Practicing Conversations in Sinhala

🌿 Introduction

In this part, you’ll see a real-life dialogue showing how to use everything you’ve learned so far.

But first—let’s pick up a few new words that will make your conversation feel more natural!

✨ New Vocabulary

🌟 How to Use These in a sentence

✅ Godak + [……] = I really love / I like … a lot

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

✅ Tikak + [……] = I like … a little

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

✅ Mokadhdha? vs Monaadha?

• Mokadhdha? – singular (one thing)

• Monaadha? – plural (more than one thing)

When the answer is one thing, you can use mokadhdha?

But when it’s possible to have more than 1 answer, you can use monaadha? 

Examples:

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

• ඔයා කැමති මොනවද?
  (Oyaa kaemathi monaadha?)
  What do you like?

✅ …dha? – question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)

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

👉 Don’t worry if you can’t remember all these yet—we’ll keep practicing in Lesson 2!

🎭 Dialogue

Below is a friendly chat between Shani and Lisa:

👩 Shani:
Hello, කොහොමද? ඔයාගේ නම මොකද්ද?
(Hello, kohomadha? Oyaage nama mokadhdha?)
Hi, how are you? What is your name?

👩‍🦰 Lisa:
මගේ නම ලීසා, ඔයාගේ නම මොකද්ද?
(Mage nama Lisa, oyaage nama mokadhdha?)
My name is Lisa. What is your name?

👩 Shani:
මම ශානි, ඔයා ඇමරිකාවෙන්ද?
(Mama Shani, oyaa Aemarikaawendha?)
I’m Shani. Are you from America?

👩‍🦰 Lisa:
නෑ, මං ජර්මනියෙන්. ඔයාගේ වයස කීයද?
(Naae, man Jarmaniyen. Oyaage wayasa kiiyadha?)
No, I’m from Germany. How old are you?

👩 Shani:
මට තිස් එකයි (31). ඔයාගේ වයස?
(Mata this ekai. Oyaage wayasa?)
I’m 31 years old. What about you?

👩‍🦰 Lisa:
මට විසි දෙකයි (22). ඔයා engineer කෙනෙක්ද?
(Mata wisi dhekai. Oyaa engineer kenekdha?)
I’m 22. Are you an engineer?

👩 Shani:
නෑ, මං teacher කෙනෙක්.
(Naae, man teacher kenek.)
No, I am a teacher.

👩‍🦰 Lisa:
ඔයා කැමතිද සිංදු කියන්න?
(Oyaa kaemathiidha sindhu kiyanna?)
Do you like to sing?

👩 Shani:
ඔව්, මම ගොඩක් කැමතියි සිංදු කියන්න. ඔයා Sri Lankan කෑම කන්න කැමතිද?
(Ow, mama godak kaemathii sindhu kiyanna. Oyaa Sri Lankan kaaema kanna kaemathiidha?)
Yes, I love singing! Do you like eating Sri Lankan food?

👩‍🦰 Lisa:
ඔව්, මං ගොඩක් කැමතියි Sri Lankan කෑම කන්න.
(Ow, man godak kaemathii Sri Lankan kaaema kanna.)
Yes, I really love Sri Lankan food!

✅ Tip: Try reading this dialogue out loud a few times. If you like, you can record yourself and listen back.

🌟 Practice Tip

👉 Practice changing the questions:

• “Oyaa kaemathiidha movies balanna ?”
  (Do you like to watch movies?)

• “Oyaa kaemathiidha dance karanna?”
  (Do you like to dance?)

The more you mix the words, the easier it gets!

✅ Ready to test yourself?
👉 Click here to do activities from this lesson:

🔗 Quiz Link → Practice Quiz

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💬 Discussion Prompt

Write a short dialogue in Sinhala.
✅ Introduce yourself
✅ Say which country you are from
✅ Ask the other person a question about what they like or don’t like

👉 Try to use words like kaemathii, kaemathi naae, godak, and tikak!