Essential Verbs - P
The 81 essential verbs that start with P, 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.
pace
/peɪs/සක්මන් කරනවා, වේගය පිහිටුවනවා
- pace adv./prep.
- He walked at a leisurely pace through the park.
- pace something
- She paced her room, her mind racing with worry.
pack
/pæk/අඩුක්කරනවා, තදබදව අසුරනවා
- pack something (in/into something)
- We pack our clothes in suitcases for our trip.
paint
/peɪnt/සිතුවම් කරනවා, සායම් ගානවා, තීත්ත ගානවා
- paint someone/something
- I paint the wall blue.
- paint something (with something)
- The children paint the walls with bright colors.
- paint something + adj.
- She painted her bedroom walls white.
panic
/ˈpænɪk/හදිසි බියෙන් කලබල වෙනවා/කරනවා
- panic (someone)
- The sudden loud noise panicked the small child.
pant
/pænt/හති දානවා
- pant
- I pant after running for an hour.
paralyse
/ˈpærəlaɪz/අඩපණ කරනවා, අඩාල කරනවා
- paralyse someone/something
- Paralyse stress can harm your health.
paraphrase
/ˈpærəfreɪz/කියූ/ලියූ දෙයක් වෙනත් වචනවලින් තේරුම් කරනවා (තේරෙන භාෂාවෙන් කියනවා)
- paraphrase (something)
- I will paraphrase the sentence to make it easier for my students to understand.
pardon
/ˈpɑːdn/සමාව දෙනවා, වරදකින් නිදහස් කරනවා
- pardon someone/something
- Pardon me, I did not hear what you said.
park
/pɑːk/(වාහනයක්) නතර කරනවා
- park something (adv./prep.)
- I parked my car in the garage.
parry
/ˈpæri/ප්‍රහාරයක් වළක්වනවා
- parry (something)
- I was able to parry his attack and land a counter punch.
participate
/pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/සහභාගී වෙනවා
- participate (in something)
- I participate in sports every weekend.
pass
/pɑːs/යමක් පසු කර යනවා, සමත් වෙනවා, ඉදිරියට යනවා, අතින් අතට යනවා/යවනවා
- pass someone/something
- The teacher passed the papers to the students.
- pass adv./prep.
- After studying for weeks, she finally passed her driving test with flying colors.
- pass someone something
- I passed the soda to my friend at the dinner table.
- pass something (to someone)
- I will pass the book to my friend.
paste
/peɪst/අලවනවා
- paste something (adv./prep.)
- Paste the picture on the wall carefully.
pat
/pæt/පැතලි අතින් හෙමිහිට තට්ටු කරනවා
- pat something
- I pat my dog on the head for being a good boy.
patch
/pætʃ/අණ්ඩ දමනවා
- patch something (with something)
- She patched the hole in the wall with a piece of duct tape.
patrol
/pəˈtrəʊl/මුර සංචාරයේ යෙදෙනවා
- patrol (something)
- The police patrol the streets every night to ensure safety.
pawn
/pɔːn/උකස් කරනවා
- pawn something
- I was forced to pawn my mother's ring for rent money.
pay*
/peɪ/ගෙවනවා etc.
- pay (something) (for something)
- He paid $10 for his lunch.
- pay someone something
- I will pay you ten dollars for helping me with my homework.
- pay (something) (to/for someone)
- I pay my rent to my landlord every month.
- pay (someone) (for something)
- She pays her babysitter for watching her children.
- pay someone to do something
- She paid her brother to wash the car.
- pay with something
- The customer paid with cash for the groceries.
peek
/piːk/(නොබැලිය යුත්තක් දිහා) හොරෙන් බලනවා
- peek at someone/something
- She sneaked a peek at the exam paper to check the answer.
- peek adv./prep.
- She peeked over the wall to see what was happening.
peel
/piːl/පොතු අරිනවා, ලෙලි අරිනවා, පොතු ගැලවෙනවා
- peel something
- He peels the apple before eating it.
