Essential Verbs - M
The 31 essential verbs that start with M, 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.
maintain
/meɪnˈteɪn/පවත්වාගෙන යනවා, නඩත්තු කරනවා
- maintain something
- She maintains a tidy classroom.
make*
/meɪk/හදනවා, පිළියෙළ කරනවා etc.
- make (someone) something
- She made her daughter a sandwich for lunch.
- make something (out) (of something)
- I will make a bracelet out of colorful beads.
- make something (from/into something)
- I made a birdhouse from a piece of wood.
- make something for someone
- I make breakfast for my family every morning.
- make someone/something + adj.
- She makes her students happy with her engaging lesson plans.
- make someone/something +noun
- He made a cake for his sister's birthday.
- make someone/something do something
- I make my students practice speaking in English every day.
manage
/ˈmænɪdʒ/කළමනාකරණය කරනවා, පිරිමසා ගන්නවා, පාලනය කරනවා
- manage (something)
- He managed the project successfully.
- manage to do something
- The students managed to finish their homework on time.
- manage with/without someone/something
- I manage with the help of my best friend, Sarah.
mark
/mɑːk/සලකුණු කරනවා, ලකුණක් යොදනවා, ලකුණු දෙනවා
- mark A (with B)
- The teacher marked the student's paper with a red pen.
- mark B on A
- Please mark the correct answer on the exam paper.
- mark someone/something as something
- The teacher marked the students as present in the attendance sheet.
market
/ˈmɑːkɪt/විකුණනවා
- market something (to someone) (as something)
- I marketed my homemade cookies to my friends as a healthy snack option.
marry
/ˈmæri/විවාහ වෙනවා, විවාහ කරගන්නවා, විවාහ කර දෙනවා
- marry (someone)
- He is going to marry his longtime girlfriend next month.
- marry someone to someone
- She married her daughter to a wealthy businessman.
matter
/ˈmætə(r)/වැදගත් වෙනවා
- matter (to someone)
- It matters to me that you understand the lesson.
mean*
/miːn/අදහස් කරනවා, හැඟෙනවා
- mean something (to someone)
- The drawing of her grandmother means a lot to her.
- mean that...
- I mean that learning English is important for your future.
measure
/ˈmeʒə(r)/මිනුම් කරනවා, තක්සේරු කරනවා
- measure something (in something)
- I measured the length of the book in centimeters.
- measure someone/something (for something)
- I measure my students' height for the school's annual fitness assessment.
- measure how
- I will measure how tall you are tomorrow.
meddle
/ˈmedl/අනුන්ගේ දේට උවමනාවෙන් පටලවෙනවා/ඇඟිලි ගසනවා
- meddle (in/with something)
- She warned her children not to meddle with the dangerous chemicals in the science lab.
mediate
/ˈmiːdieɪt/මැදිහත් වෙනවා
- mediate between A and B
- I mediate between my colleagues and the management to resolve conflicts in the workplace.
- mediate (in) something
- I mediate in conflicts between my students.
meditate
/ˈmedɪteɪt/භාවනා කරනවා, සිත යම් දෙයකටම යොමු කරනවා, හිතින් සැලසුම් කරනවා
- meditate (on/upon something)
- One way to use "meditate on" is as follows: "I like to meditate on
- meditate something
- I often meditate positive thoughts before starting my day.
meet*
/miːt/මුණ ගැහෙනවා
- meet (with) (someone) (for something)
- I will meet with my colleagues for our weekly meeting at 11 am.
melt
/melt/උණු වී දිය වෙනවා, උණු කර දිය කරනවා
- melt (something)
- The ice cubes slowly melt in the warm water.
memorize
/ˈmeməraɪz/කට පාඩම් කරනවා, මතක තියාගන්නවා
- memorize (something)
- I need to memorize my lines for the school play.
mention
/ˈmenʃn/සඳහන් කරනවා, මතක් කරනවා
- mention someone/something (to someone)
- I mentioned my favorite book to my friend.
