Language/Sinhala/Grammar/Plurals

Sinhala Grammar - Plurals

Welcome to the Sinhala Grammar lesson on Plurals! In this lesson, we will learn how to form plurals in Sinhala.

Overview

In Sinhala, plurals are formed by adding suffixes to the end of a word. The suffixes used depend on the type of word being pluralized. For example, nouns are pluralized with the suffix -න්, while verbs are pluralized with the suffix -ක්.

In this lesson, we will look at the different types of words and the suffixes used to form their plurals. We will also look at some examples of pluralized words.

Nouns

Nouns in Sinhala are pluralized with the suffix -න්. This suffix is added to the end of the word, and the vowel of the last syllable is changed to match the suffix.

For example, the word පුරුෂ (parusu) meaning "flower" becomes පුරුසන් (parusan) when pluralized.

Here are some more examples of nouns and their plural forms:

• මුල්ල (mulla) - මුල්ලන් (mullan)
• පැති (pethi) - පැතින් (pethin)
• පුරුෂ (parusu) - පුරුසන් (parusan)
• දෙමළ (demal) - දෙමළන් (demalan)

Verbs

Verbs in Sinhala are pluralized with the suffix -ක්. This suffix is added to the end of the verb, and the vowel of the last syllable is changed to match the suffix.

For example, the verb කියන්න (kiyanne) meaning "to say" becomes කියනක් (kiyank) when pluralized.

Here are some more examples of verbs and their plural forms:

• කියන්න (kiyanne) - කියනක් (kiyank)
• කරන්න (karanne) - කරනක් (karank)
• දැන්න (danne) - දැනක් (dank)
• කියව්ය (kiyawe) - කියවක් (kiyawk)

Adjectives

Adjectives in Sinhala are pluralized with the suffix -ක. This suffix is added to the end of the adjective, and the vowel of the last syllable is changed to match the suffix.

For example, the adjective පොඩි (podi) meaning "small" becomes පොඩික (podik) when pluralized.

Here are some more examples of adjectives and their plural forms:

• පොඩි (podi) - පොඩික (podik)
• පුරුදු (parudu) - පුරුදුක (paruduk)
• පැති (pethi) - පැතික (pethik)
• දෙමළ (demal) - දෙමළක (demalk)

Examples

Let's look at some examples of pluralized words in context:

• මෙම පුරුෂන් පැතික වේ. (Mema parusan pethik we.) - These flowers are small.
• මෙම පුරුසන් දෙමළක වේ. (Mema parusan demalk we.) - These flowers are beautiful.
• මෙම පැතින් පොඩික වේ. (Mema pethin podik we.) - These fruits are small.
• මෙම පැතින් දෙමළක වේ. (Mema pethin demalk we.) - These fruits are beautiful.

Conclusion

In this lesson, we learned how to form plurals in Sinhala. We looked at the different types of words and the suffixes used to form their plurals. We also looked at some examples of pluralized words in context.

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