In (location): Sinhala Grammar #56

Ayubowan!

Today we will be talking about describing the position of an object and continuing our discussion

of -wala from the last lesson.

I will start the lesson off with this table, as I think it will be a helpful way to learn this concept.

	Sinhala word	Foreign/Loan word
Singular	-e	-eka
Plural	-wala	-wala

Let’s practice this with the words Kaamaraya/කාමරය/Room and Car/කාර්

	Sinhala word	Foreign/Loan word
Singular	Kaamaraya/කාමරය  -> Kaamaraye/කාමරයේ	Car ekeyi/ කාර් එකට
Plural	Kaamaraya walata/කාමරය වලට	Car walata/ කාර් වලට

Now let’s use these words in a sentence to bring it all together:

My phone is in the room.

Mage phone eka kaamaraye thiyenawaa.

මගේ ෆෝන් එක කාමරයේ තියෙන.

The children sleep in the rooms.

ළමයි කාමර වලට නිධගනවා 

Lamayi kaamara walata nidhaganawaa.

There is a book in the car.

Pothak kar ekeyi thiyenawaa.

පොතක් කාර් එකෙයි තියෙනවා 

There are a lot of people in their cars.

Ada godak minisu car walata inawaa.

අද ගොඩක් මිනිසු කාර් වලට ඉනවා .

That’s all for this lesson! Stay tuned for the next lesson on November 1st.