Essential Verbs - C
The 87 essential verbs that start with C, each with its pronunciation, Sinhala meaning, patterns and an example for every pattern.
Each verb shows its pronunciation, its Sinhala meaning, and an example for each pattern. To scan every verb in one table, open the full list.
A verb marked * is irregular: its past forms are in Irregular Verbs. One marked ** can take either form: burned or burnt.
calculate
/ˈkælkjuleɪt/ගණනය කරනවා
- calculate something
- I calculate the answer to the math problem.
call
/kɔːl/අඬගසනවා, අමතනවා
- call someone/something
- I will call my mom tomorrow.
- call someone + noun/adj.
- She called the doctor for her sick child.
cancel
/ˈkænsl/අත්හිටුවනවා
- cancel (something)
- She cancelled her flight.
capture
/ˈkæptʃə(r)/යටත් කරගන්නවා
- capture someone/something
- I captured a beautiful butterfly to show to my students in our science lesson.
care
/keə(r)/ගණන් ගන්නවා, සලකනවා
- care about something
- I care about my students' progress in learning English.
- care that...
- I care that my students understand the importance of good grammar.
carry
/ˈkæri/ඔසවාගෙන යනවා, ගෙන යනවා
- carry someone/something
- I carried my backpack to school this morning.
carve
/kɑːv/කැටයම් කරනවා, නෙළනවා
- carve something
- He carefully carved a pumpkin for Halloween.
catch*
/kætʃ/අල්ලගන්නවා, ලෙඩක් බෝකරගන්නවා
- catch someone/something
- She caught the ball with her bare hands.
cause
/kɔːz/හේතුකාරක වෙනවා
- cause something (for someone)
- The teacher caused the students to understand the lesson (for them).
- cause someone something
- The loud noise caused the dog to bark.
celebrate
/ˈselɪbreɪt/සමරනවා
- celebrate something
- She celebrates her birthday every year with a big party.
challenge
/ˈtʃælɪndʒ/අභියෝගයට ලක් කරනවා, අභියෝග කරනවා
- challenge something
- The new evidence challenges the old theory.
- challenge someone (to do something)
- I challenged my students to complete the assignment in under 30 minutes.
change
/tʃeɪndʒ/වෙනස් වෙනවා/කරනවා
- change (someone/something)
- I will change my hairstyle for the school dance.
charge
/tʃɑːdʒ/අය කරනවා, විදුලිය ආරෝපණය කරනවා, පහර දෙනවා, නඩු පවරනවා
- charge something for something
- I charge $10 for each tutoring session.
- charge someone for something
- I will charge you for the damaged equipment.
- charge someone something
- I charge my students five dollars for each missed homework assignment.
- charge (someone) to do something
- I will charge you to complete your homework on time.
chase
/tʃeɪs/පස්සෙන් පන්නනවා
- chase someone/something
- The dog always likes to chase the squirrels in the park.
chat
/tʃæt/පිළිසඳරෙහි යෙදෙනවා
- chat to/with someone (about someone/something)
- I often chat to my sister about our plans for the weekend.
cheat
/tʃiːt/රවටනවා, හොර කරනවා
- cheat someone/something
- He cheated his friend out of his money.
- cheat at something
- She likes to cheat at card games.
- cheat (on someone)
- She cheated on her boyfriend by going out with another guy.
check
/tʃek/තත්වය පරික්ෂා කරනවා, හරි වැරදි බලනවා
- check someone/something (for something)
- Please check your bags for any prohibited items before entering the airport.
cheer
/tʃɪə(r)/ඔල්වරසන් දෙනවා, සතුටු කරනවා
- cheer (someone)
- The whole school came out to cheer the soccer team on.
chew
/tʃuː/විකනවා, හපනවා
- chew something
- She chewed the gum loudly.
- chew on something
- She chews on her pencil while thinking.
choke
/tʃəʊk/හුස්ම හිර වෙනවා/කරනවා
- choke (on something)
- My teacher choked on her drink during our lesson.
- choke someone
- I could choke someone for their rude comments.
choose*
/tʃuːz/තෝරාගන්නවා
- choose (someone/something)
- She chose her favorite movie for movie night.
