~Wala (Part 1)- Speaking about events that repeat: Sinhala Grammar #55

Ayubowan everyone!

Today’s lesson will be about talking about events that repeat. Let’s get started!

I go to the store on Wednesdays.

This sentence is talking about an event that occurs repeatedly. In this case, the event 

is going to the store. 

In Sinhala, this sentence would be:

Mama badaadaa wala kade yanawaa.

මම බදාදා වල කඩේ යනවා.

I go to the store on Wednesdays.

I would like you to pay attention to badaadaa wala/ බදාදා වල, as it is the main 

point of this lesson.

Wala (වල) is a preposition that roughly translates to “on”. You can only use it when 

talking about plural things. In this case, the plural thing it is attached to is

badaadaa/ බදාදා/Wednesdays. You can use wala for the physical position of objects too, but I will cover that in the next lesson.

You can also use wala to talk about the past:

In those days, I walked home with my sister.

E davas wala mama akkath gedarata æviddaa.

ඒ දවස් වල මම අක්කත් ගෙදරට ඇවිද්දා.

Let’s look at a final example:

Decembers here are really cold.

Methanata desaember vala harima sitalayi.

මෙතනට දෙසැම්බර් වල හරිම සීතලයි.

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

comment down below. Stay tuned for the next lesson on October 11th.

Thank you for reading!