Essential Verbs - F

The 49 essential verbs that start with F, 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.

face

/feɪs/

මුහුණ දෙනවා, මුහුණලා සිටිනවා/තිබෙනවා

face someone/something: She faced her fears and jumped into the pool.

fade

/feɪd/

දුර්වර්ණ වෙලා යනවා, මැකී යනවා, ක්‍රමයෙන් නොපෙනී/නොඇසී යනවා

fade (something) (from something): The picture faded from my memory.
fade (away) (to/into something): The sunlight slowly faded away into the horizon.

fail

/feɪl/

අසමත් වෙනවා, අසාර්ථක වෙනවා, දුර්වල වෙනවා

fail (something): He will fail the test if he doesn't study.
fail in something: My students often fail in their attempts to grasp the complexities of the English language.
fail to do something: He failed to complete the assignment on time.
fail someone: I don't want to fail my students by not giving them the resources they need to succeed.

faint

/feɪnt/

ක්ලාන්ත වෙනවා

faint: The student fainted during the exam due to heat exhaustion.

fall*

/fɔːl/

වැටෙනවා

fall (adv./prep.): The leaves fell gently from the tree.

fancy

/ˈfænsi/

කැමැත්තක් හිතෙනවා

fancy something: He fancies a cup of tea.
fancy doing something: I fancy cooking dinner tonight.

fasten

/ˈfɑːsn/

තදින් බඳිනවා, වසා අගුල්ලනවා

fasten something (up): She fastened her seatbelt before starting the car.

fear

/fɪə(r)/

බය වෙනවා

fear someone/something: I fear spiders.
fear to do something: I fear to speak in public.
fear doing something: I fear climbing that mountain alone.

feature

/ˈfiːtʃə(r)/

විදහා දක්වනවා, (නිර්මාණයක) පෙනී සිටිනවා

feature someone/something (as someone/something): The movie features Tom Hanks as the lead actor.
feature (in something): The latest smartphone features a high-quality camera.

feed*

/fiːd/

පෝෂණය කරනවා, කවනවා, (අවශ්‍ය දේ) සපයනවා

feed someone/something: She feeds her baby milk every morning.

feel*

/fiːl/

හැඟෙනවා, දැනෙනවා, විඳිනවා, ස්පර්ශ කර බලනවා

feel something: I feel happiness.
feel (+ adj.): I feel happy.
feel (adv./prep.): I feel confident after studying this lesson.

fell

/fel/

බිම හෙළනවා

fell someone/something: He fell the tree with one swift swing of the axe.

fetch

/fetʃ/

අරං එනවා, එක්කගෙන එනවා

fetch someone/something: John, please fetch me a glass of water from the kitchen.
fetch someone something: Please fetch me a glass of water.

fight*

/faɪt/

සටන් කරනවා, පොර බදනවා, ගහ ගන්නවා

fight (against) (someone/something): She fought against her fear of heights and completed the climb.

file

/faɪl/

ගොනුගත කරනවා, (ඉල්ලුම්පතක්/නඩුවක්) ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා, පීරී ගානවා

file something: I need you to file these papers in alphabetical order.
file for something: I am going to file for a divorce.
file something (away/down): I always file my important documents away in a safe place.

fill

/fɪl/

පිරෙනවා, පුරවනවා

fill (something) (with something): The water bottle is filled with cold refreshing water.

film

/fɪlm/

චිත්‍රපටයකට නගනවා

film someone/something: She will film the sunset.

finance

/ˈfaɪnæns/

මුදල් සපයනවා

finance something: She decided to finance her car purchase through a bank loan.

find*

/faɪnd/

සොයාගන්නවා, පෙනෙනවා, දැනෙනවා

find someone/something (for something): I found my keys for my car.
find someone/something (to do something): I found her to be very friendly.
find that...: My students find that learning English can be challenging but rewarding.
find something + adj.: I find it challenging to teach English to students whose mother tongue is Sinhala.

finish

/ˈfɪnɪʃ/

ඉවර කරනවා

finish (something): She finished her homework before dinner.
finish doing something: He finished studying for his exam.
finish + adj.: He finished exhausted after running the marathon.

fire

/ˈfaɪə(r)/

(තුවක්කුව) පත්තු කරනවා, රැකියාවෙන් අස් කරනවා

fire (something) (at someone/something): He fired a warning shot at the intruder.
fire someone: The manager decided to fire the lazy employee.

fit**

/fɪt/

(ඇඳුමක්) ප්‍රමාණය/හැඩය හරියනවා, ගැළපෙනවා, ගළපනවා, සවිකරනවා

fit* (someone/something) (for something): Regular exercise keeps you fit for work.
fit* (something) (adv./prep.): She fit the book neatly into her backpack.

