Essential Verbs - H
The 33 essential verbs that start with H, 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.
hack
/hæk/පරිගණකයක් භාවිතයෙන් අනවසරයෙන් දත්ත ලබා ගන්නවා, කපා කොටා දමනවා
- hack (into something)/(something)
- She tried to hack into the computer system to retrieve her lost files.
- hack someone/something
- I will hack the computer system to retrieve the lost data.
halt
/hɔːlt/නවතිනවා, නවත්වනවා
- halt (someone/something)
- I halted the dog from running into the street by calling its name.
hand
/hænd/අතින්ම බාර දෙනවා
- hand something (to someone)
- He handed the book to his classmate.
- hand in/over something
- She handed in her completed homework to the teacher.
handle
/ˈhændl/(කෙනෙක්/දෙයක් සම්බන්ධව) කටයුතු කරනවා, අතින් ස්පර්ශ කරනවා, හසුරවනවා
- handle someone/something
- I can handle this situation.
hang*
/hæŋ/එල්ලනවා, එල්ලෙනවා, එල්ලා වැටෙනවා
- hang (something)(adv./prep.)
- The painting hangs beautifully above the fireplace.
- hang (something) (up/out)
- I hung my coat up on the hook.
hang
/hæŋ/කෙනෙක්ව එල්ලා මරනවා
- hang someone (to death)
- He was hanged to death for his crimes.
happen
/ˈhæpən/(යමක්) සිද්ධ වෙනවා
- happen
- The car accident happened yesterday.
harm
/hɑːm/රිදවනවා, හානි කරනවා
- harm someone/something
- Harming others is never acceptable behavior.
harvest
/ˈhɑːvɪst/අස්වැන්න නෙලා ගන්නවා, ඵල නෙලාගන්නවා
- harvest (something)
- I harvested the ripe tomatoes from my garden this morning.
hatch
/hætʃ/බිත්තරවලින් පැටව් එනවා, බිත්තර රකිනවා, හොරෙන් සැලැස්මක් හදනවා
- hatch (out)
- The turtle will eventually hatch out of its egg.
- hatch something (up)
- I hatched up a plan to surprise my best friend for her birthday.
hate
/heɪt/වෛර කරනවා, අකැමති වෙන්වා
- hate someone/something
- I hate rainy days.
- hate to do something
- I hate to wake up early in the morning.
- hate doing something
- I hate waking up early in the morning.
haunt
/hɔːnt/හොල්මන් කරනවා
- haunt someone/something
- The memory of his lost dog continues to haunt him.
head
/hed/(දිහාවකට) යනවා, මූලිකත්වය ගෙන සිටිනවා, ඉදිරියෙන් සිටිනවා, හිසින් පහර දෙනවා
- head + adv./prep.
- She headed towards the library.
- head something
- I head the meeting last week.
heal
/hiːl/සුව වෙනවා, සුව කරනවා
- heal (something)
- The doctor used medicine to heal the wound.
- heal someone (of something)
- She healed her husband of his illness.
heap
/hiːp/ගොඩ ගහනවා
- heap something (up)
- She heaped the dirty clothes up in the corner of the room to be washed later.
- heap A on B
- I am going to heap all of the toys on the bed.
hear*
/hɪə(r)/ඇහෙනවා, ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා
- hear someone/something
- I heard the birds singing in the morning.
- hear (that)
- I hear that my favorite movie is coming to town next week.
- hear wh-
- I can hear what you're saying.
heat
/hiːt/රත් වෙනවා/කරනවා
- heat up
- I need to heat up the soup for dinner.
- heat (something)
- I am heating the water for tea.
help
/help/උදවු වෙනවා/කරනවා
- help someone/something
- I helped my friend with his homework last night.
- help (someone) with something
- I helped my sister with her homework.
- help (someone) (to) do something
- I will help you understand the new grammar rule.
- help (someone) in doing something
- He helped me in studying for my exams.
hide*
/haɪd/හැංගෙනවා, හංගනවා
- hide (someone/something) (from something)
- John hides his wallet from his little sister.
- hide (someone/something) (adv./prep.)
- He quickly hid the stolen necklace under his bed.
highlight
/ˈhaɪlaɪt/අවධානයට ලක් කරනවා
- highlight something
- I will highlight the important information in the text for easier understanding.
hinder
/ˈhɪndə(r)/අවහිර කරමින් වළක්වනවා
- hinder someone/something (from doing something)
- The heavy rain hindered the students from going to school.
hint
/hɪnt/ඉඟියකින් දන්වනවා
- hint (at something)
- I could see Jane's raised eyebrow as a hint that she wanted me to stop talking.
- hint (that)
- I hinted that the exam would be difficult.
hire
/ˈhaɪə(r)/කුලියට ගන්නවා
- hire someone/something (to do something)
- I will hire a tutor to help me improve my English skills.
hit*
/hɪt/පහරක් ගහනවා, වදිනවා, හැප්පෙනවා
- hit someone/something
- She hit the ball.
- hit something (on/against something)
- She hit the ball against the wall.
- hit something (adv./prep.)
- She hit the ball towards the goal post with great precision.
hoard
/hɔːd/ගොඩ ගහ ගන්නවා
- hoard (something)
- I hoard candy in my desk drawer.
hold*
/həʊld/අල්ලාගෙන ඉන්නවා, දරාගෙන ඉන්නවා, රඳවාගෙන ඉන්නවා
- hold someone/something
- She holds her baby tightly in her arms.
- (adv./prep.)
- He held onto his hat tightly as the wind blew.
- hold someone + noun
- She held her daughter's hand tightly as they crossed the busy street.
hope
/həʊp/බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා
- hope (for something)
- I hope for a better tomorrow.
- hope that...
- I hope that you understand the lesson.
- hope to do something
- I hope to see you soon.
hospitalize
/ˈhɒspɪtəlaɪz/රෝහල්ගත කරනවා
- hospitalize someone
- My grandmother was hospitalized last night due to a severe fever.
howl
/haʊl/උඩු බුරනවා
- howl (in/with something)
- The wolf howled in the darkness, signaling its pack to come closer.
hug
/hʌɡ/වැළඳ ගන්නවා
- hug (someone/something)
- She hugged her mother tightly before leaving for school.
hunt
/hʌnt/දඩයම් කරනවා
- hunt someone/something
- He hunts rabbits in the forest every weekend.
- hunt for someone/something
- I hunt for my lost keys every morning.
hurry
/ˈhʌri/ඉක්මන් කරනවා
- hurry (something) (adv./prep.)
- She hurried the children into the car to avoid being late for school.
- hurry someone (into doing something)
- Please don't hurry me into making a decision, I need more time to think.
hurt*
/hɜːt/රිදෙනවා, රිද්දනවා
- hurt someone/something
- The dog hurt his paw while playing in the yard.
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