This is Part 1 of the Audio Tutorial “Your Age in Sinhala”.
You’ll need to listen to the previous Audio Tutorials to fully understand what’s going on here.
In Part 1 we’ll look at:

Some new personal pronouns (plural “you”, “they”, formal “you”, and “we”)
Their possessives (plural “your”, “their”, formal “your”, and “our”)

(By the way, I’ve moved the sample dialogue and Q&A to Part 2 – I think it’s more effective that way).

 

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Key Sinhala Words and Phrases Used In This Session
Section 1: Some New Personal Pronouns
Words:



Indicator “la”
Converts most personal pronouns into its plural form


o∙yaa∙la
Informal & Pural “you” (“you all” or “y’all”)


é∙yaa∙la
“they”


o∙bȧ
Formal “you”


o∙bȧ∙la
Formal & Plural “you”


a∙pi
“we”



Phrases:



o∙yaa∙la   ko∙ho∙mȧ∙dhȧ?
“How (are) you(pl)?”


a∙pi   hoňdhin   in∙nȧ∙va
“We (are) fine”


é∙yaa∙la   shree  lan∙kaa∙vén
“They (are) from Sri Lanka”


o∙yaa∙la   os∙trḗ∙li∙yaa∙vén∙dhȧ?
“(Are) you(pl) from Australia?”


o∙bȧ   os∙trḗ∙li∙yaa∙vén∙dhȧ?
“(Are) you(fml) from Australia?”


o∙bȧ∙la   os∙trḗ∙li∙yaa∙vén∙dhȧ?
“(Are) you(fml;pl) from Australia?”



 
Section 2: The Possessives Of These New Personal Pronouns
Words:



o∙yaa∙la∙gé
Informal & Pural “your”


é∙yaa∙la∙gé
“their”


o∙bȧ∙gé
Formal “your”


o∙bȧ∙la∙gé
Formal & Plural “your”


a∙pḗ
“our”



Phrases:



a∙pḗ   ra∙tȧ   shree  lan∙kaa∙vȧ
“Our country (is) Sri Lanka”


o∙yaa∙la∙gé   ra∙tȧ   mo∙kak∙dhȧ?
“What (is) your(pl) country?”


o∙bȧ∙gé   ra∙tȧ   mo∙kak∙dhȧ?
“What (is) your(fml) country?”


o∙bȧ∙la∙gé   ra∙tȧ   mo∙kak∙dhȧ?
“What (is) your(fml;pl) country?”


é∙yaa∙la∙gé   ra∙tȧ   én∙gȧ∙lan∙thȧ∙yȧ
“Their country (is) England”



 
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