- mention someone/something (as someone/something)
- I mentioned John as my best friend during the interview.
- mention that...
- She mentioned that she was going to the store after work.
- mention wh-
- Could you mention which book you would like to read for our next class discussion?
- mention doing something
- She mentioned visiting her grandmother over the weekend.
merge
/mɜːdʒ/එකට එකතු වෙනවා/කරනවා
- merge with something
- The two companies will merge with each other next month.
- merge into something
- The two rivers merge into one large stream.
- merge A with B
- I will merge my two businesses with the help of a financial advisor.
- merge (A and B) (together)
- The two rivers merge together to form a larger body of water.
mimic
/ˈmɪmɪk/සරදමක් හැටියට අනුකරණය කරනවා
- mimic someone/something
- He can mimic his favorite character from the movie perfectly.
mind
/maɪnd/නරක විදියට දෙයක් හිතට ගන්නවා
- mind (something)
- I don't mind eating spicy food.
- mind (someone/something) doing something
- She doesn't mind washing the dishes after dinner.
- mind that...
- Mind that the stove is turned off before you leave the house.
- mind wh-
- Mind whispering in class, it disturbs others who are trying to focus.
miss
/mɪs/ගිලිහී යනවා, මග හැරෙනවා, බැරි වෙනවා
- miss someone/th
- I miss my friends from Sri Lanka.
- miss (someone/something) (doing) something
- I miss my family (not being able to see them) when I am away for work.
mistake*
/mɪˈsteɪk/වරද්ද ගන්නවා, වැරදියට වටහා ගන්නවා
- mistake someone/something (as someone/something)
- She mistook the stranger on the street as her long-lost friend.
mix
/mɪks/මිශ්‍ර වෙනවා, මිශ්‍ර කරනවා
- mix (something) (with something)
- I mix salt with water to make a saline solution.
- mix A and B (together)
- I will mix A and B together to make a delicious smoothie.
moan
/məʊn/කෙඳිරි ගානවා, මැසිවිලි නගනවා
- moan (in/with something)
- She moaned in pain as she stubbed her toe.
- moan (on) (about something) (to someone)
- She moaned to her friend about the long line at the store.
- moan (at someone) (about something)
- She moans at her brother about doing the chores.
- moan that...
- Sheila moaned that her basketball team lost the game.
mock
/mɒk/සරදම් කරනවා
- mock someone/something
- The students mock their teacher when she makes a mistake in class.
modernize
/ˈmɒdənaɪz/නවීකරණය කරනවා
- modernize something
- Our city has been thriving since we modernized its infrastructure.
modify
/ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/වෙනස් කරනවා
- modify something
- She needs to modify her essay before submitting it.
mourn
/mɔːn/නැති වුනු දෙයක්/මිය ගිය කෙනෙක් වෙනුවෙන් දුක් වෙනවා/වැලපෙනවා
- mourn (something)
- I mourn the loss of my beloved pet.
- mourn (for someone/something)
- She mourned for her lost cat.
move
/muːv/එහා මෙහා වෙනවා/කරනවා, සසල වෙනවා/කරනවා, පදිංචිය වෙනස් කරනවා, පොළඹවනවා
- move adv./.prep.
- She carefully moved the vase onto the shelf.
- move (someone/something) (from …) (to …)
- I moved the books from the shelf to the table.
- move away
- He saw the lion and quickly moved away.
- move (someone) to do something
- Her speech moved me to study harder for my exams.
muffle
/ˈmʌfl/හඬ අවුරනවා, (උණුසුම සඳහා) අවුරනවා
- muffle something
- She muffled her screams with her hands when she saw the spider.
- muffle someone/something (up) (in something)
- He muffled his cough with a handkerchief.
murder
/ˈmɜːdə(r)/ඝාතනය කරනවා
- murder someone
- He murdered someone last night.
mutter
/ˈmʌtə(r)/පහත් හඬින් කියනවා
- mutter (something) (to someone)
- She muttered her response to her teacher under her breath.
- mutter that...
- She muttered that she was tired of studying.
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