My parents are Sinhalese, and I could understand basic words and phrases, but I always was never interested in properly learning Sinhala until I decided I should learn it since the culture needs to stay alive, I like your videos, they're short and easy to follow please continue
Yours beggar country, You have to speak English at home, because your Singala language id multi crossbreed language when I heard in you tube, it your language sounds is 🐸🐸..
Native English speaker, and I have to say this technique, the way you have arranged everything, and made it all so accessible, deserves a round of applause. Thank you.
That's great! Make me very happy to know I'm helping 2nd and 3rd generation Sri Lankans to learn the language. Thanks for the comment and talk to you again sometime.
Can I just say bless your soul. For the past 3-4 years now I've been trying to find a way to learn this language, my mother refuses to teach me for fear of distraction from the other languages I need to learn for academics, and I only visit my homeland once every year and not for a very long time. When visiting, people just speak to me in English. Now, for the first time ever, will I be able to stand a chance at learning this "properly" and from a Lankan^^ I'm Lankan too I suppose, but I was born in another country, and under a different citizenship, but I'll always consider Lanka home^^ I hope you realise how much of a lifesaver and how grateful many Lankans born abroad must be to be able to re-connect with this beautiful tongue. Thank you!
Hi, and thanks for such an awesome comment! I can understand your mom's concern but whatever material I have put out so far has been quite basic so I don't think it should distract you too much from the other languages you're learning. Hey, about you being being "Lankan" or not, purely from the words you've used I can see that you're very affectionate towards Sri Lanka, so as far as I'm concerned, you are "Lankan" :). Thanks again for the comment and hopefully see you soon on my blog, in case you haven't been there yet.
Thank you for this my son is half Sri Lankan and his father is not in the picture so I have been trying to teach my son about his culture and the language I really hope you continue to make these tutorials
I am Indian but I am learning sinhala to talk with my srilanka friends ,one of my friend surprised when I asked her ,'oyaa kohomadha'? Thank you dilshan sir
You did an amazing job! I'm an Arab and I have two Srilankan maids in my house, absolutely they'll be happy when they know that I learned some words Sinhala... I appreciate your good work, Thanks as a big as the sky :)
I‘m a Sri-Lankan but learned Sinhala 5 years ago and now I’m very fluent in it.Btw your explanation is really good,well done keep up your good work! It would be great if you could do a pronouncing vid of the our alphabet.
I am Japanese. Among not even quite learn tool but want to learn Sinhala, I found your videos. It is very easy to understand. But video NO.1 ~ 8 and NO.21 only not found. I want to see more. I want to continue more to your video.
Ayubowan Mr Dilshan! Thank you so much for your excellent introduction to Sinhala. Mr Dilshan I very much admire your technique in teaching and your voice. Please be kind enough to create more materials for people like us to master the language. Thank you again.
I'm a second-generation Sinhalese Sri Lankan and I fluently understand most of the language, but I never learned how to speak it properly! Thank you for making such a digestible video! I'm so happy that I can try and connect back to my culture
My first dip into the language with your first video tutorial, prior to a trip to Sri Lanka in August. Your approach is brilliant - the visuals combined with the sounds so easy to follow, and this combined with your gentle encouragement. Thank you! I'll move on to lesson two tomorrow!
I'm from Kerala, India. I speak malayalam and I always listen to sinhala songs and watches sinhala movies. So, I fell in love with this language. Now I started learning sinhala. Thank you😍🥰.
Great to have you, Sooraj. Thanks for the comment. My grandfather knew Malayalam. Here's something to help your Sinhala further. All the best. www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse/
Thank You so much. I have a problem where I can fully understand conversational Sinhala but I am unable to speak it. Your videos are going to help me so much :)
I was born in Sri Lanka and but moving to america at a young age so i grew up around mostly english. i could always understand what my parents were saying but never really learned how to speak mostly so this is really good help for me to learn it thank you
This is really the smart way to teach a language. Using useful things like pronouns in the same lesson as you teach basic greetings. I was instantly impressed.
My wife is actually sinhalese and she taught me say undai, after kohomadha. She also didnt tell me about eyaa and oyaa so this video is very helpful. The way you have formatted the tutorial is pure simplicity.... A big thumbs up!
Good Tutorial Dilshan!! I am Indian and I have few friends in SL, they speak Hindi Language, so I also wanted them to surprise them in sinhala, the tutorial are fun to learn, easy and step guide is good enough to remember.. Istuti :)
Thank Mayank, I appreciate the detailed feedback. If you want to continue surprising your friends, feel free to drop by my blog and download the free phrasebook. Take care buddy, thanks again.
