New Lesson on 07/01/21

 Hello everyone! I won't be able to post on Monday, June 28th as announced, but the new lesson

 will be posted on July 1st at 12AM PST. I'm sorry for the delay and thank you for your patience

Only~: Sinhala Grammar #51

 Ayubowan!

Today I will be exploring the idea of “only” in Sinhala. Let’s jump right in!

He only eats bread.

Eyaa pang vitharayi kanawaa.

එයා පාන් විතරයි කනවා.

The word here to note is “vitharayi” which almost directly translates to “only” in English. 

Since Sinhala word order is a little more flexible than English, you could put “vitharayi” 

at the end of the sentence, but I prefer to put it after the noun.

 

She only speaks English.

Eyaa engrishi vitharayi kathakaranawa.

ඇය ඉංග්‍රීසි විතරයි කතා කරනවා. 

Only I am at home.

Mama vitharayi gedarata inawaa.

මම විතරයි ගෙදරට ඉනවා. 

That’s all for this lesson! Stay tuned for the next one on June 28th!

Feel  free to leave any questions or comments down below if you have them :)

Present Perfect Continuous Verbs: Sinhala Grammar #50

Ayubowan! Today’s lesson will be about expressing an action that occurred in the past and continues to the present moment. Let’s take a look at how we form this 

verb tense.

Stem of the present tense:

Bonawaa

Add -gaena hitiya

Bonagaena hitiya

Let’s look at a few example sentences.

I have been looking for you.

Mama oyata balaagæna hitiya.

මම ඔයාට බලාගැන හිටිය.

We have been running *for  two hours.

Pæya dekakin sadahaa api duvanagæna hitiya.

පැය දෙකක් සදහා, අපි දුවනගැන හිටිය.

We have been talking a lot.

Api godak kathaakaranagæna hitiya.

අපි ගොඩක් කතාකරනගැන හිටිය.

That’s all for this lesson! If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to 

leave them down below. Stay tuned for the next lesson on June 14th! 

Thanks for reading!