- peel something (away/off)
- She peeled the sticker off the book.
- peel (off)
- The banana peel came off easily in my hand.
peep
/piːp/සිදුරකින් එබී හොරෙන් බලනවා
- peep at someone/something
- She peeps at her new baby brother through the nursery window.
- peep adv./prep.
- The baby peeped curiously into the box.
penetrate
/ˈpenətreɪt/පසාරු කරගෙන යනවා
- penetrate something
- The knife was able to penetrate the tough apple easily.
- penetrate into/through something
- The water from the leaking roof penetrates into the ceiling, causing damage.
perfect
/pəˈfekt/යමක් පරිපූර්ණත්වය දෙසට වැඩි දියුණු කරනවා
- perfect something
- I will perfect my tennis serve before the tournament begins.
perform
/pəˈfɔːm/(යමක්) කරනවා, (නාට්‍යයක) රඟ පානවා
- perform (something)
- She performed a beautiful dance in front of the audience.
- perform adv./prep.
- He performed exceptionally well in his piano recital.
perish
/ˈperɪʃ/විනාශ වෙනවා
- perish
- The flowers will perish without enough water.
permit
/pəˈmɪt/අවසර දෙනවා
- permit something
- The teacher permitted the students to bring their own notes into the exam.
- permit someone to do something
- I permit my students to use their first language in the classroom if they need to clarify something.
persuade
/pəˈsweɪd/කෙනෙක්ව (යමක් කරන්නට) පොළඹවා ගන්නවා
- persuade someone (to do something)
- I persuaded my friend to join the club.
- persuade someone (into doing something)
- I persuaded him into trying the new restaurant.
pet
/pet/හුරතල් කරනවා
- pet someone/something
- The boy loves to pet his dog.
phone
/fəʊn/දුරකතනයෙන් අමතනවා
- phone someone/something
- I'll phone the IT department tomorrow to fix the computer issue.
pick
/pɪk/තෝරාගන්නවා, (දත්/නහය) හාරනවා, නෙළා ගන්නවා, ඇහිඳිනවා
- pick someone/something
- I will pick a flower for my mom from the garden.
- pick something up
- She picked up the pencil from her desk.
pierce
/pɪəs/විදිනවා, පසාරු කරගෙන යනවා
- pierce something
- She pierced her ear with a needle.
- pierce (though) something
- The needle pierced through the fabric easily, leaving a tiny hole behind.
place
/paɪl/එක උඩ එක තියනවා/ගොඩගහනවා
- place something (up)
- Place the book up on the shelf.
- place B on(to) A
- He placed the book on the table.
- place adv./prep.
- I placed the book on the table.
plan
/pleɪs/(පරෙස්සමින්) කිසියම් තැනකින් තබනවා
- plan (someone) (adv./prep.)
- I planned her a surprise party next week.
plant
/plɑːnt/පැළ කරනවා
- plant something
- I will plant flowers in my garden tomorrow.
play
/pleɪ/සෙල්ලම් කරනවා, වාදනය කරනවා, රඟ දක්වනවා
- play (something)
- She plays soccer every Saturday.
plead
/pliːd/ආයාචනා කරනවා
- plead (with someone) (to do something)
- I plead with my students to study harder for their upcoming exams.
- plead (with someone) (for something)
- He pleaded with the judge for a lighter sentence.
please
/pliːz/සතුටු කරනවා
- please (someone) (to do something)
- Please remind your mother to pick you up from school at 3 PM.
point
/pɔɪnt/(ඇඟිල්ල/තුවක්කුව ආදිය) දික් කරනවා/එල්ල කරනවා
- point (at/to/towards someone/something)
- She pointed to the board to direct her students' attention to the new vocabulary words.
- point (something) at someone/something
- Sarah pointed her finger at the map on the wall.
poison
/ˈpɔɪzn/වස දෙනවා, වස දානවා
- poison someone
- I will poison someone if they try to harm me.