Mr Dilshan your a complete legend with these videos. I am recently living in Sri Lanka and realise how happy everyone here is when you try to speak their language. Keep up the good work. Best Hugh
Thanks Hugh! I've been called a lot of things in my lifetime but "Legend" probably might be a first, haha... Made my day! You may have seen the link to my blog, where you'll find more material in case you're interested. Do visit there and I look forward to chatting to you there about your experiences living in Sri Lanka. Thanks again for the comment! Sincerely, the Legend.:)
Nice video. I'm Marathi & I'm always interested in languages & scripts. You should add Sinhala letters or spellings to help with pronunciations for those who are familiar with the script & may be also teach those who aren't familiar. Native script for the native language is the best way to learn proper pronunciations in my opinion coz Roman can get confusing for some.
Thanks Nikhilesh, that's good feedback. I do have some content packages on my site that focus on script: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com. Thanks again for the suggestion.
Crybaby in The Neighbourhood since 1975 You're very welcome. Love your username too btw. Have you got my free Sinhala Phrasebook already? lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook
Ive been learning alot of stuff abt indian languages but many linguists say sinhalese is very important for history of Indian languages. It escaped the dominance of sanskrit and retains some words in spoken version that may be older than 6-7000 yrs.
Excellent teaching. Also native english speaker; I have studied many languages for decades, and I just started Sinhala today. I have found my first teacher in Mr. Dilshan Jayasinha! Thank you for using teaching methods that really work.
Always happy to hear the adjective "excellent" mentioned in a comment :) Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Feel free to send me an email once you drop by the site. Would be happy to get updates on your progress and see how I could further speed it up.
That's awesome, thanks for sharing, Emma. Make sure you try out my brand new free email course too: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/free-sinhala-online-course/
As I think Sinhala is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn. Luckily I am a Sinhalese myself. :) I find it hard even teach some one. But I can see you doing it well. Thumbs up...!
Thanks Yugeesha, always love it when I hear from a fellow Sinhala speaker, especially something so complimentary. Could I ask you to please share it with just 1 other person who might find this useful? (See, I'm not being greedy - only 1 person) :)
Thanks, the American TH-camrs who do videos don't really know exactly what the different letters and sounds are and don't really know how to write their mother tongue, bless them, but you go into detail
Dilshan Jayasinha you are doing great job. I am Indian Buddhist I like to learn Sinhala from you. Please join us to teach sinhala. Follow this link to join my WhatsApp group: chat.whatsapp.com/9T3nPho1pZfAskw1b5II7O
You are a life saver, I learn German on duolingo, but I want to talk to my Sri Lankan grandma in her native tongue, duolingo doesn’t have that tho so thank you so much
You are God sent to me tooooo. I thought that I will never learn Sinhala but this video made it so easy and you really explain it so well. I will pray for you for sure to thank The Lord for you in my life. I am married to a Sri Lankan for 14years and thought that I will never speak or learn but I went to you tube and walaaaaa I found this video and you.... Love you dear
Hello Margaret, you're very welcome. Thank you for the generous compliments, much appreciated. I'm happy that you find the videos useful. In case you haven't done yet, you might be interested to know that there's more stuff at my blog (link is in the description box above). Thanks again for your kind words and hope to hear from you again soon.
Wow. So much of difference between Sinhalese, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Tulu, and the best part is, any Sanskrit knowing person would easily be able to understand and communicate in any of the above :D!!
Thank you, this is perfect! I'm planning a trip to Sri Lanka, and would like to learn some basic language - your lessons are really efficient. I'm French, but it's very easy to understand.
Wow I love these tutorials I wish I found these sooner! I thought I'd never learn Sinhala I've already learnt more in your first tutorial than I have from other you tube videos or my mum who is Singhalese Thank you :)
Hi Emma! That's awesome to hear, thanks so much. Hopefully, see you soon on my blog (click on the link in the description) where there's more Sinhala learning material. All the best and thanks again for the comment.
I saw many videos of how to speak 'Korean', 'Japanese', etc. I'm actually glad that SOMEONE cared about teaching Sinhala! Awesome work! Or shall I say, Supiri wedak! Sri Lankan apita Adambarai! :D
Hi Dilshan, thank you so much for the lesson. It is clear that you have a clear understanding of cultural English Language and also Sinhala Language. I will continue with your lessons, but wonder if I could pay for Zoom 1:1 lessons? I have in the last month managed to connect with my biological family (I was adopted) and need a crash course in Sinhala, to speak to my brother who is now a Buddhist Monk.
