Hello everyone! I have been getting a little stuck on the vocabulary in relation to time,
so I made this list as a way of studying these words! Stay tuned for a lesson on June 7th.
Units of Time
Days of the week
Months of the Year
Years
Hello everyone! I have been getting a little stuck on the vocabulary in relation to time,
so I made this list as a way of studying these words! Stay tuned for a lesson on June 7th.
Units of Time
A second | Thathparayak | තත්පරයක් |
A Minute/Minutes | Miniththuvak/Miniththu | මිනිත්තුවක්/මිනිත්තු |
An Hour/ Hours | Pæyak/ Pæya | පැයක්/පැය |
Days of the week
Monday | Sandhudhaa | සඳුදා |
Tuesday | Angaharuwaadhaa | අඟහරුවාදා |
Wednesday | Badhaadhaa | බදාදා |
Thursday | Brahaspathindhaa | බ්රහස්පතින්දා |
Friday | Sikuraadhaa | සිකුරාදා |
Saturday | Senasuraadhaa | සෙනසුරාදා |
Sunday | Iridha | ඉරිදා |
Today | Adha | අද |
Yesterday | Iye | ඊයේ |
The day before | pereedhaa | පෙරේදා |
Tomorrow | Heta | හෙට |
The day after | Anidhdha | අනිද්දා |
Everyday | Hæmadamaa | හැමදමා |
Months of the Year
January | Janawaari | ජනවාරි |
February | Pebarawaari | පෙබරවාරි |
March | Marthu | මාර්තු |
April | April | අප්රිල් |
May | Mæyi | මැයි |
June | Juni | ජූනි |
July | Juli | ජුලි |
August | Agosthu | අගෝස්තු |
September | Sæpthæmbar | සැප්තැම්බර් |
October | Okthombar | ඔක්තෝම්බර් |
November | Novæmbar | නොවැම්බර් |
December | Desæmbar | දෙසැම්බර් |
Every month | sǣma maasayakama | සෑම මාසයකම |
Last month | giya maasayee | ගිය මාසයේ |
Next Month | labana māsayē | ලබන මාසයේ |
Years
A year/ Years | avuruddak/awurudu | අවුරුද්දක්/අවුරුදු |
Every year | sǣma vasarakama | සෑම වසරකම |
Last year | Giya avurudu | ගිය අවුරුදු |
Next year | Labana avurudu | ලබන අවුරුදු |
Ayubowan!
Today we will be learning how to describe the duration of an action. This is
somewhat of a grammar and vocabulary lesson, as we will be learning the names
for the different units of time.
The general formula for this concept is;
Large unit of time (year/month/day etc.), number, verb
The number will be changed into a different form. I am not quite sure why this
occurs, but using these numbers requires practice.
(I) studied at that school for two years.
E paasale avurudu dekak igenagaththaa.
ඒ පාසලේ අවුරුදු දෙකක් ඉගෙනගත්තා.
In three months, your package will arrive.
Maasa thunakin oyage pækejaya pæmine.
මාස තුනකින් ඔයාගේ පැකේජය පැමිණේ.
She won’t be at home for four weeks.
Æya sathi hatharak gedara ine næ.
ඇය සති හතරක් ගෙදර ඉනේ නැ.
I read this book in five days.
Mama me potha davas pakin kiyeuwa.
මම මේ පොත දවස් පහකින් කියෙව්වා
(I) slept for six hours.
Pæya hayak nidhagatha.
පැය හයක් නිදාගත්තා.
That’s all for this lesson! If you have any questions or comments, please leave
them down below. Stay tuned for the next lesson on May 24th at 12 AM PST.
Thank you for reading!
Ayubowan! I apologize for the long wait. I hope that you have been well and making use of the existing lessons on the blog! I wanted to anno...