සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා
sadarayen piligannawa
The Sinhala phrase for "welcome" is සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා (sadarayen piligannawa).
This phrase is used as a formal or polite greeting when welcoming someone to a place, an event or a home.
Meaning: greeting given upon someone's arrival (intj)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of sadarayen, meaning affectionately or warmly and piligannawa, meaning to receive or accept.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb piligannawa is in its standard non-past or present form. To express the past tense (welcomed), you would use piligannawa with a past tense marker or change the verb to piligaththa.
How do you pronounce it?
sadarayen piligannawa
Did you know?
- Unlike English, where 'welcome' can be a response to 'thank you', Sinhala uses a completely different set of phrases for that purpose, as සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා is strictly for arrivals.
- While සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා is the standard greeting, you might see the word ආයුබෝවන් (Ayubowan) used more frequently. Although it literally means 'may you live long', it serves as the most common way to welcome and greet people in many contexts.
- The term සාදරයෙන් shares a linguistic root with the word for 'respect', meaning that a 'warm welcome' in Sinhala is fundamentally an act of showing honor.
Examples in context
- ඔබව සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා.obawa sādarayen piligannavā.We welcome you.
- අපේ නිවසට සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා.apē niwasata sādarayen piligannavā.Welcome to our home.
- ඔබේ පැමිණීම අපි සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා.obē pämiṇīma api sādarayen piligannavā.We welcome your arrival.
Example conversation
Nimalshi greets Kasun as he arrives at her house.
- නිමල්ෂි Nimalshiකසුන්, සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා!Kasun, sādarayen piḷigannavā!Kasun, welcome!
- කසුන් Kasunස්තූතියි නිමල්ෂි.stūtiyi Nimalshi.Thank you, Nimalshi.
- නිමල්ෂි Nimalshiඇතුළට එන්න.ætuḷaṭa enna.Please come inside.
- කසුන් Kasunහරි, ස්තූතියි.hari, stūtiyi.Okay, thank you.