Hi Slim, first of all, I'm very happy to hear that you connected with your biological family. That's excellent. About the inquiry you made, could you please send me your email address as it'll be easier to speak that way? I've requested it from your TH-cam channel's about page but haven't received anything as yet. Once again, congrats on finding your family. Thanks also for the kind words about the lesson and my approach.
Hello Dilshan, I'm flying to Sri Lanka in a few hours and watching your video to learn a few Sinhala words. Time to impress my Srilankan friend tomorrow morning. ;) Thanks for the video :)
You are BRILLIANT! This video was PERFECT with the audio, speed, visuals, review, practice conversations, and questions! I wish I had a resource like your videos with every language I've tried to learn. Thank you for making this available! Phenomenal work!
Just came across your videos. These are very helpful! My husbands sri lankan and ive been there 2 times already. I would loove to learn how to speak sinhala. Ive downloaded your book although it looks abit overwhelming its full of greaT info. Keep making these videos
Thanks Andreea! May I ask why you're want to learn Sinhala? You can email me if you don't want the whole world to know :) You'll find the address on my website. Thanks again for the comment.
I am trying to learn how to speak Sinhala for this man Hasitha who I am really likes and is trying too impression. It is very frustration and hard language to learn such as Hindu
I usually don't comment on youtube videos, but this is just so well made i had to express my appreciation for your way of teaching. thank you a lot for this free key to a foreign language.
Thanks Jules, that's very cool of you to comment. I appreciate the kind words. Hopefully I'll see you on the blog sometime soon. Take care and thanks again.
I’m from Australia and was born and raised there but my parents are sinhalese. I am suffering from ASD (Autism Spectrum disorder) which caused me to have speech problems to the point where I couldn’t even say a word until I was 4 years and 4 months old where I said my first word in SINHALESE on my mum’s birthday. Seriously that actually happened and that first was “amma”. I basically gave her the best gift she’s ever gotten. The problem is that I was being raised in Australia so I’ve been focusing on English far more than I’ve been focusing on sinhalese. It got to the point where I became so fluent on English but struggled so much in sinhalese. What makes it even harder is that my mum is really bad at speaking English (thankfully my dad isn’t) so she often speaks to me in sinhalese and mix them with a bit of english to make sure I understand. What’s even more painful is when I try to talk to my cousins and my other family members in Sinhalese (and yes I’ve been to Sri lanka 7 times and need to prepare myself for the 8th trip to Sri lanka) and a lot of them don’t even know English very well so when I have no words to say what I wanted to say I either get my dad or one of my cousin who knows English to translate it or try to say it in the simplest form of English. Although I did motivate one of my cousins to study English and now he’s pretty fluent on this language compared to my other family members. During my childhood I’ve was in a sinhalese class for about 5? Maybe more but I’m not sure but for 5 years and I barely learned anything. Hopefully this channel will help me a lot with sinhalese so I can talk to my family members properly and communicate with my mum better. Thank you Dilshan for giving me a little bit of hope.
What's my name? I loved reading that, thanks for sharing. Do me a huge favor and let's continue this chat on email (sign up here and you'll get an email from me: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook) as I'd be very interested to know more about your journey and how I could help you further.
Hi Dilshan, you are a marvelous person - excellent voice, accent and presentation beside the excellent organisation of facts of teaching. It sensed to me as I'm also a language (German) instructor.
You make it so easy to learn! I love your videos! It really helped going to Sri Lanka a couple of years ago. We are going to travel to SL again soon so I watch your vids as a nice brush up on my Sinhala! :)
Lovely video, trying to learn sinhala from long time could never find something like this. Thankx for putting this up :) hopefully if u continue to put these videos up i ll be able to pick up the language easily:).
Hi Dilshan,I have never seen anyone make learning a language look this easy.I had been to srilanka a couple of weeks ago and all I did was watch your video 3 to 4 times.You would not believe the number of friends I made.Well knowing tamil helped too.But your classes were just fantastic.So,I was wondering .Is there anyway you could conduct online classes for people like me?
Hi again, Harikishan. Thanks for the kind words, happy that it helped you. I just responded to your question about online classes in another comment you left. As I said, you'll find a lot of material on my website. All the best and thanks again for the encouraging feedback.
My parents are Sinhalese, and I could understand basic words and phrases, but I always was never interested in properly learning Sinhala until I decided I should learn it since the culture needs to stay alive, I like your videos, they're short and easy to follow please continue
same!
kinda same my dad is my mum is english
my parents chose not to give it to me im so jealous
Yours beggar country,
You have to speak English at home, because your Singala language id multi crossbreed language when I heard in you tube, it your language sounds is 🐸🐸..
Where do you live frnd?
Native English speaker, and I have to say this technique, the way you have arranged everything, and made it all so accessible, deserves a round of applause. Thank you.