- choose wh
- I will choose whichever book is your favorite.
chop
/tʃɒp/කපා දමනවා
- chop something
- I chop onions for dinner.
claim
/kleɪm/ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටිනවා, හිමිකම් ඉල්ලනවා
- claim that...
- He claims that he can speak five languages fluently.
- claim something
- He claimed the book as his own.
clap
/klæp/අත්පුඩි ගහනවා, අත්පොලොසන් දෙනවා
- clap (someone/something)
- I clap my hands.
clean
/kliːn/පිරිසිදු කරනවා
- clean (something)
- She cleaned the dishes.
clear
/klɪə(r)/නිරවුල් කරනවා, නිරවුල් වෙනවා
- clear (something)
- The teacher cleared the board after the lesson.
climb
/klaɪm/(ඉහළට) නගිනවා
- climb (up) something
- She climbed the ladder quickly.
close
/kləʊz/වහනවා, සමීප වෙනවා
- close (something)
- Close the door, please.
coach
/kəʊtʃ/පුහුණු කරවනවා
- coach someone (in/on/for something)
- I coach students in mathematics every Saturday morning.
- coach something
- I coach my students in proper grammar and sentence structure.
collapse
/kəˈlæps/(ගොඩනැගිල්ලක්/කෙනක්/ ඇටවුමක්) කඩා වැටෙනවා
- collapse
- The building collapsed suddenly.
collect
/kəˈlekt/රැස් කරනවා, ලබා ගන්නවා
- collect something (from someone/something)
- She collected her books from the library.
colour
/ˈkʌlə(r)/පාට කරනවා
- colour something
- He coloured the wall blue.
comb
/kəʊm/පීරනවා, ක්‍රමානුකූලව පිරික්සනවා
- comb something
- The girl combs her hair before going to school.
- comb through something
- I combed through the documents to find the correct equation for the problem.
combine
/kəmˈbaɪn/එකට එකතු කරනවා/වෙනවා
- combine with something
- He combined his love for music with his engineering skills to create a unique sound system.
- combine something (with something)
- I combine flour with sugar to make a cake.
come*
/kʌm/එනවා, පැවතගෙන එනවා
- come adv./prep.
- The children come through the door.
comfort
/ˈkʌmfət/සනසනවා, අස්වසනවා
- comfort someone
- I comforted Sarah after her dog passed away.
comment
/ˈkɒment/අදහස් දක්වනවා
- comment (on something)
- She always comments on the food at the cafeteria.
- comment that...
- She commented that she liked the new painting in the gallery.
commit
/kəˈmɪt/(අපරාධයක්) කරනවා, සියදිවි නසා ගන්නවා, යමක් කරන්නට බැඳෙනවා
- commit (crimes/suicide)
- The criminal committed multiple crimes in the span of a year.
- commit someone
- He committed his accomplice to the crime.
communicate
/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/සන්නිවේදනය කරනවා
- communicate with someone/something
- She communicates with her friends through a messaging app.
- communicate something (to someone)
- I communicated the meeting time to my boss.
compare
/kəmˈpeə(r)/සංසන්දනය කරනවා
- compare A with/to B
- I will now compare the size of the blue balloon to the red balloon.
compete
/kəmˈpiːt/තරඟ කරනවා
- compete with/ against someone (for something)
- She competes with her older brother for the attention of their parents.
compile
/kəmˈpaɪl/(පොතක/ලේඛනයක) කරුණු එක්රැස් කරනවා, ග්‍රන්ථයක් සම්පාදනය කරනවා
- compile something
- I will compile a list of common phrasal verbs for you to practice.
complain
/kəmˈpleɪn/නොසතුට පළකරනවා, පැමිණිලි කරනවා
- complain (to someone) (about/of something)
- She complained to her boss about her co-worker's behavior.
complete
/kəmˈpliːt/සම්පූර්ණ කරනවා
- complete something
- I completed my homework last night.
concentrate
/ˈkɒnsntreɪt/අවධානය යොමු කරනවා, ඒකරාශී කරනවා
- concentrate (on something)
- I need you to concentrate on the lesson and not get distracted by other things.
