Suggestions for Future Lessons

Hello Everyone!

Are there any grammar points that you would like to learn or any situational phrases you would like me to introduce? I would love to hear your suggestions for any future lessons, so feel free to leave a comment down below!

Weekly Discussion #2: Sri Lankan Food

Ayubowan!

The discussion for today is Sri Lankan food! Have you tried any Sri Lankan dishes?
If so, what are your favorites? If not, is there anything you want to try? My favorite
Sri Lankan dish to eat at home is chicken curry, especially if it's spicy. There are also
some dishes that I really like but can only get when I'm in Sri Lanka. If you are ever
in Sri Lanka, I would definitely recommend getting banana leaf rice and apple cake.
Also, I would really recommend trying Sri Lankan fast food. This may seem like a
strange recommendation, but Sri Lankans put a really nice spin on western food.
Dinemore is a really awesome sandwich shop that I believe is exclusive only to Sri Lanka
and the Maldives.

Anyways, I would really love to read about your experiences with Sri Lankan food!

-Judy

Weekly Discussion #1: Entertainment in Sinhala

Ayubowan!

I hope everyone is doing well! Today's discussion will be about immersion
material used to become more familiar with Sinhala. Unfortunately, I don't
immerse myself in Sinhala as much as I probably should, but I mainly watch
Youtube, so I try to find material there.

An easy way to find more Sinhala content on Youtube is by changing the
location setting on your Youtube channel to Sri Lanka. I got this idea from the
Youtube channel Matt vs. Japan. I really like doing this because it's a good way
 to understand how Sri Lankan people think.

 Do you guys like watching Sinhala teledramas or listening to Sinhala music.
I would love to know what kinds of things interest you. Maybe we can even help
 recommend things to each other, so feel free to leave comments on this post!

Thank you!
-Judy

Yet & Already (Part 2): Sinhala Grammar #29

Hello Everyone! 

Today will be the second part of the lesson talking about the concepts of

‘Yet’ and ‘Already’. I decided to put these two concepts together, because

they are opposites conceptually. I decided to use the same sample sentences

from last week just so that we can contrast the two concepts.

Let’s get into it with our first sample sentence:

I already ate.

Mama dhanathamath kǣvaa.

මම දැනටමත් කෑවා

As you can see, this is a fairly simple grammar structure which is kind of similar

to that of English. The word ‘dhanathamath’ is more on the formal side, but this

is still usable and understandable. The reason I chose to include this word instead

of the more informal structure was because the informal structure deals with some

new grammar topics I haven’t fully comprehended yet. When I feel like I can better

cover the informal version of this structure, I will probably edit this post and write an

update post to notify you that it is available to read.

To solidify this concept, let’s look at two more examples:

I already drank (my) tea.

Mama dhanathamath  the biuvaa.

මම දැනටමත් මගේ තේ

(Did you) already do (your) homework?

Gedara vaeda dhanathamath karada?

ගෙධර වැඩ දැනටමත් කරාද?

That’s all for this lesson! If you have any questions or comments, as always,

please let me know down below. 

I also wanted to let you guys know that the blog will be on a hiatus from

now until May 2nd. However, this is only a hiatus in terms of the posting of

grammar lessons. I want to get to know my readers a little better, so I will be

posting a question or two asking about your experiences with learning Sinhala and

Sri Lankan culture. I’ll post a new question every Monday at 12AM PST.

It would be really great to hear from you guys! 

Thank you for reading!