+Jason J Yay! I love rounds of applause! :) Thanks buddy, I appreciate the great feedback.
Its similar to Pali language india which is not spoken now but I understand becuz of sanskrit
Yeah they're much pretty similar @@anandmishra4860
That's great! Make me very happy to know I'm helping 2nd and 3rd generation Sri Lankans to learn the language. Thanks for the comment and talk to you again sometime.
Please correct this video :)
"Oya kohomada" is wrong ❌
How are you = Oyata kohomada ✅ ( ඔයාට කොහොමද )
Very hodai.
Can I just say bless your soul. For the past 3-4 years now I've been trying to find a way to learn this language, my mother refuses to teach me for fear of distraction from the other languages I need to learn for academics, and I only visit my homeland once every year and not for a very long time. When visiting, people just speak to me in English. Now, for the first time ever, will I be able to stand a chance at learning this "properly" and from a Lankan^^ I'm Lankan too I suppose, but I was born in another country, and under a different citizenship, but I'll always consider Lanka home^^ I hope you realise how much of a lifesaver and how grateful many Lankans born abroad must be to be able to re-connect with this beautiful tongue. Thank you!
Hi, and thanks for such an awesome comment! I can understand your mom's concern but whatever material I have put out so far has been quite basic so I don't think it should distract you too much from the other languages you're learning. Hey, about you being being "Lankan" or not, purely from the words you've used I can see that you're very affectionate towards Sri Lanka, so as far as I'm concerned, you are "Lankan" :). Thanks again for the comment and hopefully see you soon on my blog, in case you haven't been there yet.
I am from Maharashtra State ( India)
I want to visit Sirilanka in future, so I am learning Sinhala. Your teaching is very nice
This is fantastic. Such a great and helpful tutorial. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome. Glad you like it, Nicolle. See you around my blog.
Thank you for this my son is half Sri Lankan and his father is not in the picture so I have been trying to teach my son about his culture and the language I really hope you continue to make these tutorials
+Jamie Garcia Thank you!
Jamie Garcia hi
I am Indian but I am learning sinhala to talk with my srilanka friends ,one of my friend surprised when I asked her ,'oyaa kohomadha'? Thank you dilshan sir
Akash Savangade Thanks, glad to hear that.
It's " oyata kohomada"( short a sound), not ' oya kohomada'
Thanks for making this so easy! I'm going to watch all your videos now as I would like to learn Sinhala while on lockdown!!
Janet Newenham That’s awesome, Janet. Let me know (by email) if you have any questions on what you’re seeing.
You did an amazing job! I'm an Arab and I have two Srilankan maids in my house, absolutely they'll be happy when they know that I learned some words Sinhala... I appreciate your good work, Thanks as a big as the sky :)
Thank you thank you thank you! I really needed to learn sinhala and this tutorial makes it so much easier! Please keep adding more!
I‘m a Sri-Lankan but learned Sinhala 5 years ago and now I’m very fluent in it.Btw your explanation is really good,well done keep up your good work! It would be great if you could do a pronouncing vid of the our alphabet.
I am learning Sri Lankan so I can converse with my Sri Lankan friend. Nice tutorial, thanks.
Thanks!
@A R
I am Japanese.
Among not even quite learn tool but want to learn Sinhala, I found your videos.
It is very easy to understand.
But video NO.1 ~ 8 and NO.21 only not found.
I want to see more. I want to continue more to your video.
najana nice
Ayubowan Mr Dilshan!
Thank you so much for your excellent introduction to Sinhala. Mr Dilshan I very much admire your technique in teaching and your voice. Please be kind enough to create more materials for people like us to master the language. Thank you again.
Nizri Hameed Thanks buddy.
I'm a second-generation Sinhalese Sri Lankan and I fluently understand most of the language, but I never learned how to speak it properly! Thank you for making such a digestible video! I'm so happy that I can try and connect back to my culture
My first dip into the language with your first video tutorial, prior to a trip to Sri Lanka in August.
Your approach is brilliant - the visuals combined with the sounds so easy to follow, and this combined with your gentle encouragement. Thank you! I'll move on to lesson two tomorrow!
boa viagem Thanks Boa! All the best.
I'm from Kerala, India. I speak malayalam and I always listen to sinhala songs and watches sinhala movies. So, I fell in love with this language. Now I started learning sinhala. Thank you😍🥰.
Great to have you, Sooraj. Thanks for the comment. My grandfather knew Malayalam. Here's something to help your Sinhala further. All the best. www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse/
@@lazybutsmartuniverse Thank you 🤩🥰. How did your grandfather learned malayalam?🥰
I'm Sri Lankan Muslim and didn't know how to speak Sinhala until watching your videos. Thank you Dilshan!
