How to use demonstrative pronouns in Sinhala

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Sinhala

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Sinhala? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Sinhala lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Sinhala demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

Sinhala personal pronouns : I

A personal pronoun is what we call the English words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we' and 'they'. Just like English, Sinhala has a set of personal pronouns. The English word 'I' is a pronoun in the first person singular. The Sinhala word for 'I' is 'máma'.

Examples

mámat
me too
máma
I
máma da novē
me neither
saha máma ?
and me ?
máma novē
not me
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Sinhala belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Sinhala would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Sinhala

Learn to get by in Sinhala with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Sinhala greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

Vinōda vanna !
Have a nice time !
Sundara sati antayak vēvā !
Have a nice weekend !
Subha dinayak vēvā !
Have a nice day !
Sundara sandyāvak vēvā !
Have a nice evening !
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Subha sandyāvak!
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Step 6 : Sinhala demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns pota, and dora (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Sinhala demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Sinhala demonstrative pronouns with the nouns pota, and dora and the plural nouns pot, putu and doraval you can move on to Step 7 (Sinhala adjectives).

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