GRAMMAR FOR TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

1 Question formation or Interrogative Form
What?

yes.about what? (shortend from of:What is about?)
What's the problem you wish to discuss?
Whats your name and contact number?
How can i help you?
Whom do you want to speak to?
Whom shall I say is calling?
Where are you calling form?
Can you say it again
Can you calling again?
Can you call later?
Can i take a message?
Can you Please ask him to call me?
Is there any message?
There are 3 types of the interrogative forms are shown above:

1. The use of question words such as "what?" "how"
2. Question forms beginning with "Can...?"
3. Question forms beginning with "Is....?"

Principal Parts of Verbs

• RICE(PAYANWAA/NAGITINAWAA)                                  ROSE                       RISEN
• RUN (DUWANAWAA)                                                            RAN                          RUN
• SAVE(ITHIRIKARANAWAA/ARAKSHA KARANWAA)   SAVED                      SAVED
• SAY(KIYANAWAA)                                                                 SAID                        SAID
• SEE(DAKINAWAA/PENENAWAA)                                       SAW                        SEEN
• SEEK (SOYANAWA)                                                                SOUGHT             SOUGHT
• SELECT(THORAGANNAWAA)                                    SELECTED                 SELECTED
• SELL(WIKUNANAWAA)                                                    SOLD                              SOLD
• SEND(YAWANAWAA)                                                        SENT                               SENT
• SERVE(SEWAYAKARANWAA)                                        SERVED                          SERVED
• SHAKE( SOLAWANWAA)                                            SHOOK                                SHAKEN
• SHOOT(WEDI THABANWA/RUPA LABAGANNAWA)   SHOT                            SHOT
• SHOW (PENWANAWA)                                                          SHOWED             SHOWED
• SHIRINK (AKILENAWA)                                                           SHRANK               SHRUNK

SPOKEN ENGLISH

• Venerable sir    - garu suwamin wahansa -ගරු ස්වාමීන් වහන්ස
• Venerable sirs - garu swamin wahanselagen  -ගරු ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලාගෙන්
• Reverend Clergy  -Pujya pakshayen awasrai - පූජ‍ය්‍ය පක්ෂයෙන් අවසරයි
• Ladies and gentlemen  - nona waruni mahatwaruni-නෝනාවරුනි මහත්වරුනි
• Dear Teacher                 -guruthumani                   -ගුරුතුමනි
• Chief guests                  -Pradhaana amuthani   -ප්‍රධාන අමුත්තනි
• Invited guests                - aradhitha amuthani    -ආරධිත අමුත්තනි
• Dear madam                  -mathiniyani                -මෑතිනියනි
• Dear friends                   -mithrawaruni              -මිත්‍රවරුනි

Irregular Verbs

• Tell            Told            Told
• Think         Thought     Thought 
• Throw        Threw         Thrown
• Undestand  Understood  understood
• Wake           Woke          woken
• Wear            wore          worn
• Weep            wept          wept
• Win               won            won
• Get                got              gotten
• Dive               dived          dived

Sinhala Alphabet

Sinhala Alphabet with English Pronouns

Commands for Daily Use

• Stop - Nawathinna
• Give - Denna
• Come - Enna
• Eat     - Kanna
• Go      - Yanna
• See -  Balanna
• Take   - Ganna
• Don't  - Epa
• Drink - Bonna

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