Sinhala Plural
Learning the Sinhala Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Sinhala.
Sinhala Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Sinhala Plural |
| Plural | bahūvacana - බහුවචන |
| my book | magē pota - මගේ පොත |
| my books | magē pot - මගේ පොත් |
| our daughter | apē dūva - අපේ දුව |
| our daughters | apē dūvalā - අපේ දුවලා |
| I'm cold | maṭa sītalayi - මට සීතලයි |
| we're cold | apiṭa sītalayi - අපිට සීතලයි |
| his chickens | ohūgē kūkūl̠ō - ඔහුගේ කුකුළෝ |
| their chicken | ovūngē kūkūl̠ā - ඔවුන්ගේ කුකුළා |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Sinhala has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Sinhanlese.
List of Plurals in Sinhala
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Sinhala placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Sinhala vocabulary.
| English Plural | Sinhala Plural |
| alligator | kim̆būlā - කිඹුලා |
| alligators | kim̆būllū - කිඹුල්ලු |
| bear | valahā - වලහා |
| bears | valassū - වලස්සු |
| bird | kūrūllā - කුරුල්ලා |
| birds | kūrūllō - කුරුල්ලෝ |
| bull | gonā - ගොනා |
| bulls | gonnū - ගොන්නු |
| cat | pūsā - පූසා |
| cats | pūsō - පූසෝ |
| cow | el̠adena - එළදෙන |
| cows | el̠adennū - එළදෙන්නු |
| deer | mūvā - මුවා |
| many deer | mūvō - මුවෝ |
| dog | ballā - බල්ලා |
| dogs | ballō - බල්ලෝ |
| donkey | būrūvā - බූරුවා |
| donkeys | būrūvō - බූරුවෝ |
| eagle | rājāliyā - රාජාලියා |
| eagles | rājāliyō - රාජාලියෝ |
| elephant | aliyā - අලියා |
| elephants | ali - අලි |
| giraffe | jirāf - ජිරාෆ් |
| giraffes | jirāflā - ජිරාෆ්ලා |
| goat | el̠ūvā - එළුවා |
| goats | el̠ūvō - එළුවෝ |
| horse | aśvayā - අශ්වයා |
| horses | aśvayō - අශ්වයෝ |
| lion | siṁhayā - සිංහයා |
| lions | siṁhayō - සිංහයෝ |
| monkey | van̆dūrā - වඳුරා |
| monkeys | van̆dūrō - වඳුරෝ |
| mouse | mīyā - මීයා |
| mice | mīyō - මීයෝ |
| rabbit | hāvā - හාවා |
| rabbits | hāvō - හාවෝ |
| snake | sarpayā - සර්පයා |
| snakes | sarpayō - සර්පයෝ |
| tiger | koṭiyā - කොටියා |
| tigers | koṭiyō - කොටියෝ |
| wolf | vakayā - වෘකයා |
| wolves | vakayō - වෘකයෝ |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Sinhala, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Sinhanlese Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Sinhala lessons here: Learn Sinhala. Don't forget to bookmark this page.