LETTERS-2) SRI13

29th June, 1989

K.MATSUI , ID : MHA02645

TITLE : SRI LANKA 13

SPEAK OUT IN SINHALA (CONTINUATION OF SRI LANKA 12)

INTERROGATIVES (CONTINUATION OF SRI LANKA 12)

(ENGLESHI) (SINHALA)

which : koy

which room? : koy ka-ma-re da?(stress on ka)

which road? : koy pa-ra da? (stress on pa)

which train? : koy koch-chi-ya da?

which : mo-na

which key? : mo-na ya-tu-ra da?

which bus? : mo-na bas e-ka da?

who (human being) : kau-da

who is that one? : a-ra-ya kau-da?

who are you? : o-ya kau-da?

who is going? : kau-da yan-ne?

whoes : ka-ge-da

whoes is this one? : me-ka ka-ge-da?

whose bag is this? : me bag-e-ka ka-ge-da?

whose key is this? : me ya-tu-ra ka-ge-da?

why : ey

why is taht?(=what's the reason of : ey e?

that?)

why are you going? : ey yan-ne?

why are you looking? : ey ba-lan-ne?

why : mo-ka-da

why is this? : mo-ka-da me?

why are you going? : mo-ka-da yan-ne?

why are you looking? : mo-ka-da ba-lan-ne?

(EXPRESSIONS)

Speak out in Sinhal !! : Sinhala karakaranne !!

Girls in Sri Lanka are very : Lanka-we Nangi-la hari lassanai !!

beautiful !!

Lanka-we=in Sri Lanka

Nangi-la=girls

Note:

Exact meaning of nangi is sister.

girl=ke-la-ku

hari=very

lassanai=beautiful