In this 18th lesson we will explore the Sinhala adverbs, vocabulary list about animals and finally farewell phrases. We will be using both vocabulary and grammar to ensure that you know how to use the words when they are separate and when they are in a sentence. Going through the whole page should take about 30 min. Make sure to read the pronunciation and hear the audio as well. If you have any question about this course, please email me directly at Sinhala Classes.
Adverbs
In addition to adjectives, adverbs are very essential. This includes adverbs of time ", frequency, manner and place. It can make it easy to have a conversation about different topics by simply knowing some key words such as "yesterday", "always", "quickly", "here" etc. Adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs.
Below is a list of 30 adverbs that you might come across or use very often. The table contains 3 columns (English, Sinhala, and Audio). Make sure you repeat each word after hearing it by either clicking on the audio button or by reading the pronunciation. That should help with memorization as well as improving your pronunciation.
Adverbs List in Sinhala
Adverbs
Sinhala
Audio
Already
දැනටමත් dænaṭamat
Immediately
ක්ෂණිකවම kṣaṇikavama
Last night
ලැප්ටොප් එක læpṭop eka
Later
මෑතකදි mǣtakadi
Next week
ලබන සතියෙ labana satiye
Now
දැන් dæn
Soon
ඉක්මණින් ikmaṇin
Still
තවමත් tavamat
This morning
අද උදෑසන ada udǣsana
Today
අද ada
Tomorrow
හෙට heṭa
Tonight
අද රෑ ada rǣ
Yesterday
ඊයේ īyē
Yet
තවමත් tavamat
Anywhere
ඕනෑම තැනක ōnǣma tænaka
Everywhere
හැම තැනම hæma tænama
Here
මෙතන metana
There
අතන atana
Almost
මුළුමනින් පාහේ muḷumanin pāhē
Alone
තනියම taniyama
Carefully
ප්රවේසමෙන් pravēsamen
Quickly
වේගයෙන් vēgayen
Really
සැබවින්ම sæbavinma
Slowly
හෙමින් hemin
Together
එකට ekaṭa
Very
ඉතා itā
Always
සැමවිට sæmaviṭa
Never
කවදාවත් නැත kavadāvat næta
Rarely
කලාතුරකින් kalāturakin
Sometimes
සමහර වෙලාවට samahara velāvaṭa
Let's put some of the adverbs above into full Sinhala sentences. That way you will be able to use the word not only by itself but embedded in a structure.
Sinhala Adverbs in a Sentence
English
Sinhala
Audio
Do you like it here?
ඔයා මෙහෙට කැමතිද? oyā meheṭa kæmatida?
See you later!
පසුව හමුවෙමු! pasuva hamuvemu!
Thank you very much!
ඔබට බොහොම ස්තූතියි! obaṭa bohoma stūtiyi!
I really like it!
මම ඇත්තෙන්ම ඒකට කැමතියි! mama ættenma ēkaṭa kæmatiyi!
Questions?
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Vocabulary List about Animals
Here is a list of 25 words related to farm and wild animals as well as insects. If you can memorize them by heart, you will be able to talk about pets you have in the house or farm.
Animals List in Sinhala
Animals
Sinhala
Audio
Animal
සතා satā
Bear
වලහා valahā
Bird
කුරුල්ලා kurullā
Butterfly
සමනලයා samanalayā
Cat
බළලා baḷalā
Cow
එළ හරකා eḷa harakā
Dog
බල්ලා ballā
Donkey
බූරුවා būruvā
Eagle
රාජාලියා rājāliyā
Elephant
අලියා aliyā
Farm
ගොවිපල govipala
Forest
කැලය kælaya
Goat
එළුවා eḷuvā
Horse
අශ්වයා aśvayā
Insect
කෘමියා kṛmiyā
Lion
සිංහයා siṁhayā
Monkey
වඳුරා van̆durā
Mosquito
මදුරුවා maduruvā
Mouse
මීයා mīyā
Rabbit
හාවා hāvā
Sheep (plural)
බැටළුවා bæṭaḷuvā
Snake
සර්පයා sarpayā
Spider
මකුළුවා makuḷuvā
Tiger
කොටියා koṭiyā
Daily Conversation in Sinhala
Finally, a list of sentences using the vocabulary used in this lesson plus some bonus phrases. For a complete list of commonly used sentences, please visit our Sinhala Phrases page. Enjoy!
Did you know? Commonly used adverbs constitute about 15% of sentences in Sinhala. That means they should not be ignored because sooner or later you will need to use them.
Congratulations! You finished your 18th lesson in Sinhala about adverbs, and animals. Are you ready for the next lesson? We recommend Sinhala Vocabulary. You can also simply click on one of the links below or go back to our Learn Sinhala homepage.