ella.
  (Mage kaemathima thaena Ella.)
  My favorite place is Ella.

• මම කැමතිම activity එක hiking.
  (Mama kaemathima activity eka hiking.)
  My favorite activity is hiking.

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🌿 Part 6 – Dialogue & Extra Grammar

✅ New Words:

• ගොඩක් (Godak) – a lot

• ටිකක් (Tikak) – a little

• මොනවද? (Monaadha?) – what? (plural)

• …ද? (…dha?) – question particle

✅ Examples:

• මම ගොඩක් කැමතියි කන්න.
  (Mama godak kaemathii kanna.)
  I love eating.

• මම ටිකක් කැමතියි සිංදු කියන්න.
  (Mama tikak kaemathii sindhu kiyanna.)
  I like singing a little.

• ඔයා කැමතිද?
  (Oyaa kaemathiidha?)
  Do you like?

✅ Dialogue Recap (short):
Shani: කොහොමද? ඔයාගේ නම මොකද්ද?
Lisa: මගේ නම Lisa. ඔයාගේ නම?
Shani: මම Shani. ඔයා ජර්මනියෙන්ද?
Lisa: ඔව්. ඔයා කැමතිද Sri Lankan කෑම කන්න?
Shani: ඔව් මම ගොඩක් කැමතියි!

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🌸 All Vocabulary from Lesson 1

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✅ Review Tip:
Read this summary often, and try to write your own sentences mixing the vocabulary and grammar.

✅ Practice Tip:
Say each example out loud until you feel confident.

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