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How English and Sinhala compare

Different writing systems

English uses Latin while Sinhala uses Sinhala. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it.

Related languages

Both English and Sinhala belong to the Indo-European language family. Related languages tend to share vocabulary roots and comparable sentence structure, which generally makes machine translation between them more reliable — though false friends, words that look alike but mean different things, are also more common between relatives.

Sentence structure changes

English follows subject-verb-object (SVO) order while Sinhala follows subject-object-verb (SOV). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Splitting long sentences improves accuracy.

Speakers

English: Approximately 1.5 billion people speak English to varying degrees of proficiency, with around 360 million native speakers. Sinhala: Approximately 18 million native speakers, making it the majority language of Sri Lanka.

Common English phrases in Sinhala

Everyday phrases translated from English to Sinhala — useful for travel, conversation and learning.

Greetings

Hello
ආයුබෝවන්
Good morning
සුභ උදෑසනක්
Good afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්‍යාවක්
Good evening
සුභ සන්ධ්‍යාවක්
Good night
සුභ රාත්‍රියක්
Goodbye
ආයුබෝවන්
See you later
පසුව හමුවෙමු
See you tomorrow
හෙට හමුවෙමු
Welcome
සාදරයෙන් පිළිගනිමු
How are you?
ඔබට කොහොමද?
I am fine, thank you
මම හොඳින්, ස්තූතියි
Have a good day
සුභ දවසක් වේවා

Courtesy

Please
කරුණාකර
Thank you
ස්තුතියි
Thank you very much
බොහොම ස්තුතියි
You are welcome
ඔබ සාදරයෙන් පිළිගනිමු
Yes
ඔව්
No
නැත
Excuse me
සමාවෙන්න
I am sorry
මට සමාවෙන්න
No problem
ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ
Of course
ඇත්තෙන්ම
Congratulations
සුභ පැතුම්
Good luck
සුභ ගමන්

Introductions

What is your name?
ඔබේ නම කුමක්ද?
Nice to meet you
ඔබව හමුවීම සතුටක්
Where are you from?
ඔබ කොහෙන්ද?
How old are you?
ඔයාගේ වයස කීය ද?
I am a student
මම ශිෂ්‍යයෙක්
I am here on holiday
මම නිවාඩුවට මෙහි සිටිමි
I am here for work
මම වැඩකට තමයි මෙතන ඉන්නේ
This is my friend
මේ මගේ යාළුවෙක්

Numbers

One
එකක්
Two
දෙකක්
Three
තුනක්
Four
හතර
Five
පහක්
Six
හය
Seven
හත
Eight
අටයි
Nine
නවය
Ten
දහය
One hundred
සියයක්
One thousand
දහසක්

Time and dates

Today
අද
Tomorrow
හෙට
Yesterday
ඊයේ
Now
දැන්
Later
පසුව
What time is it?
වෙලාව කීයද?
In the morning
උදෑසන
In the evening
සවස් වරුවේ
Monday
සඳුදා
Friday
සිකුරාදා
Next week
ලබන සතියේ
One hour
පැයක්

Directions and travel

Where is the bathroom?
නාන කාමරය කොහෙද?
Where is the train station?
දුම්රිය ස්ථානය කොහෙද?
Where is the airport?
ගුවන් තොටුපල කොහෙද?
How do I get there?
මම කොහොමද එතනට යන්නේ?
Turn left
වමට හැරෙන්න
Turn right
දකුණට හැරෙන්න
Go straight ahead
කෙළින්ම ඉදිරියට යන්න
It is near
එය ළඟයි
It is far
එය දුරයි
I am lost
මම නැතිවෙලා
I need a taxi
මට කුලී රථයක් අවශ්‍යයි
Where can I buy a ticket?
මට ටිකට් පතක් මිලදී ගත හැක්කේ කොතැනින්ද?
How much is the ticket?
ප්රවේශ පත්රය කීයද?
Is it safe to walk?
ඇවිදීම ආරක්ෂිතද?

Food and restaurants

I am hungry
මට බඩගිනියි
I am thirsty
මම පිපාසයෙන් සිටිමි
Water, please
කරුණාකර ජලය
A table for two, please
කරුණාකර දෙදෙනෙකු සඳහා මේසයක්
The menu, please
කරුණාකර මෙනුව
What do you recommend?
ඔබ නිර්දේශ කරන්නේ කුමක්ද?
I would like this
මම මේකට කැමතියි
It is delicious
එය රසවත් ය
The bill, please
කරුණාකර බිල්පත
I do not eat meat
මම මස් කන්නේ නැහැ
I have a food allergy
මට ආහාර ආසාත්මිකතාවයක් තිබේ
Coffee
කෝපි
Tea
තේ
Bread
පාන්

Shopping and money

How much does this cost?
මේ සඳහා කොපමණ මුදලක් වැය වේද?
It is too expensive
එය මිල අධිකයි
Do you accept credit cards?
ඔබ ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ්පත් පිළිගන්නවාද?
I am just looking
මම බලනවා විතරයි
I will take it
මම ඒක ගන්නම්
Open
විවෘත කරන්න
Closed
වසා ඇත
Entrance
ඇතුල්වීම
Exit
පිටවෙන්න
Where is the market?
වෙළෙඳපොළ කොහෙද?

