This second lesson teaches many important aspect in Sinhala like adjectives, vocabulary list about food and finally common phrases about greeting. I will try to give examples using both vocabulary and grammar. That way it will be easy for you to see 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.
Adjectives
Knowing adjectives in Sinhala is a powerful skill. It can make it easy to have a conversation about different topics by simply knowing some key words such as "good", "bad", "right", "wrong" etc. Adjectives are words used to describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence for example: I am happy. Sinhala is easy.
Below is a list of 20 adjectives 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.
Adjectives List in Sinhala
Adjectives
Sinhala
Audio
Tall
උස usa
Short
කොට koṭa
Big
ලොකු loku
Wide
පුළුල් puḷul
Long
දිග diga
Small
කුඩා kuḍā
Thick
මහත mahata
Thin
සිහින් sihin
New
අලුත් alut
Old (opposite of new)
පරණ paraṇa
Cheap
ලාබයි lābayi
Expensive
මිල අධික mila adhika
Young
තරුණ taruṇa
Old (opposite of young)
වයසක vayasaka
Wrong
වැරදි væradi
Right (correct)
නිවැරදි niværadi
Good
හොඳයි hon̆dayi
Bad
නරකයි narakayi
Difficult
අමාරු amāru
Easy
පහසු pahasu
Now we will try to implement some of the words above into full Sinhala sentences. That way you will be able to use the word not only by itself but embedded in a structure.
If you have any questions, please contact me using the Sinhala contact form on the header above.
Vocabulary List about Food
Below is a list of 50 words related to food such as fruits, vegetables and edible items. If you can memorize them by heart, you will be able to buy many food necessities from the supermarket or off the menu in a restaurant without a problem.
Food List in Sinhala
Food
Sinhala
Audio
Breakfast
උදේ ආහාරය udē āhāraya
Lunch
දවල් ආහාරය daval āhāraya
Dinner
රාත්‍රී ආහාරය rātrī āhāraya
Meal
භෝජනය bhōjanaya
Apples
ඇපල් æpal
Avocados
අලිගැට පේර aligæṭa pēra
Bananas
කෙසෙල් kesel
Beans
බෝංචි bōṁci
Bread
පාන් pān
Butter
බටර් baṭar
Carrots
කැරට් kæraṭ
Cheese
චීස් cīs
Chicken
කුකුල් මස් kukul mas
Coffee
කෝපි kōpi
Corn
බඩ ඉරිඟු baḍa irin̆gu
Cucumbers
පිපිඤ්ඤා pipiññā
Eggs
බිත්තර bittara
Figs
ෆිග් fig
Fish
මාළු māḷu
Food
ආහාර āhāra
Fruit
පලතුරු palaturu
Garlic
සුදුළුෑණු suduḷuǣṇu
Grapes
මුද්දරප්පලම් muddarappalam
Ice cream
අයිස් ක්‍රීම් ayis krīm
Lemons
ලෙමන් leman
Lettuce
සලාද salāda
Meat
මස් mas
Milk
කිරි kiri
Olives
ඔලිව් oliv
Onions
ලොකුළූණු lokuḷūṇu
Orange juice
දොඩම් doḍam
Oranges
දොඩම් doḍam
Peaches
පීච් pīc
Pears
පෙයාස් peyās
Peppers
ගම්මිරිස් gammiris
Pineapples
අන්නාසි annāsi
Pizza
පීසා pīsā
Potatoes
අර්තාපල් artāpal
Pumpkin
වට්ටක්කා vaṭṭakkā
Salad
සලාදය salādaya
Salt
ලුණු luṇu
Sandwich
සැන්ඩ්විච් sænḍvic
Soda (like Coke)
සෝඩා sōḍā
Strawberries
ස්ට්‍රෝබෙරි sṭrōberi
Sugar
සීනි sīni
Tea
තේ tē
Tomatoes
තක්කාලි takkāli
Vegetables
එළවලු eḷavalu
Water
වතුර vatura
Watermelon
පැණි කොමඩු pæṇi komaḍu
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!
Language Quote that a palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward. Allowances may be made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers.
Congratulations! You finished your second lesson in Sinhala about adjectives, and food. Are you ready for the next lesson? We recommend Sinhala Lesson 3. You can also simply click on one of the links below or go back to our Learn Sinhala homepage.