Thank You so much. I have a problem where I can fully understand conversational Sinhala but I am unable to speak it. Your videos are going to help me so much :)
I was born in Sri Lanka and but moving to america at a young age so i grew up around mostly english. i could always understand what my parents were saying but never really learned how to speak mostly so this is really good help for me to learn it thank you
This is really the smart way to teach a language. Using useful things like pronouns in the same lesson as you teach basic greetings. I was instantly impressed.
My wife is actually sinhalese and she taught me say undai, after kohomadha. She also didnt tell me about eyaa and oyaa so this video is very helpful. The way you have formatted the tutorial is pure simplicity.... A big thumbs up!
+Nathan Warren Awesome, thanks man. Simplicity was exactly what I was aiming so your comment is much appreciated.
Good Tutorial Dilshan!! I am Indian and I have few friends in SL, they speak Hindi Language, so I also wanted them to surprise them in sinhala, the tutorial are fun to learn, easy and step guide is good enough to remember..
Istuti :)
Thank Mayank, I appreciate the detailed feedback. If you want to continue surprising your friends, feel free to drop by my blog and download the free phrasebook. Take care buddy, thanks again.
Mr Dilshan your a complete legend with these videos. I am recently living in Sri Lanka and realise how happy everyone here is when you try to speak their language. Keep up the good work. Best Hugh
Thanks Hugh! I've been called a lot of things in my lifetime but "Legend" probably might be a first, haha... Made my day! You may have seen the link to my blog, where you'll find more material in case you're interested. Do visit there and I look forward to chatting to you there about your experiences living in Sri Lanka. Thanks again for the comment! Sincerely, the Legend.:)
Living in Sri Lanka, this channel is useful! TKS!
Hi, happy to be of help. Hope to speak to you again on my blog and hear more about your life in Sri Lanka. Take care.
Nice video. I'm Marathi & I'm always interested in languages & scripts. You should add Sinhala letters or spellings to help with pronunciations for those who are familiar with the script & may be also teach those who aren't familiar. Native script for the native language is the best way to learn proper pronunciations in my opinion coz Roman can get confusing for some.
Thanks Nikhilesh, that's good feedback. I do have some content packages on my site that focus on script: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com. Thanks again for the suggestion.
This is so helpful! I've been trying to learn sinhala forever, and im so glad i found this
My guy is Sri Lankan. I want to learn Sinhala soooo bad. Thank you for this! 😊
Crybaby in The Neighbourhood since 1975 You're very welcome. Love your username too btw. Have you got my free Sinhala Phrasebook already? lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook
Thank you for sharing!! These are the best quality videos for language training that I've come across since discovering "Tamoul" en Francais. 💯💯💯
Very kind of you, thank you for saying that. Please also tell me more about this other course/channel. I'd love to see it.
It’s Assimil. Any suggestions on where to seek private lessons would be appreciated as well.
Ive been learning alot of stuff abt indian languages but many linguists say sinhalese is very important for history of Indian languages. It escaped the dominance of sanskrit and retains some words in spoken version that may be older than 6-7000 yrs.
Excellent teaching. Also native english speaker; I have studied many languages for decades, and I just started Sinhala today. I have found my first teacher in Mr. Dilshan Jayasinha! Thank you for using teaching methods that really work.
Always happy to hear the adjective "excellent" mentioned in a comment :) Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Feel free to send me an email once you drop by the site. Would be happy to get updates on your progress and see how I could further speed it up.
@@lazybutsmartuniverse Will do -- thanks very much!!
Thank you very much. It's a very good lesson. I'm italian but I can understand very well.
Grazie Elisa! :)
Elisa Trifirò I guess coz it sounds similar most of the times. I am a Sri Lankan, learning Italian now 😆
Your videos are amazing; this is my first time ever hearing the language and you make it so easy to understand. Thanks from Canada!
That's awesome, thanks for sharing, Emma. Make sure you try out my brand new free email course too: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/free-sinhala-online-course/
I love to learn sinhala ... I'm malayali.... The way you teach is really good and useful
Thanks, Sharon. Super-kind of you! Since you like the way I teach, here's more of it: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse/ Enjoy!
@@lazybutsmartuniverse thank you ... I'm gonna learn sinhala by your step by step episode ... Thank you so much
@@lazybutsmartuniverse I saw that link .. once I finish basic episodes I'll try that
Very useful classes.... You explaning very clearly.
Thanks, Tintu :)
ඉතාම හොඳ වැඩක්. දිගටම කරගෙන යන්ට. ජය වේවා!