- concentrate something
- She struggles to concentrate the difficult concept.
concern
/kənˈsɜːn/අදාළ වෙනවා, යමක් හෝ යමෙක් ගැන කැක්කුමක් තියෙනවා
- concern someone/something
- My main concern is helping my students improve their English skills.
conclude
/kənˈkluːd/අවසන් තීන්දුවකට එනවා, නිගමනය කරනවා
- conclude something
- I conclude that he is telling the truth.
- conclude that...
- I concluded that I should study more after getting a bad grade on my test.
condemn
/kənˈdem/දැඩි අප්‍රසාදයට ලක්කරනවා
- condemn someone/something (for/as something)
- I condemn the students for cheating on the exam.
conduct
/kənˈdʌkt/මෙහෙයවනවා, හසුරවනවා
- conduct someone/something
- She conducts her choir with enthusiasm and passion.
confess
/kənˈfes/පාපොච්චාරණය කරනවා, වරදක් කළ බව පිළිගන්නවා
- confess something
- I must confess my mistake.
- confess to something
- He confessed to stealing the money from the donation box.
- confess that...
- He confessed that he had stolen the money from his friend.
confirm
/kənˈfɜːm/තහවුරු කරනවා
- confirm something
- She will confirm the meeting tomorrow.
- confirm someone (as …)
- She confirmed him as the winner of the competition.
- confirm that...
- I can confirm that the meeting will be held at 2 PM tomorrow.
- confirm wh-
- Can you confirm what time the meeting will start tomorrow?
conflict
/kənˈflɪkt/(අදහස්/විශ්වාස/කතන්දර) එකනෙක ගැටෙනවා
- conflict (with something)
- Her schedule conflicts with mine, so we can't meet today.
confront
/kənˈfrʌnt/(විරෝධයට/කරදරයට) මුහුණපෑමට සලස්වනවා
- confront someone/something
- I confront my fear every day by facing it head on.
confuse
/kənˈfjuːz/ව්‍යාකූල කරනවා, ව්‍යාකූල වෙනවා, පටලගන්නවා
- confuse (someone)
- The complex instructions confused the students.
- confuse something
- She confused the two books and grabbed the wrong one.
- confuse A and B
- I always confuse weather and whether.
connect
/kəˈnekt/සම්බන්ධ වෙනවා, සම්බන්ධ කරනවා
- connect (someone/something) (to/with)
- I connected the computer to the printer to print out the document.
consent
/kənˈsent/අවසර දෙනවා
- consent to something
- She willingly consented to signing the contract.
consider
/kənˈsɪdə(r)/සලකා බලනවා
- consider someone/something
- I consider her to be the best student in the class.
consist
/kənˈsɪst/(යම් දෙයකින්) සමන්විත වෙනවා, (යම් දෙයක) පවතිනවා
- consist of something
- The sandwich consists of ham, cheese, and lettuce.
- consist in something
- She constantly struggles to improve her grades, but her lack of focus consists in her frequent social media
consult
/kənˈsʌlt/(තොරතුරු/උපදෙස්) විමසා බලනවා
- consult someone (about something)
- I often consult my doctor about my health concerns.
consume
/kənˈsjuːm/පරිභෝජනය කරනවා, තද බල හැඟීමකින් පුරවනවා
- consume something
- I consume coffee every morning.
- consume someone (P.V.)
- She consumed me with her passionate gaze during the entire performance.
contact
/ˈkɒntækt/සන්නිවේදනය කරගන්නවා
- contact someone
- I contacted my sister to let her know the meeting was canceled.
contain
/kənˈteɪn/(යම් දෙයකින්) සමන්විත වෙනවා, පැතිරීම වළක්වනවා, මෙල්ල කරගන්නවා
- contain something
- The container contains water.
continue
/kənˈtɪnjuː/නොනවත්වා කරගෙන යනවා, විරාමයකින් පසුව කරගෙන යනවා
- continue something
- We will continue the lesson tomorrow.
- continue to do something
- She continues to study English every day.