Emergency and health

Help
උදව් කරන්න
Call a doctor
වෛද්යවරයෙකු අමතන්න
Call the police
පොලිසියට කතා කරන්න
I need help
මට උදව් අවශ්‍යයි
I am sick
මට අසනීපයි
Where is the hospital?
රෝහල කොහෙද?
Where is the pharmacy?
ෆාමසිය කොහෙද?
It hurts here
මෙතන රිදෙනවා
I need a doctor
මට වෛද්‍යවරයෙක් අවශ්‍යයි
Is there a hospital nearby?
අසල රෝහලක් තිබේද?

Getting help with language

Do you speak English?
ඔයා ඉංග්රීසි කථා කරනවා ද?
I do not understand
මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ
I understand
මට තේරෙනවා
Please speak slowly
කරුණාකර සෙමින් කතා කරන්න
Please repeat that
කරුණාකර එය නැවත කරන්න
Please write it down
කරුණාකර එය ලියන්න
What does this mean?
මෙයින් අදහස් කරන්නේ කුමක්ද?
How do you say this?
ඔයා කොහොමද මේක කියන්නේ?
I am learning
මම ඉගෙන ගන්නවා
I speak a little
මම ටිකක් කතා කරනවා
Can you help me?
ඔබට මට උදව් කළ හැකිද?
I do not know
මම දන්නේ නැහැ

Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.

About Sinhala Language

Geographical Distribution

Sinhala is primarily spoken in Sri Lanka where it is one of the two official languages, alongside Tamil. It is the native language of the Sinhalese, the majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka.

Alphabet

Uses the Sinhala script, which is an abugida script, meaning each consonant has an inherent vowel that can be changed with the use of diacritical marks. The script consists of about 60 letters, including 18 for vowels and 42 for consonants.

Vowels

Sinhala vowels are represented both as independent letters when they occur at the beginning of a syllable and as diacritical marks when they modify consonants. Vowels include: අ, ඇ, ඈ, ඉ, ඊ, උ, ඌ, එ, ඒ, ඔ, ඕ.

Consonants

Consonants in Sinhala include: ක, ඛ, ග, ඝ, ඞ, ච, ඡ, ජ, ඣ, ඤ, ට, ඨ, ඩ, ඪ, ණ, ත, ථ, ද, ධ, න, ප, ඵ, බ, භ, ම, ය, ර, ල, ව, ශ, ෂ, ස, හ, ළ, ෆ.

Phonetics

Features a range of 25 consonant phonemes and 20 vowel phonemes (including length and nasalization variations). Sinhala is noted for its rich array of consonant sounds, particularly prenasalized consonants and several fricatives.

Grammar and Syntax

Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order is typical in Sinhala. The language is highly inflected for tense, aspect, voice, and politeness. Nouns are marked for number, case, and definiteness.

Loanwords

Includes many loanwords from Pali, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English, reflecting Sri Lanka's diverse historical and cultural influences.

Language Family

Part of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.

Writing Systems

Primarily uses the Sinhala script, which has evolved from the Brahmi script.

Writing System History

The Sinhala script has developed significantly over the centuries, influenced by other scripts such as Grantha, Pallava, and later the Brahmi script.

Total Number of Speakers

Approximately 18 million native speakers, making it the majority language of Sri Lanka.

About English Language

Geographical Distribution

English is a global language, spoken as a first language in countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is also widely used as a second language worldwide.

Alphabet

Uses the Latin alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Vowels

aeiousometimes y

Consonants

bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz

Phonetics

Features a complex phonetic system with significant variations in accent and pronunciation across different regions. Includes around 44 phonemes in Received Pronunciation and diphthongs and triphthongs.

Grammar and Syntax

Typically follows a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Known for its relatively flexible syntax and extensive use of auxiliary verbs.

Loanwords

English vocabulary includes a vast number of loanwords from Latin, French, Norse, and many other languages, reflecting its historical development and adaptability.

Language Family

Part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.

Writing Systems

Currently uses the Latin script, with a history of using other scripts such as Old English runes and the Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Writing System History

The Latin script was adopted during the medieval period, replacing the earlier runic alphabets used by Anglo-Saxon settlers.

Total Number of Speakers

Approximately 1.5 billion people speak English to varying degrees of proficiency, with around 360 million native speakers.

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