Ayubowan!
Welcome to the last lesson of the year! Today will be a short lesson about
expressing things in a state of change. I think this is pretty relevant as we
approach the new year.
When trying to express these ideas, we must remember two things: the adjective
and the verb. In both the present and the past tense, the adjective is used without the
-yi sound at the end.
As for the verb, there is venawaa when talking about a change happening in the
present tense and and vuna in the past tense.
Let’s look at some example sentences.
Present Tense
Mama nidimatha venawaa.
මම නිධිමත වෙනවා.
I am becoming sleepy.
The adjective in this sentence is nidhimathayi, but we removed the -yi sound to
create nidimatha.
E gasa ousa venawaa.
ඒ ගස උසය වෙනවා.
That tree is becoming tall.
Past Tense
Mama iye asanipa vuna.
මම ඊයේ අසනීප වුණා.
I became sick yesterday.
Oya mata vadaa ousa vuna.
ඔය මට වඩා උසය වුණා.
You have become/gotten taller than me.
That’s all for this lesson! As always feel free to comment if you have any
questions or remarks. Thank you for reading and look forward to another post
on January 6th!
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