- poison something
- I accidentally poisoned the plants by using too much fertilizer.
pollute
/pəˈluːt/යම් දෙයක් දූෂ්‍ය කරනවා/අපිරිසිදු කරනවා
- pollute something (by/with something)
- The factory pollutes the river by dumping chemicals into it.
portray
/pɔːˈtreɪ/විචිත්‍රව විස්තර කරනවා
- portray someone/something (as something)
- He portrayed himself as a successful businessman.
possess
/pəˈzes/අයිතිව තියෙනවා, අයත් කරගෙන ඉන්නවා
- possess something
- She possesses a beautiful singing voice.
post
/pəʊst/තැපැල් කරනවා, දැනගැනීම පිණිස ප්‍රසිද්ධ කරනවා etc.
- post someone something
- I will post you the invitation tomorrow.
- post something (off) (to someone)
- I will post the package off to my friend tomorrow.
- post something (adv./prep.)
- She posted her resume on the job website.
pour
/pɔː(r)/වැක්කෙරෙනවා/ වක්කරනවා
- pour (something) (adv./prep.)
- She poured milk slowly into her cereal bowl.
- pour something (out)
- He poured the milk out of the bottle into a glass.
- pour someone something
- She poured him a glass of water.
- pour something for someone
- He poured some water for his friend.
practise
/ˈpræktɪs/පුරුදු පුහුණු වෙනවා, ක්‍රියාවෙහි යොදවනවා
- practise something
- I practise yoga every morning to improve my flexibility.
- practise (for something)
- She practiced for her piano recital every day.
- practise doing something
- Students must practise speaking English every day in order to improve their skills.
- practise (something) on someone/something
- She practiced her speech on her cat before presenting it to her class.
praise
/preɪz/වර්ණනා කරනවා, ප්‍රශංසා කරනවා
- praise someone/something (for something)
- He praised her for her hard work.
- praise someone/something (for doing something)
- She praised her students for their hard work in studying English.
- praise someone/something (as something)
- He praised his students as hardworking and dedicated.
pray
/preɪ/යාඥා කරනවා, යදිනවා
- pray for someone/something
- I pray for my family's health and happiness every day.
- pray to someone (for someone/something)
- I pray to God for good health.
predict
/prɪˈdɪkt/අනාවැකි පල කරනවා, වෙන දේ කලින් කියනවා
- predict something
- She predicted the outcome of the game.
- predict that...
- I predict that it will rain tomorrow.
- predict wh-
- I predict which team will win the game.
prefer
/prɪˈfɜː(r)/වැඩිපුර කැමතියි
- prefer someone/something
- I prefer tea over coffee.
- prefer someone/something + adj.
- She prefers spicy food.
- prefer to do something
- I prefer to study early in the morning.
- prefer doing something
- I prefer reading to watching TV.
- prefer that...
- I prefer that you use a pencil instead of a pen for this assignment.
- prefer A to B
- I prefer tea to coffee.
prepare
/prɪˈpeə(r)/සූදානම් වෙනවා, සූදානම් කරනවා
- prepare (someone/something) (for someone/something)
- She prepares her children for school every morning.
- prepare to do something
- I prepare to teach my students every day.
prescribe
/prɪˈskraɪb/(පොතක්/බෙහෙතක්) නියම කරනවා
- prescribe something
- The doctor prescribed antibiotics to treat the infection.
- prescribe (someone) something (for something)
- The doctor prescribed the patient painkillers for their headache.
- prescribe that...
- I prescribe that my students practice speaking English every day to improve their language skills.
- prescribe wh-
- The doctor prescribed whatever medication the patient needed.
present
/prɪˈzent/ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා, ගෙනහැර දක්වනවා, තෑගි කරනවා
- present something (to someone)
- She presented her project to the class.