+Jeewan Jayathilake Thank you!
I just moved in Sri Lanka few weeks ago for at least a year and am so willing to learn. This is so great content right there! Stuti Aya!
You're welcome and thanks for the compliment
As I think Sinhala is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn. Luckily I am a Sinhalese myself. :) I find it hard even teach some one. But I can see you doing it well. Thumbs up...!
Thanks Yugeesha, always love it when I hear from a fellow Sinhala speaker, especially something so complimentary. Could I ask you to please share it with just 1 other person who might find this useful? (See, I'm not being greedy - only 1 person) :)
Thanks, the American TH-camrs who do videos don't really know exactly what the different letters and sounds are and don't really know how to write their mother tongue, bless them, but you go into detail
Thanks, Nathaniel. I do give it my best :)
හොඳම දෙයක් සහෝදරයා.හරිමඅාඩම්බරයි අපේ භාෂාව ගැන කොමෙන්ටු දැක්කම පිටරට අැත්තන්ගෙ.
Thank you Iresh, I appreciate your encouragement. Please "podi support ekak dhenna" by sharing this with your pitarata friends. Thanks buddy.
Dilshan Jayasinha you are doing great job. I am Indian Buddhist I like to learn Sinhala from you.
Please join us to teach sinhala.
Follow this link to join my WhatsApp group: chat.whatsapp.com/9T3nPho1pZfAskw1b5II7O
Thank you so much! Easy and clear tutorial. I also liked the additional tips!
Thanks! Glad you found it easy and you liked the tips. If interested, there's more here: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse/
Thank you so much :) Your tutorials are easy to understand and covers the topic very thoroughly.
You are a life saver, I learn German on duolingo, but I want to talk to my Sri Lankan grandma in her native tongue, duolingo doesn’t have that tho so thank you so much
You are God sent to me tooooo. I thought that I will never learn Sinhala but this video made it so easy and you really explain it so well. I will pray for you for sure to thank The Lord for you in my life. I am married to a Sri Lankan for 14years and thought that I will never speak or learn but I went to you tube and walaaaaa I found this video and you.... Love you dear
Hello Margaret, you're very welcome. Thank you for the generous compliments, much appreciated. I'm happy that you find the videos useful. In case you haven't done yet, you might be interested to know that there's more stuff at my blog (link is in the description box above). Thanks again for your kind words and hope to hear from you again soon.
Wow. So much of difference between Sinhalese, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Tulu, and the best part is, any Sanskrit knowing person would easily be able to understand and communicate in any of the above :D!!
thanks for the comment, Shubhashish :)
Thanks you so much. My intention to learn Sinhala is to learn Pure Buddhism, to listen to desana.
Thank you, this is perfect! I'm planning a trip to Sri Lanka, and would like to learn some basic language - your lessons are really efficient. I'm French, but it's very easy to understand.
Merci Clémence et bon voyage!
Wow I love these tutorials I wish I found these sooner! I thought I'd never learn Sinhala I've already learnt more in your first tutorial than I have from other you tube videos or my mum who is Singhalese Thank you :)
Hi Emma! That's awesome to hear, thanks so much. Hopefully, see you soon on my blog (click on the link in the description) where there's more Sinhala learning material. All the best and thanks again for the comment.
the lessons are most helpful to learn.
Thanks Kevin, I appreciate the feedback. All the best.
Oh thank you so much . I'm try to find app for learn Sinhala Language . Your videos so Easy to understand . Thank you again !
Awesome. Have you come to my website too? lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook
@@lazybutsmartuniverse i'll come . Thank you !
Stay successful!🤲💯 Aamin Summa Aamin!
Thank you, very kind.
Very easy to understand and remember! Thank you for lessons! I feel like I could find something I could learn Shinhara language with.
Oh...thanks for acknowledgement Dilshan. You are naturally qualified to deserve the highest appreciation from anybody!
+Dilip Sirisena Thanks
I saw many videos of how to speak 'Korean', 'Japanese', etc. I'm actually glad that SOMEONE cared about teaching Sinhala! Awesome work! Or shall I say, Supiri wedak! Sri Lankan apita Adambarai! :D
+Hashini Rajanayaka Thanks!
Oka mokakda!? Athatama meka supiri wedak! :D
Hashini Rajanayaka
Haha, thanks, very sweet of you.
im planning to go to Sri Lanka in 5 months i hope i can learn enough to give goo greetings
:)
Have a great trip! Tell me all about when you're back.
Thank you dilshan it helps me alot thank you we expect more from you to learn singale...keep it up
Thanks, Yordanos. See you on my site :)
Wonderful video! I love it so much!!
