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Learning the Sinhala Nouns 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 Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Sinhala.
Sinhala nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Sinhala Nouns |
|---|---|
| nouns | nāma pada - නාම පද |
| my car | magē mōṭar rathaya - මගේ මෝටර් රථය |
| green car | kol̠a pāṭa mōṭar rathaya - කොළ පාට මෝටර් රථය |
| three cars | mōṭar ratha tūna - මෝටර් රථ තුන |
| car garage | mōṭar ratha garājaya - මෝටර් රථ ගරාජය |
| outside the car | mōṭar rathayen piṭa - මෝටර් රථයෙන් පිට |
Notice the structure of the Nouns in Sinhala.
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Sinhala placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Sinhala vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Sinhala Nouns |
|---|---|
| arm | bāhūva - බාහුව |
| back | piṭa - පිට |
| cheeks | kammūl - කම්මුල් |
| chest | papūva - පපුව |
| chin | nikaṭa - නිකට |
| ear | kana - කන |
| elbow | vælamiṭa - වැලමිට |
| eye | æsa - ඇස |
| face | mūhūṇa - මුහුණ |
| finger | æn̆gilla - ඇඟිල්ල |
| fingers | æn̆gili - ඇඟිලි |
| foot | aḍiya - අඩිය |
| hair | koṇḍaya - කොණ්ඩය |
| hand | ata - අත |
| head | ol̠ūva - ඔළුව |
| heart | hadavata - හදවත |
| knee | daṇahisa - දණහිස |
| leg | kakūla - කකුල |
| lip | tola - තොල |
| mouth | kaṭa - කට |
| neck | bella - බෙල්ල |
| nose | nāsaya - නාසය |
| shoulder | urahisa - උරහිස |
| stomach | baḍa - බඩ |
| teeth | dat - දත් |
| thigh | kalavaya - කලවය |
| throat | ugūra - උගුර |
| thumb | mahapaṭa æn̆gilla - මහපට ඇඟිල්ල |
| toe | payē æn̆gilla - පයේ ඇඟිල්ල |
| tongue | diva - දිව |
| tooth | data - දත |
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