Essential Verbs - L
The 34 essential verbs that start with L, 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.
lack
/læk/යමක් නැතිව/හිඟව සිටිනවා
- lack something
- They lack the necessary materials for the science experiment.
land
/lænd/ගොඩ බසිනවා, ගොඩ බස්සනවා
- land (adv./prep.)
- The plane lands smoothly on the runway.
- land something
- The plane will land the passengers at the airport.
last
/lɑːst/අවසන් නොවී/විනාශ නොවී පවතිනවා
- last
- She last visited her hometown last year.
laugh
/lɑːf/හඬ නගා සිනහ වෙනවා
- laugh (out)
- She laughed out loud at the silly joke.
- laugh at someone/something
- She laughed at his joke.
launch
/lɔːntʃ/යාත්‍රාවක් දියත් කරනවා, අලුත් යමක් අරඹනවා
- launch something
- I will launch my new online course tomorrow.
lay*
/leɪ/(බිමින්) තබනවා, බිත්තර දානවා, අතුරනවා/වැතිරෙනවා
- lay something down
- I lay my bag down on the table.
- lay eggs
- The hen will lay eggs every morning.
- lay someone/something (adv./prep.)
- He lay the book on the table.
laze
/leɪz/අලසකමින් කල් ගෙවනවා
- laze around/about
- He loves to just laze around the house all day and do nothing productive.
lead*
/liːd/කැඳවාගෙන යනවා, නායකත්වය දෙනවා, පෙරමුණ ගන්නවා
- lead someone/something (adv./prep.)
- The manager will lead the project successfully.
- lead someone to do something
- He led his team to victory in the championship game.
leak
/liːk/කාන්දු වෙනවා, කාන්දු කරනවා, රහස් හෙළිදරව් කරනවා
- leak (something)
- The faucet in the kitchen sink is leaking water.
- leak something (to someone)
- The plumber will leak the information to the landlord.
lean**
/liːn/ඇල වෙනවා (නැවෙනවා), හේත්තු වෙනවා, පැත්තකට බර වෙනවා
- lean* adv./prep.
- She leaned against the wall for support.
- lean* (on/against) someone/something
- She leaned on the door for support as she caught her breath.
leap**
/liːp/දුරට පනිනවා
- leap* (adv./prep.)
- The frog leaped gracefully over the lily pad.
- leap* (from …) (to …)
- She leaped from one rock to another with grace and agility.
learn**
/lɜːn/ඉගෙනගන්නවා
- learn* (about) something (from someone/something)
- She learned about history from her grandfather's stories.
- learn* something (from doing something)
- I learned how to ride a bike by practicing every day.
- learn* that...
- I learned that the sun rises in the east.
- learn* wh-
- I learned what the word 'endeavor' means from my vocabulary book.
leave*
/liːv/පිටත් වෙනවා, හැර දමා යනවා, තබා යනවා, ඉතිරිකර තබනවා
- leave for …
- They left for school early this morning.
- leave something
- He forgot to leave his keys at home.
- leave someone/something for/with someone/something
- I will leave the book for you to read.
legalize
/ˈliːɡəlaɪz/නීත්‍යානුකූල කරනවා
- legalize something
- The government has decided to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.
lend*
/lend/ණයට/තාවකාලිකව දෙනවා
- lend someone something
- She lent me her pen.
- lend (out) something (to someone)
- I lend (out) my book (to my friend).
let*
/let/(යමක් කරන්නට) ඉඩ හරිනවා/අවසර දෙනවා
- let someone/something do something
- Let the students work on their assignments quietly.
lie*
/laɪ/වැතිරී සිටිනවා, හාන්සි වී සිටිනවා, තිබෙනවා, පවතිනවා
- lie (adv./prep.)
- He lies flat on the ground, pretending to be dead.
lie
/laɪ/බොරු කියනවා
- lie (to someone) (about someone)
- She lied to the police about her whereabouts last night.
lift
/lɪft/ඔසවනවා, ඉස්සෙනවා
- lift someone/something (up) (adv./prep.)
- He lifted the box up with ease.
light**
/laɪt/දැල්වෙනවා/දල්වනවා, ආලෝකමත් වෙනවා/කරනවා
- light* something
- I will light a candle in the room to create a cozy atmosphere.
like
/laɪk/කැමතියි, කැමති වෙනවා
- like someone/something
- She likes pizza.
- like to do something
- I like to watch movies in my free time.
- like doing something
- I like playing soccer.
limit
/ˈlɪmɪt/සීමා කරනවා
- limit something (to something)
- We must limit our expenses to only what is necessary.
line
/laɪn/පේළි හදනවා/හැදෙනවා
- line (something) up
- I asked my students to line up at the door before entering the classroom.
link
/lɪŋk/සම්බන්ධ කරනවා/වෙනවා, ආඳනවා/ඈඳෙනවා, එකට බඳිනවා/බැඳෙනවා
- link A to B
- Mary linked her Instagram account to her Facebook profile.
- link A with B
- I link your email address with your name for future reference.
- link A and B (together)
- I linked the two pieces of paper together with a paperclip.
list
/lɪst/ලැයිස්තුගත කරනවා
- list something
- Please list the items on your grocery list for me.
listen
/ˈlɪsn/ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා
- listen (to someone/something)
- I listened to the music while studying.
live
/lɪv/ජීවත් වෙනවා, පවතිනවා
- live (something) (adv./prep.)
- She lives with her parents in the countryside.
load
/ləʊd/බර පටවනවා, ගොඩ ගහනවා
- load (up) something (with something)
- The truck driver slowly loaded up the boxes with supplies for the delivery.
- load someone/something (into/onto something)
- I will load the groceries into the car.
locate
/ləʊˈkeɪt/පිහිටි/තිබෙන/සිටින තැන සොයාගන්නවා
- locate someone/something
- I will help you locate your lost phone.
lock
/lɒk/අගුලු දානවා, යතුරු දානවා, හිර කරනවා/වෙනවා
- lock (something) (adv./prep.)
- She locked the door carefully before leaving the house.
look
/lʊk/බලනවා
- look (at someone/something)
- She looked at the whiteboard as the teacher explained the lesson.
- look (adv./prep.) (someone/something)
- He looked up at the sky.
loose
/luːs/බුරුල් කරනවා, ලිහනවා, ලිහා අරිනවා
- loose something (on/upon someone/something)
- She accidentally loosed her grip on the vase, causing it to fall and shatter on the
lose*
/luːz/පරදිනවා, නැති කරගන්නවා
- lose (someone/something)
- I lost my keys yesterday and had to search for them for an hour.
lower
/ˈləʊə(r)/පහත් කරනවා, පහත හෙළනවා, අඩු කරනවා
- lower someone/something (adv./prep.)
- She lowered her gaze in embarrassment.
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