Asia
Sri Lanka
Tea hills, temples, beaches and elephants. Say āyubōvan, take the train through the hills, and enjoy!
- Local time
- 16:18
- Currency
- LKR
- Calling code
- +94
- Capital
- Colombo
- Languages spoken
- Sinhala, Tamil
Useful phrases
Sinhala සිංහල
- Hello ආයුබෝවන් aa-yu-bo-wan
- Goodbye ගිහින් එන්නම් gi-hin en-nam
- Please කරුණාකර ka-ru-naa-ka-ra
- Thank you ස්තූතියි stoo-ti-yi
- Yes ඔව් ow
- No නැහැ nae-hae
- Sorry සමාවෙන්න sa-maa-wen-na
- Excuse me සමාවෙන්න sa-maa-wen-na
- How are you? කොහොමද? ko-ho-ma-da
- I don't understand මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ ma-ta te-ren-ne nae-hae
- Do you speak English? ඔයා ඉංග්රීසි කතා කරනවද? o-yaa ing-ree-si ka-taa ka-ra-na-wa-da
- Help! උදව් කරන්න! u-daw ka-ran-na
Tamil தமிழ்
- Hello வணக்கம் va-NAK-kam
- Goodbye போய் வருகிறேன் poy va-ru-ki-REN
- Please தயவுசெய்து ta-ya-vu-sey-du
- Thank you நன்றி NAN-dri
- Yes ஆம் aam
- No இல்லை il-LAI
- Sorry மன்னிக்கவும் man-nik-ka-vum
- Excuse me மன்னிக்கவும் man-nik-ka-vum
- How are you? எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? ep-pa-di i-ruk-ki-REER-gal
- I don't understand எனக்குப் புரியவில்லை e-nak-ku pu-ri-ya-vil-lai
- Do you speak English? நீங்கள் ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவீர்களா? neen-gal aan-gi-lam pe-su-veer-ga-la
- Help! உதவி! u-da-vi
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