சுட்டுப்பெயர்கள் – වාක්යයක් [vākyayak] – Pronouns
Pronouns : a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).
We will start with the subject pronouns since it’s the most used of the 4 forms that you might come across or use very often. The table contains 4 columns (English, Sinhala, pronunciation in Tamil, Tamil). Make sure you repeat each word by reading the pronunciation. That should help with memorization as well as improving your pronunciation.
Subject Pronouns in Sinhala
| I | මම | மம [mama] | நான் |
| You | ඔබ/ ඔබට | ஒவ [oba] [obaṭa] | நீ |
| He | ඔහු | ஒகு [ohu] | அவன் |
| She | ඇය | அeய [æya] | அவள் |
| We | අපි | அபி [api] | நாம், நாங்கள் |
| You (plural) | ඔබලා/ඔයාලා | ஒபலா/ஒயாலா [obala] | நீங்கள் |
| They | ඔවුන් | ஓuண் [ovun] | அவர்கள் |
| I love you | මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි | மம ஒயாட ஆதரே [mama oyāṭa ādareyi ] | நான் உன்னை நேசிக்கிறேன் |
| She is beautiful | ඇය ලස්සනයි | அeய லஸ்ஸனை[æya lassanayi] | அவள் அழகானவள் |
| They are dancing | ඔවුන් නටනවා/ ඔවුන් නටමින් ඉන්නවා | ஓuண் நரணவா [ovun naṭanavā]/ ovun naṭamin innavā | அவர்கள் நடனமாடுகிறார்கள் |
| We are happy | අපි සතුටින් | அபி சதுதின் [api satuṭin [innavā]] | நாங்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறோம் |
Object Pronouns in Sinhala
| Me | මා | மா [mā] | என்னை |
| You are | ඔබ | ஒவ [oba] | உங்களை |
| Him | ඔහු | ஒகு [ohu] | அவனை |
| Her | ඇගේ | அஜே [ægē] | அவளை |
| Us | අපව/ අප | அபவ/ அப [apava/apa] | எங்களுக்கு |
| You (plural) | ඔබලා | ஒபலா [obalā] | |
| Them | ඔවුන් | ஓuண் [ovun] | அவர்களுக்கு |
| Can you call us? | ඔබට පුළුවන්ද අපට කතා කරන්න? | obaṭa puḷuvanda apaṭa katā karanna? | |
| Give me your phone number | මට ඔබේ දුරකථනඅංකය දෙන්න | மட ஒபே துறக்கத்தன அம்கயதென்ன [maṭa obē durakathana aṁkaya denna] | உங்களது தொலைபசி இலக்கத்தை தாருங்கள் |
| I can give you my email | මට ඔබට මගේ ඊමේල් ලිපිනය දෙන්න පුළුවන් | மட ஓவர மகே ஈமெயில் லிபினிய தென்ன புளுவன் [maṭa obaṭa magē īmēl lipinaya denna puḷuvan] | என்னால் எனது ஈமெயிலை உங்களுக்கு தர முடியும் |
| Tell him to call me | ඔහුට කියන්න මට කතා කරන්න කියලා | ohuṭa kiyannamaṭa katā karanna kiyalā |
Possessive Pronouns Sinhala
Now we will discuss the possessive pronoun also called possessive determiners which is very straightforward and self explanatory. You use it when you want to express that something belongs to you but usually it comes before a noun.
| My | මගේ | மகே [magē] | என்னுடைய |
| Your | ඔබගේ | ஒவகே [obagē] | உங்களுடைய |
| His | ඔහුගේ | ஒகுகே [ohugē] | அவனுடைய |
| Her | ඇයගේ | அஜகே [æyagē] | அவளுடைய |
| Our | අපේ | அபே [apē] | எங்களுடைய |
| Your (plural) | ඔබගේ | ஒபகே [obagē] | உங்களுடைய |
| Their | ඔවුන්ගේ | ஓவ்Nகே [ovungē] | அவர்களுடைய |
| His email is… | ඔහුගේ ඊමේල් ලිපිනය … | ஒகுகே ஈமெயில் லிபினிய.. [ohugē īmēl lipinaya …] | அவனுடைய ஈமெயில்… |
| My phone number is… | මගේ දුරකථන අංකය … | மகே துறக்கத்தனஅம்கெய [magē durakathana aṁkaya …] | என்னுடைய தொலைபேசி இலக்கம் |
| Our dream is tovisit Spain | අපේ සිහිනය ස්පාඤ්ඤය බලන්නට යාමයි | அபே சிகினெய ஸ்பாண்ணய வலனற்ற யாமாய் [apē sihinaya spāññaya balannaṭa yāmayi] | ஸ்பெயின் போவது எங்களுடைய கனவு |
| Their country is beautiful | මේ රට ලස්සනයි | மே றர லஸ்சணாய் [mē raṭa lassanayi] | அவர்களுடைய நாடு அழகானது |
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