- continue doing something
- She continues teaching despite the students' lack of interest.
contribute
/kənˈtrɪbjuːt/(යම් දෙයකින්) දායක වෙනවා
- contribute (something) (to/towards something)
- She contributed her time and resources towards the local charity.
control
/kənˈtrəʊl/පාලනය කරනවා, හසුරවනවා, සීමා කරනවා
- control someone/something
- She struggled to control her emotions during the interview.
convert
/kənˈvɜːt/යම් දෙයක් වෙනත් දෙයක් බවට හැරෙනවා/හරවනවා
- convert something (into something)
- She converted the attic into a home office.
convince
/kənˈvɪns/ඒත්තු ගන්වනවා
- convince someone (of something)
- I convinced my parents of my academic achievements through my hard work and dedication.
- convince someone that
- I convinced my friend that he should study for the exam.
cook
/kʊk/උයනවා
- cook (something) (for someone)
- I cook dinner for my family every night.
- cook someone something
- She cooked him dinner last night.
cooperate
/kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/සහයෝගීව කටයුතු කරනවා
- cooperate (with someone) (in/on something)
- She agreed to cooperate with her coworkers in the project.
cope
/kəʊp/අපහසු යමකට හෝ යමෙකුට සාර්ථකව මුහුණ දෙනවා
- cope (with someone/something)
- She is learning how to cope with her new job.
copy
/ˈkɒpi/පිටපත් කරනවා, අනුකරණය කරනවා
- copy someone/something
- He always copies his brother's homework.
correct
/kəˈrekt/වරද හරි ගස්සනවා
- correct someone/something
- He corrected my pronunciation of the word "schedule".
cost**
/kɒst/මිල වෙනවා, (කෙනෙකුට යම් දෙයක්) වියදම් වෙනවා
- cost* something
- The movie ticket costs $10.
- cost* someone something
- Buying a new car costs the man his entire savings.
cough
/kɒf/කහිනවා
- cough
- John coughed loudly during the presentation.
count
/kaʊnt/ගණන් කරනවා, වැදගත් වෙනවා, අදාළ වෙනවා
- count (something)
- I count the number of books on the shelf.
cover
/ˈkʌvə(r)/ආවරණය කරනවා
- cover someone/something (with something) (from something)
- He covered his head with a hat to protect himself from the rain.
- cover for someone
- She covered for her sick coworker by taking on some of their tasks for the day.
crack
/kræk/ඉරි තැළෙනවා, පළුදු වෙනවා
- crack something
- The boys cracked the eggs into the bowl for their breakfast.
crash
/kræʃ/මහ හඬින් කැඩී බිඳවැටෙනවා, වාහනයක් යමක ගැටෙනවා
- crash (into something)
- The car crashed into the tree.
crawl
/krɔːl/දණ ගාගෙන යනවා
- crawl (adv./prep.)
- The dog crawled under the table.
create
/kriˈeɪt/නිර්මාණය කරනවා
- create something
- She created a beautiful painting.
creep*
/kriːp/බඩ ගාගෙන යනවා
- creep (adv./prep.)
- The spider slowly crept up the wall.
criticize
/ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz/විවේචනය කරනවා
- criticize someone/something
- She criticized her colleague's work in front of the entire team.
cross
/krɒs/යමක් හරහා යනවා, කෙනෙක්ව තරහ ගස්සනවා, මුහුම් කරනවා
- cross something
- I will cross the road carefully.
- cross someone
- He crossed me on the street without acknowledging my greeting.
- cross A with/and B
- I crossed the street with my friend.
crush
/krʌʃ/තලනවා, කුඩු කරනවා, සම්පූර්ණයෙන් පරාජය කරනවා
- crush someone/something
- I have a crush on my classmate.
cry
/kraɪ/අඬනවා, කෑ මොර දෙනවා
- cry (for something)
- She cries for her lost teddy bear.
- cry with something
- She cried with joy when she received the news of her promotion.
- cry(over/about something)
- She always cries over sad movies.
cure
/kjʊə(r)/සුව කරනවා
- cure something
- Doctors can cure diseases using medication.
- cure someone (of something)
- He cured her of her fear of heights.
cut*
/kʌt/කැපෙනවා, කපනවා, කපාහරිනවා
- cut something
- I cut my hair yesterday.
- cut someone something
- I will cut you a slice of cake.
- cut something for someone
- I will cut the paper for you.
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