Sinhala/2.1

Alphabet/Step by step/Vowels 1 2.1 Vowels 1 We have already seen the Alphabet. But now We are going to learn how to pronounce and how to write Sinhalese letters, with examples. අ අ is the first letter of the Alphabet. it is basically pronounced as a in 'what'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. අම්මා (ammā) - Mother අට (aṭa) - Eight අවි (avi) - Weapons අලුත් (alut) - New අශ්වයා (aśvayā) - Horse අක්කා (akkā) - Elder sister අකුරු (akuru) - Letters of the alphabet/Fonts අඛණ්ඩ (akhaṇḍa) - Unbroken/Continuous අඟ (an̆ga) - Horn අඟහරුවාදා (an̆gaharuvādā) - Tuesday ආ ආ is the second letter of the alphabet. It's like a longer version of the first letter අ. ආ is pronounced as a in 'smart'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ආදරය (ādaraya) - love ආච්චි (ācci) - Grandmother ආගම (āgama) - religion ආකරය (ākaraya) - mine ආධාරය (ādhāraya) - help/support ආයෙත් (āyet) - again ආරම්භය (ārambhaya) - beginning/commencement/start ආරාධනාව (ārādhanāva) - invitation ආරවුල (āravula) - dispute/quarrel ආවරණය (āvaraṇaya) - shield/shelter/covering ඇ The third vowel in the alphabet. it sounds like a in cat. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඇඟිල්ල (an̆gilla) - finger ඇස (asa) - eye ඇටය (aṭaya) - bone or seed or nut ඇට්ටර (aṭṭara) - obstinate ඇඳ (an̆da) - bed ඇඬුම (an̆ḍuma) - cry ඇඳුම (an̆duma) - cloth/dress ඇප (apa) - bail ඇපල් (apal) - apple ඇඹුල් (am̆bul) - sour ඈ The forth vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like a in 'ash' or 'jam'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඈ - she ඈත (ǣtha) - far ඈනුම (ǣnuma) - yawn ඈන් (ǣn) - Ann ඉ The fifth vowel in the alphabet having the fine, sharp sound of i in 'his' or 'pin'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඉක්මන් - quick ඉක්කාව - hiccough ඉක්බිති - then/thereafter ඉඟුරු - ginger ඉගෙනීම - learning ඉගිලෙනවා - fly ඉටි - wax ඉතිහාසය - history ඉතින් - so/well/henceforth ඉබ්බා - Tortoise ඊ The sixth vowel in the alphabet. It is sounded like ee in 'feel'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඊතලය (ītalaya) - arrow ඊයම් (īyam) - lead ඊසාන (īsāna) - north east ඊයෙ (īye) - yesterday ඊළඟ (īḷan̆ga) - next උ The seventh vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like u in 'put. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. උක් - sugar cane උකුණා - Louse උකුල - hip/lap උගත් - educated උගන්වනවා - teach උගුල - trap/snare උච්ඡාරණය - pronunciation උඩ - above/over/on උඩඟු - arrogant උත්තරය - answer ඌ The eighth vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like u in 'rule'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඌ - it ඌරා - pig ඌන - deficient ඌර්ධව - high/above/upper/uppermost Vowels 2 >>