- present someone with something
- I will present you with a certificate for your outstanding performance in class.
- present someone/something (as someone/something)
- She presented herself as a successful businesswoman in the interview.
preserve
/prɪˈzɜːv/යම් දෙයක තත්වය ආරක්ෂා කරගන්නවා, කෑම කල් තබා ගන්නවා
- preserve something
- I preserve old photographs in acid-free paper to prevent them from deteriorating.
press
/pres/තද වෙනවා/කරනවා, මිරිකනවා, පීඩනයක් යොදනවා
- press (someone/something) (against someone/something)
- He pressed his body against the wall to hide from the security guard.
- press something together
- I pressed my hands together in prayer.
- press something to something
- She pressed the button to turn on the computer.
presume
/prɪˈzjuːm/සත්‍ය යැයි සිතනවා, අනුමාන කරනවා
- presume (that)
- I presume that you will arrive on time for the meeting.
- presume something
- I presume you are enjoying the class.
- presume someone/something + adj.
- He presumed the exam would be easy because he studied well.
- presume someone/something to be someone/something
- I presume the new student to be from Sri Lanka based on her accent.
- presume someone/something to have done something
- I presume the student to have completed the assignment yesterday.
pretend
/prɪˈtend/යම් දෙයක් බොරුවට අඟවනවා
- pretend (to someone) (that)
- I pretended to my friend that I hadn't eaten the last piece of cake.
- pretend to be/do/have something
- I pretend to be a doctor during playtime.
- pretend something
- She pretended to be a princess during the school play.
prevent
/prɪˈvent/වළක්වනවා
- prevent someone/something (doing something)
- I will teach you how to prevent yourself from getting a cold during the winter season.
- prevent someone/something (from doing something)
- I prevent my dog from chewing on my shoes.
price
/praɪs/මිල නියම කරනවා
- price something at something
- I priced the car at $10,000.
- price something (up)
- I priced up the car before deciding to buy it.
- price something (adv./prep.)
- The store will price the items before putting them on the shelf.
මුද්‍රණය කරනවා
- print something
- I need to print something from my computer for school tomorrow.
proceed
/prəˈsiːd/ඉදිරියට (කරගෙන) යනවා
- proceed (with something)
- He told them to proceed with the presentation.
- proceed to do something
- She proceeded to finish her homework before going to bed.
- proceed adv./prep.
- He proceeded down the hallway with caution.
process
/ˈprəʊses/සකස් කරනවා
- process something
- I am currently processing the results of the experiment.
produce
/prəˈdjuːs/නිෂ්පාදනය කරනවා, ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා
- produce something
- The farmer produces vegetables in his garden.
profit
/ˈprɒfɪt/ලාභ ලබනවා
- profit (on something)
- She profited on the sale of her old car.
- profit (from something)
- She profited from her investment in the stock market.
promise
/ˈprɒmɪs/පොරොන්දු වෙනවා
- promise to do something
- I promise to help you study for your exam tomorrow.
- promise something
- She promised to study hard for her exams.
- promise (someone) that
- I promise you that I will finish my homework before dinner.
- promise someone something
- I promise my students a fun and engaging lesson today.
- promise something (to someone)
- I promise to bring you a gift.
promote
/prəˈməʊt/උසස් කරනවා, අනුබල දෙනවා, ප්‍රවර්ධනය කරනවා
- promote someone (from something) (to something)
- The company decided to promote their top performer from sales representative to manager.
- promote something
- The company is promoting their new product to increase sales.
- promote something (as something)
- I want to promote this event as a fun and educational experience for all attendees.
prompt
/prɒmpt/පොළඹවනවා, උනන්දු කරවනවා
- prompt someone to do something
- The loud alarm prompted me to wake up and get ready for school.
pronounce
/prəˈnaʊns/උච්චාරණය කරනවා, තීන්දුවක් දෙනවා, නිල වශයෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරනවා
- pronounce something
- She pronounced each word in the sentence with precision.