Greetings from Paraguay !!
Hi Dilshan, thank you so much for the lesson. It is clear that you have a clear understanding of cultural English Language and also Sinhala Language. I will continue with your lessons, but wonder if I could pay for Zoom 1:1 lessons? I have in the last month managed to connect with my biological family (I was adopted) and need a crash course in Sinhala, to speak to my brother who is now a Buddhist Monk.
You can DM me at slim estrada on Facebook messenger
Hi Slim, first of all, I'm very happy to hear that you connected with your biological family. That's excellent. About the inquiry you made, could you please send me your email address as it'll be easier to speak that way? I've requested it from your TH-cam channel's about page but haven't received anything as yet. Once again, congrats on finding your family. Thanks also for the kind words about the lesson and my approach.
@@lazybutsmartuniverse sigiriuk@yahoo.co.uk
Hello Dilshan,
I'm flying to Sri Lanka in a few hours and watching your video to learn a few Sinhala words. Time to impress my Srilankan friend tomorrow morning. ;)
Thanks for the video :)
That's awesome :) When you're back, please let me know how your friend reacted. I'd be very interested to know.
You are BRILLIANT! This video was PERFECT with the audio, speed, visuals, review, practice conversations, and questions! I wish I had a resource like your videos with every language I've tried to learn. Thank you for making this available! Phenomenal work!
Sri Lankan Tamil here, great video.
Sleekz Official Thanks buddy. Drop by the website too. Don’t forget to say hello when you do.
Just came across your videos. These are very helpful! My husbands sri lankan and ive been there 2 times already. I would loove to learn how to speak sinhala. Ive downloaded your book although it looks abit overwhelming its full of greaT info. Keep making these videos
Pamela Hettriachchi Thanks!
well structured and organized. good job
I'm from Bangladesh, I have a very good friend in Sri Lanka so I come here to learn some Sinhala
Awesome, buddy. Hope these videos help. More stuff available at www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/free-sinhala-online-course/
what an easy way to learn the language!! Thank you for uploading the video :)
+Gayathiri Kannipen Thank you. There's more material on my website. See you there.
Love the Sinhala class...so well explained
Very Useful . Thanks for upload .
You're welcome, Rakesh
thank you so much!!! I want learn sinhala...your tutorials really helped me....Greetings from Romania!!!!
Thanks Andreea! May I ask why you're want to learn Sinhala? You can email me if you don't want the whole world to know :) You'll find the address on my website. Thanks again for the comment.
I have no words to appreciate you ... Just an amazing teacher... I want more teaching videos on other languages too..😀😀😀
That is a very kind thing to say, thank you! Which other languages would you like to learn from me?
@@lazybutsmartuniverse I need chinese and hindi.....
and Korean language also can be teached
@@janvirv7390 and where you from?
I-මම (mama)
You-ඔබ,ඔයා (oba,oya)
How-කොහොමද (kohomada)
How are you.?-ඔයාට කොහොමද.? (Oyaata kohomada.?)
I'm fine-මම හොඳින් ඉන්නවා. (Mama hodin innawaa)
Is this simplified sinhala or traditional?
@@elig8408 We use these for both traditional and simplified සිංහල.
Nah this is simplified not traditional
@@justlaugh1071 yeah
Finally, I Have found a good tutorial.
I am a Korean live in Canada.
Thank you.
Happy that you're pleased. Remember to get a free copy of my Sinhala phrasebook too: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook
Thank you Dilshan for teaching Sinhala 🙏
You're very welcome, Cynthia. Here's a link to my free Sinhala email course too: lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse
Great teaching indeed!👏👍
Thank you very much, Jiyain
Thanks a lot!)
You're welcome, Yuriy. Thanks for the comment. Have you already joined my free Sinhala course? lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse
Thanks alot dilshan.I have been looking for sinhala lessons for long.
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.
Yup..trying to learn in your blog too.its very helpful. Thanks for your wishes.
I'm a filipina.thank you for this.im learning sinhala for my bf srilanka.i wl suprise him soon.
Awesome. Please email me and tell me how he reacts. Good luck.
+Dilshan Jayasinha
wel...he rly hapi and amazed.hpe to see more vdeos of u.thanz alot!not only fr him also my frens sl here thy are so hapy.😊
Glad to hear that Lyn. Thanks for sharing. Have you already subscribed on my site?
Dilshan Jayasinha
yes...i did
Very good dilshan sri lanka needs more people like you
Thank you!
I agree!
