Basic Sinhala Travel Phrases: Greetings

Spoken in: Sri Lanka.

Language known locally as: Singhalē, Helabasa, or Sinhala. 

Alphabet: Sinhala script (syllabic).

Traveling to Sri Lanka and don't know a word of Sinhala?

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I'm Roxy, a veteran solo traveler who has been on the road since 2008. Every time I visited a new country, I found I needed to know a certain set of phrases to win the smiles of the locals 😃 After a while I realised I had created a master list of travel phrases; and I knew that if I had these phrases translated before landing in my new destination, then I would leave there with more than just photos and memories, I’d leave knowing I’d connected with the people who made each place special. You see I learnt that you don’t need to be fluent in a language to make a big difference; sometimes, just a few simple phrases can turn a stranger into a friend.

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I began buying travel phrasebooks but soon realised they were full of unnecessary phrases which were simply added in to fill pages! All that meant was carrying around dead weight. 👎🏼 No thank you!

That's why I decided to create my own phrasebook!

What began as a personal project, evolved into a mission to help fellow travelers worldwide. With the help of native speakers I met along my way, I began translating my list of phrases into 114 languages. Why 114 you ask? There are over 7,000 languages worldwide, but I determined that all you would need is 114 languages to communicate in every single country. 😮

I have now published my translations in a book called Travel With Confidence The World Phrasebook; which is available to download or purchase from Amazon.

In the meantime, here are my basic Sinhala travel phrases, for free 🤑

Basic Sinhala Travel Phrases

Sinhala Greetings

English	Sinhala	Pronunciation
Hello	හෙලෝ / ආයුබෝවන්	heh-lo / aa-yoo-boh-vahn
Good morning	සුභ උදෑසනක්	soo-bhah oo-dae-sah-nak
Good afternoon	සුබ මධ්‍යාහනයක්	su-bah madhya hana-yak
Good evening	සුභ සැන්දෑවක්	soo-bhah sen-dae-vak
Goodnight	සුභ රාත්‍රියක්	soo-bhah raa-three-yak
Goodbye	ගිහින් එන්නම්	gih-hin en-nam
Have a nice day	සුභ දවසක් වේවා	soo-bhah dah-vah-sak vay-vah
How are you?	ඔයාට කොහොම ද?	oh-yah-ta koh-ho-mah dah?
I’m good, and you?	මම හොඳයි, ඔයාට?	mah-ma hon-dai, oh-yah-ta?
Please	කරුණාකර	kah-roo-nah-kah-rah
Thank you	ස්තුතියි	stoo-tee-yee
You’re welcome	ඔයාව සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා	oh-yah-wah sah-dar-i-yen pil-ee-gan-nawa
Enjoy your meal	ඔයාගේ අහාර වේල රසවිඳින්න	oh-yah-geh a-hara wela rasa we-din-nya
I love you	මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි	mah-mah oh-yah-ta aah-dah-ray-yee
What’s your name?	ඔයාගේ නම කුමක්ද?	oh-yah-geh nah-mah koo-mak-dah?
My name is ____	මගේ නම ____	mah-geh nah-mah ____
Nice to meet you	ඔයාව දැකලා සතුටුයි	oh-yah-vah deh-kah-lah sah-too-tee
Where are you from?	ඔයා කොහෙන්ද ආවේ?	oh-yah koh-hen-dah aah-veh?
I’m from ____	මම ____ ඉඳන් ආවා	mah-mah ____ ee-dahn aah-vah
I’m ____	මම ____	mah-mah ____
Cheers!	ජය!	jah-yah!

Now you've got all the Sinhala Greetings travel phrases nailed, search through my other blogs to find:

• Sinhala Travel Basics Travel Phrases

• Sinhala Food & Dining Travel Phrases

• Sinhala Days & Numbers Travel Phrases

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Stay safe and happy travels,

Roxy.