How to form the plural in Sinhala

How to form the plural in Sinhala

You want to learn how to use the plural in Sinhala? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Sinhala lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Sinhala.

Sinhala nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Sinhala is generally formed by adding '%1' to the end of the word.

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minisun
men
kāntā
women
pirimi lamayin
boys
gehenu lamayin
girls
pot
books
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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. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Sinhala, introduce yourself in Sinhala and even hold a conversation in Sinhala after you have met someone.

mē dora
this door
mema mēsaya
this table
mema daruvā
this child
mē pota
this book
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Step 5 : The plural in Sinhala

The plural is important in Sinhala when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns pota, and dora (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are pot, putu and doraval. Now learn how to use each of these Sinhala plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are pot, putu and doraval (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Sinhala plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of pota, and dora, you can move on to Step 6 (Sinhala demonstrative pronouns).

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