Say it in SinhalaGuide to speaking Sinhalese; includes brief notes on the flora and fauna, history, and religion of Sri Lanka. |
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added animal Anuradhapura beautiful begin brother Buddha Buddhist called capital century close coconut Colombo colour comes consonant curries denote don't drink e-kak e-kǝ e-kə e-pā English words equivalent expressed female five flowers forms given half hour idea images important Indian indicates the vowel island Kandy ke-nek ki-ri ki-yə-də kind king known ko-ho-mə-də land language letter lion live lo-ku look ma-di ma-ge ma-tǝ male mē-kǝ means monks month mother mountain negative nō-na nouns numeral ō-në past peak person plural present pronouns refers rice rituals River Sacred sentence short si-yə Sinhala Sinhala word Sinhalese speak speakers Sri Lanka stands suffixes sugar Sunday temple things third Tooth train tree varieties verb vi-si vowel sound writing written yan-ne