Ayubowan!
Today’s lesson is going to be about expressing the purpose of coming/going.
Let’s jump right in!
I am going to the store to get rice.
Mama haal ganna kadhe yanawaa.
මම හාල් ගන්න කඩේ යනවා.
There are two parts to this kind of statement. One is your purpose and the other
is your action of movement (coming/going/etc.). The action verb is in the tense
of your sentence (past/present/future), while the verb describing the purpose of
your action is in the -nna form (Ganna: To get)
In the example above, I put the purpose first and then the action. You can reverse
these two if you would like:
Mama kadhe yanawaa haal ganna.
මම කඩේ යනවා හාල් ගන්න.
Let’s look a few more examples:
I'm coming to your house to give this book to you.
Mama me poth oyaata dhenna oyaage gedara enawaa.
මම මේ පොත් ඔයාට ද්හෙන්න ඔයාගේ ගෙදර එනවා.
We went to the cinema to see the new movie.
Api aluth movii eka balanna sinema ekata giya.
අපි අලුත් මොවී එක බලන්න සිනෙම එකට ගිය.
That’s all for this lesson! Feel free to leave any comments, questions, or corrections
down below. I will have to pause my creation of lessons for a month, as university is
starting up again, so look forward to the next post on September 27th!
Thank you for reading!
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