I a
+Hashini Rajanayaka Thanks, very kind
:D Wish you the best to do more videos like these! Santhosai! Santhosai! :D
Hashini Rajanayaka
Thank you
I am trying to learn how to speak Sinhala for this man Hasitha who I am really likes and is trying too impression. It is very frustration and hard language to learn such as Hindu
I usually don't comment on youtube videos, but this is just so well made i had to express my appreciation for your way of teaching. thank you a lot for this free key to a foreign language.
Thanks Jules, that's very cool of you to comment. I appreciate the kind words. Hopefully I'll see you on the blog sometime soon. Take care and thanks again.
I’m from Australia and was born and raised there but my parents are sinhalese. I am suffering from ASD (Autism Spectrum disorder) which caused me to have speech problems to the point where I couldn’t even say a word until I was 4 years and 4 months old where I said my first word in SINHALESE on my mum’s birthday. Seriously that actually happened and that first was “amma”. I basically gave her the best gift she’s ever gotten. The problem is that I was being raised in Australia so I’ve been focusing on English far more than I’ve been focusing on sinhalese. It got to the point where I became so fluent on English but struggled so much in sinhalese. What makes it even harder is that my mum is really bad at speaking English (thankfully my dad isn’t) so she often speaks to me in sinhalese and mix them with a bit of english to make sure I understand. What’s even more painful is when I try to talk to my cousins and my other family members in Sinhalese (and yes I’ve been to Sri lanka 7 times and need to prepare myself for the 8th trip to Sri lanka) and a lot of them don’t even know English very well so when I have no words to say what I wanted to say I either get my dad or one of my cousin who knows English to translate it or try to say it in the simplest form of English. Although I did motivate one of my cousins to study English and now he’s pretty fluent on this language compared to my other family members. During my childhood I’ve was in a sinhalese class for about 5? Maybe more but I’m not sure but for 5 years and I barely learned anything. Hopefully this channel will help me a lot with sinhalese so I can talk to my family members properly and communicate with my mum better. Thank you Dilshan for giving me a little bit of hope.
What's my name? I loved reading that, thanks for sharing. Do me a huge favor and let's continue this chat on email (sign up here and you'll get an email from me: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook) as I'd be very interested to know more about your journey and how I could help you further.
Dilshan Jayasinha done
Thanks so much. It's so rejoicing to learn about the culture of the subcontinent!
Thanks, Khizar. Glad it's helping you learn a little about the culture of Sri Lanka. There's more here: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freecourse/
Great teaching, thanks. ຂອບໃຈຫລາຍໆ
Thanks James
Beautifully done, Dilshan! Congratulations - and thank you! :)
mka Thank you, that's very kind. Please visit my site for more resources: www.lazybutsmartsinhala.com/freebook
Hi Dilshan, you are a marvelous person - excellent voice, accent and presentation beside the excellent organisation of facts of teaching. It sensed to me as I'm also a language (German) instructor.
+Dilip Sirisena Thanks for the nice words. I appreciate the encouragment.
You make it so easy to learn! I love your videos! It really helped going to Sri Lanka a couple of years ago. We are going to travel to SL again soon so I watch your vids as a nice brush up on my Sinhala! :)
Thank you sir
Why I choose this way is fluent in English and Sinhala (mainly Sinhala)
God bless you
Thank you, Sulaim. I hope you do get to that level of fluency. All the best. More material available at my site
Lovely video,
trying to learn sinhala from long time could never find something like this.
Thankx for putting this up :)
hopefully if u continue to put these videos up i ll be able to pick up the language easily:).
really nice and very useful for me, keep more updates
Awesome tutorial..in a very easy manner..moving to Lanka soon, Thanks a lot for your help
This is really well done!!!
Brilliant Dilshan! Thank you for this, very helpful :)
You're very welcome, Nisha! Thanks for the comment.
Nice teacher and thanks a lot
Thank you so much for this💯
Great video, thanks for this.
Hi Dilshan,I have never seen anyone make learning a language look this easy.I had been to srilanka a couple of weeks ago and all I did was watch your video 3 to 4 times.You would not believe the number of friends I made.Well knowing tamil helped too.But your classes were just fantastic.So,I was wondering .Is there anyway you could conduct online classes for people like me?
Hi again, Harikishan. Thanks for the kind words, happy that it helped you. I just responded to your question about online classes in another comment you left. As I said, you'll find a lot of material on my website. All the best and thanks again for the encouraging feedback.
Very good video. Good structure, easy to understand and to follow, good for drilling, great that it has subtitles. It's perfect. Thank you Dilshan!
+TheNyuszus You're welcome
Thank you very much. I'm very interested to learn. 👍👍👍
+Alice You're welcome. Good luck.
Yaaaaay!! I can finally learn some sinhala phrases! :-) Thanks ever so much