Sunday, March 14, 2010

When people are introduced, they used say as follows:

How do you do.
Hello.
Hi.

Glad / Happy /Pleased to meet you.

I am so Glad /happy /pleased to meet you.

it is lovely to meet you.

it is so nice to meet you.

IDIOMS

The importance of English Idioms

English Idioms cotribute a great deal to the richness of your vacabulary.
Each idiom should be added to your vacabulary as a new word.



1. Blow hot and cold (about something) ( Eng: Meaning:- Keep changing one's opinion (about s/th)

(Sinhala meaning:- yamak pilibada keneku darana mathaya hema vitama bida helanawa)



2. Like a fish out of water ( Eng: Meaning:- A person who feels uncomfortable or awkwart because he/she is in a strange surrunding)
(Sinhal meaning:-diyen goda demu maluweku wage..... ( apahasu thawayakin sitima))



3."Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth" ----------(Eng: Meaning :-A person Who Rich in born) [ Sinhala Meaning :-upathinma danawath kenek]



4. "Play a deep game"-------[sinhala meaning :- wanchasahagatha lesa katauthu karanawa.].


5. "When the cat is away, the mice will play"[Lula nethi walata kanaya pandithaya].



Wednesday, March 10, 2010

INTRODUCTION

Common ways of introducing strangers to each other are :

This is my friend. (mey mage yahaluwek).

This is one of my friends.(mey mage yahaluwan athari ekkene.)

Like that you can add somebody as below,

This is + somebody


Somebody are ;
my mother.
my sister.
my brother.

like that................................

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Beautiful Sayings in the world


you can collect beautiful sayings day by day from this web site.[NEW sayings are here,,,,],



1. "The most beautiful thing in this world is the smile that struggles through the tears."
(mey lowa sundarathama deya wenne kadulu atharin ena sinahawai)

2."Beauty fades with time, but good qulities last forever"

3. "Cry for the moon" (nolebena deyak , lebena thuru balagena sitima).

4."Greadness is not achieved by never falling, but rising every time we fall"(sestathwaya laga karagatha hekke, kisida noveti citimen nowa wetena hemavita negita sitimeni)

5." A friend in need, is a friend"(awassayyathawayedi enna mithura sebhe mithureki).

6."No pains, no gains" (wedanawakin thora sathutak labagatha neheka)

7."Example is better than precept"( Awawadayata wadaa aadarshaya uthum we).

LET THERE BE...................

Let there be...............( uda wewa...!).

Let there be unity !.
Let there be prosperty!.
Let there be peace!.
Let ther be peaceful co-existance!.

Diffcult words

PROPEROUS (samurdhimath).
peace (samaya).
co-existance (saha jeewanaya).
Tears (kadulu).
Struggles (pena naginawa / mathuwenawa).
Through(atharin/ thulin).
pus (serawa)
litter (petau gahanawa)

I Wish you...........

I Wish you a speedly recovery.(mama obata ekman suwaya parthana karanawa).

so like that , you can say as below;


I Wish you a + 1 or 2 or 3

1. bright future.
2. happy wedded life.
3. properous new year.