| 18th June, 1989 | ||||||||
| K.MATSUI , ID : MHA02645 | ||||||||
| TITLE : SRI LANKA 6 | ||||||||
| SPEAK OUT IN SINHALA (CONTINUATION OF SRI LANKA 4) | ||||||||
| INTERROGATIVES (CONTINUATION OF SRI LANKA 4) | ||||||||
| (ENGLESHI) (SINHALA) | ||||||||
| how many (quantity) : ki-yad-da (stress on ki) | ||||||||
| How many do you need? : ki-yad-da o-ne? | ||||||||
| o-ne = want | ||||||||
| How many tickets? : ti-kat ki-yad-da? | ||||||||
| How many rooms? : ka-ma-re ki-yad-da? | ||||||||
| ka-ma-re = room | ||||||||
| what (singular) : mo-kad-da | ||||||||
| What is this? : me-ka mo-kad-da? | ||||||||
| me-ka = this | ||||||||
| What is your name? : oya-ge na-ma mo-kad-da? | ||||||||
| oya = you | ||||||||
| oya-ge = your | ||||||||
| ma-ma = name | ||||||||
| What did you say? : mo-kad-da ki-wa? (stress on ki) | ||||||||
| ki-wa = said (past tense) | ||||||||
| kiyanne = say (present tense) | ||||||||
| what (plural) : mo-na-wa-da | ||||||||
| What are these? : me-wa mo-na-wa-da? (stress on me) | ||||||||
| me-wa = these | ||||||||
| What do you want? : mo-na-wa-da o-ne? | ||||||||
| o-ne = want | ||||||||
| What will you drink? : mo-na-wa-da bon-ne? | ||||||||
| bon-na = drink | ||||||||
| when (time of day) : ki-ya-ta-da (stress on ki) | ||||||||
| When(What time) is tea (time)? : te ki-ya-ta-da?(stress on te & ki) | ||||||||
| When(What time) is the bus : bas e-ka ki-ya-ta-da? | ||||||||
| (comming)? | ||||||||
| When(What time) are you going? : ki-ya-ta-da yan-ne? | ||||||||
| yanna = go | ||||||||
| when (day of week,month) : ka-wad-da | ||||||||
| When are you going? : ka-wad-da yan-ne? | ||||||||
| Note: | ||||||||
| Difference between "ki-ya-ta-da yan-ne?" and "ka-wad-da yan-ne?" is | ||||||||
| simply differense of range of time which they are asking. | ||||||||
| I couldn't understand the difference of the above for a long time. | ||||||||
| When did you come? : ka-wad-da a-we? | ||||||||
| enna = come (present tense) | ||||||||
| a-wa = came (past tense) | ||||||||
| When is Perahera? : ka-wad-da pe-ra-he-ra? | ||||||||
| Note: | ||||||||
| What is Perahera? | ||||||||
| It's a kind of religious festival based on Buddhism which is carried out | ||||||||
| in Kandy,central part of the island. | ||||||||
| It's held in August for around 10 days and lasts to the day of the full | ||||||||
| moon day in August every year. | ||||||||
| It's fantastic , numbers of decorated and illuminated elephants are | ||||||||
| walking around Kandy city centre , carrying that world famous Buddha | ||||||||
| tooth, and that world famous Kandian Dancers are also dancing and | ||||||||
| walking around the city together with the Sri Lankan traditional | ||||||||
| musical instrument groupe including drums banging some strange, | ||||||||
| fantastic, exotic, noisy and strong music, which consist strong and | ||||||||
| tough men groupe and beautiful and exotic women groupe, dancing and | ||||||||
| walking around in a long queue. | ||||||||
| It's one of the most important and sacred festival for Buddist in Sri | ||||||||
| Lanka. | ||||||||
| Sri Lankan Language continues. | ||||||||
| /E | ||||||||