fix

/fɪks/

සවි කරනවා, සවි වෙනවා, අලුත්වැඩියා කරනවා

fix something (for someone): I fixed lunch for my brother.
fix someone something: She fixed her friend a cup of tea.

flap

/flæp/

අත්තටු ගසනවා, ලෙල දෙනවා

flap (something): She flapped the newspaper to chase away the flies.

flare

/fleə(r)/

ගිනි දැල් අවිලෙනවා, (තරහෙන්) නාස් පුඩු පළල් වෙනවා

flare: The fire flared brightly in the night sky.

flatter

/ˈflætə(r)/

චාටු බස් කියනවා, (බොරු) ප්‍රශංසා කරනවා

flatter someone: She flattered her boss with compliments during the meeting.

float

/fləʊt/

පාවෙනවා, ඉපිලෙනවා, දියත් කරනවා

float (someone/something) (in/on something): The instructor floated the students in the pool during their swimming lesson.
float (adv./prep.): The buoy floated effortlessly on the calm sea.

flock

/flɒk/

රංචු ගැහෙනවා

flock together: Birds of a feather flock together.
flock (adv./prep.) (to do something): The students flocked eagerly to the front of the classroom to participate in the group activity.

flood

/flʌd/

ජලයෙන් යටවෙනවා/යටකරනවා, ගඟක් පිටාර ගලනවා, බුරුතු පිටින් එනවා

flood (something): The river flooded the entire town.
flood in/into something: The river flooded into the fields, destroying crops and causing extensive damage.

flourish

/ˈflʌrɪʃ/

සශ්‍රීකව වැඩෙනවා, සාර්ථක/දියුණු වෙනවා

flourish: The flowers in the garden are flourishing in the warm sun.

flow

/fləʊ/

ගලායනවා, ගලා බසිනවා

flow (adv./prep.): Water flowed smoothly through the river.

flower

/ˈflaʊə(r)/

මල් හටගන්නවා/හටගන්වනවා

flower: The flowers bloomed in the garden.

fluctuate

/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/

ප්‍රමාණය/ගුණය අඩු වැඩි වෙනවා

fluctuate (between A and B): The prices of vegetables in this market always fluctuate between low and high every season.

flush

/flʌʃ/

මුහුණ රතු වෙනවා, සෝදා හරිනවා

flush (red): Her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment when she realized she had forgotten her lines.
flush something: The toilet automatically flushes when you stand up.

fly**

/flaɪ/

පියාඹනවා, ගුවනින් යනවා, ගුවන් යානයක්/සරුංගලයක් මෙහෙයවනවා

fly* (adv./prep.): The birds are able to fly high in the sky.
fly* something: I fly kites every weekend with my friends.

fold

/fəʊld/

නවනවා, හකුලනවා

fold something (up): She folds the letter up and puts it in her pocket.
fold something (into something): She folded the laundry into neat piles.

follow

/ˈfɒləʊ/

පසුපස යනවා, අනුගමනය කරනවා

follow (someone/something): She followed her friends to the store.

forbid*

/fəˈbɪd/

තහනම් කරනවා

forbid (someone) something: I forbid him sweets before dinner.
forbid someone (to do something): I forbid you to eat dessert before finishing your meal.
forbid someone (from doing something): I forbid him from going to the party.

force

/fɔːs/

බල කරනවා, බලෙන් යොදනවා, බලෙන් කරනවා

force someone (into something): I can force you into silence if you don't stop talking.
force someone (into doing something): He forced his students into studying harder for the exam.
force something: He used his strength to force the door open.

forge

/fɔːdʒ/

(ලියවිල්ලක්/අත්සනක්) හොරට සකස් කරනවා, ලෝහ තලා හැඩ කරනවා

forge something: She will forge her own path to success.

forget*

/fəˈɡet/

අමතක වෙනවා/කරනවා, අතපසු වෙනවා/කරනවා

forget (someone/something): I forgot my keys at home.
forget (about something): I always forget about my homework until the last minute.
forget to do something: She forgot to bring her lunch to school today.
forget doing something: I forget brushing my teeth this morning.
forget that...: I often forget that I have a meeting at 2 pm.
forget wh-: I forget where I put my keys.

forgive*

/fəˈɡɪv/

වරදට සමාව දෙනවා

forgive someone (for something): I forgive you for breaking my favorite mug.
forgive someone (for doing something): I forgive him for lying to me.
forgive someone something: I will forgive you your mistake.