With the precedence of the article series written by Alumni Thulansanan Viveganandarajah, it’s with great pleasure that I get to recontinue this series. Still, I would like to make a small change in the flow, which will be useful to both who are willing to learn Tamil and also for those who wish to learn Sinhala. So, the series will continue as,

  “Let’s learn Sinhala & Tamil”

Note that the below will be in the talkative language, which might help in spoken aspect of the language before we learn the written aspect.

Hence, we start up with some day to day greetings we use in our university.

Try these with your university mates of the other language.

It will be fun !

01)Good morning.

සුබ උදෑසනක්. (suba udesanak)

காலை வணக்கம்.  (kaalai vanakkam)

02) How are you?

සැප සනීප කොහොමද? (sepa saneepa kohomada?)

எப்பிடி இருக்கிறீர்கள்?( epidi irukreergal?)

04)Have you had your breakfast?

උදේ කෑම කෑවද? (udhe keama kewadha?)

காலை உணவு சாப்பிட்டு விட்டீர்களா ? (kaalai unavu saapittu vitteergala?)

04)Did you come for yesterday’s lecture?

ඔයා ඊයෙ lecture එකට ආවද? (oyaa eeye lecture ekata aawdha?)

நீங்கள் நேற்று lectureற்கு வந்தீர்களா?(neengal netru lecture irku vandheergala?)

05)Do you have the lecture note?

ඔයා ගාව lecture noteඑක තියනවද? (oyaa gaawa  lecture note eka thyanawadha)

உங்களிடம்  lecture note இருக்கின்றதா? (ungalidam lecture note irukindrathaa?)

06) I am also in your group.

මාත් ඔයාගේ  group එකෙමයි. ( maath oyage group ekemai)

நானும் உங்கள் group தான் (naanum ungal group thaan.)

Hope to meet in the next part with some more greetings that you can surprise your friend from the other language!

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