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Learning the Sinhala Articles is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Sinhala language. But first we need to know what the role of Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Sinhala.
Sinhala articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Sinhala Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | avya pada - අව්‍ය පද |
| the | N/A - N/A |
| a | N/A - N/A |
| one | ek - එක් |
| some | samahara - සමහර |
| few | ætæm - ඇතැම් |
| the book | pota - පොත |
| the books | pot - පොත් |
| a book | potak - පොතක් |
| one book | eka potak - එක පොතක් |
| some books | ætæm pot - ඇතැම් පොත් |
| few books | pot kīpayak - පොත් කීපයක් |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Sinhala.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Sinhala. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Sinhala vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Sinhala Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | āhāra - ආහාර |
| almonds | koṭṭambā - කොට්ටම්බා |
| bread | pān - පාන් |
| breakfast | udē kǣma - උදේ කෑම |
| butter | baṭar - බටර් |
| candy | sūkiri - සූකිරි |
| cheese | cīs - චීස් |
| chicken | kūkūl mas - කුකුල් මස් |
| cumin | sūdūrū - සූදුරු |
| dessert | atūrūpasa - අතුරුපස |
| dinner | rātrī kǣma - රාත්‍රී කෑම |
| fish | māl̠ū - මාළු |
| fruit | palatūrū - පලතුරු |
| ice cream | ayis krīm - අයිස් ක්‍රීම් |
| lamb | bæṭal̠ū mas - බැටළු මස් |
| lemon | leman - ලෙමන් |
| lunch | divā āhāraya - දිවා ආහාරය |
| meal | bhōjanaya - භෝජනය |
| meat | mas - මස් |
| oven | un̆dūna - උඳුන |
| pepper | gammiris - ගම්මිරිස් |
| plants | pæla - පැල |
| pork | ūrūmas - ඌරුමස් |
| salad | salādaya - සලාදය |
| salt | lūṇū - ලුණු |
| sandwich | sænḍvic - සැන්ඩ්විච් |
| sausage | sosējas - සොසේජස් |
| soup | sūp - සුප් |
| sugar | sīni - සීනි |
| supper | rǣ kǣma - රෑ කෑම |
| turkey | kal̠ūkūmmas - කළුකුම්මස් |
| apple | æpal - ඇපල් |
| banana | kesel - කෙසෙල් |
| oranges | doḍam - දොඩම් |
| peaches | pīc - පීච් |
| peanut | raṭakajū - රටකජු |
| pears | peyārs - පෙයාර්ස් |
| pineapple | annāsi - අන්නාසි |
| grapes | midi - මිදි |
| strawberries | sṭrōberi - ස්ට්‍රෝබෙරි |
| vegetables | el̠avalū - එළවලු |
| carrot | kæraṭ - කැරට් |
| corn | baḍa irin̆gū - බඩ ඉරිඟු |
| cucumber | pipiññā - පිපිඤ්ඤා |
| garlic | sūdūlūnū - සුදුලූනු |
| lettuce | salāda kol̠a - සලාද කොළ |
| olives | oliv - ඔලිව් |
| onions | ratū lūnū - රතු ලූනු |
| peppers | gammiris - ගම්මිරිස් |
| potatoes | ala - අල |
| pumpkin | vaṭṭakkā - වට්ටක්කා |
| beans | bōṁci - බෝංචි |
| tomatoes | takkāli - තක්කාලි |
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