- pronounce someone/something + noun/adj.
- She pronounced the word "gnocchi" perfectly.
- pronounce someone/something to be/have
- I pronounce him to be a skilled musician.
- pronounce that...
- I can pronounce that word correctly.
propose
/prəˈpəʊz/යෝජනා කරනවා
- propose something
- She proposed a change in our lesson plan.
- propose that...
- I propose that we have a class discussion on the topic of climate change.
- propose to do something
- She proposed to come to the meeting early tomorrow.
- propose doing something
- I propose studying grammar before the quiz.
- propose to someone
- She proposed to him on their trip to Paris.
- propose something (to someone)
- I will propose the new project to my boss tomorrow.
- propose someone (for/as something)
- I propose John for the position of class representative.
protect
/prəˈtekt/ආරක්ෂා කරනවා, ආරක්ෂාව සපයනවා, ආරක්ෂා වෙනවා
- protect (someone/something) (from/against something)
- She protected her children from the rain by holding an umbrella over them.
protest
/prəˈtest/විරුද්ධත්වය ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා, විරෝධය පානවා
- protest (about/against/at something)
- She protests loudly about the lack of representation for minority groups in the government.
- protest that...
- I protest that the new rules are unfair.
prove
/pruːv/ඔප්පු කරනවා, තහවුරු කරනවා, ප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂ කරනවා
- prove something (to someone)
- She proved her innocence to the judge with concrete evidence.
- prove that...
- She proved that she could solve complex math problems without a calculator.
- prove wh-
- Prove what you know through your actions, not just your words.
- prove someone/something + adj.
- The forensic evidence proved the suspect guilty of the crime.
provide
/prəˈvaɪd/සපයනවා, සලසනවා, ලබා දෙනවා
- provide something (to/for someone)
- I will provide pencils to my students for their exams.
- provide someone with something
- The company will provide the clients with a detailed report.
provoke
/prəˈvəʊk/ප්‍රකෝප කරනවා, කුලප්පු කරනවා
- provoke something
- She always knows how to provoke a reaction from her siblings.
- provoke someone (into something)
- The politician's controversial remarks provoked the crowd into rioting.
- provoke someone (into doing something)
- I provoked my students into participating in the classroom discussion by asking thought-provoking questions.
- provoke someone (to do something)
- She provoked him to chase after her by playfully teasing him.
publish
/ˈpʌblɪʃ/(පොතක් ආදිය) ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරනවා
- publish something
- I will publish my book next month.
pull
/pʊl/අදිනවා
- pull (something)
- She pulled the door open.
- pull (at/on something)
- He pulls at the rope to raise the flag.
- pull (ab/something) (adv./prep.)
- I pulled the door closed gently.
punch
/pʌntʃ/මිටින් පහර දෙනවා, හිල් කරනවා
- punch someone/something (on something)
- I punched him on the nose.
- punch something (in/through something)
- She punched a hole in the wall.
punish
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/දඬුවම් කරනවා
- punish someone (for something)
- The teacher punished the students for not completing their homework on time.
- punish someone (for doing something)
- He was punished for breaking the school's rules.
- punish someone (by/with something)
- She punished her child by taking away his video games for a week.
purchase
/ˈpɜːtʃəs/මිලදී ගන්නවා
- purchase something (from someone)
- I purchase eggs from the farmers market every Saturday.
pursue
/pəˈsjuː/ලුහු බැඳ යනවා
- pursue someone/something
- She pursued her dream of becoming a doctor.
push
/pʊʃ/තල්ලු කරනවා, තදින් ඉල්ලා සිටිනවා, ප්‍රමාණය ඉක්මවා වෙහෙසනවා
- push (something)
- I push the chair across the room.
- push at something
- I push at the door to close it.
- push someone/something + adv./prep.
- He pushed the door open.
- push something + adj.
- I push the door open.
- push someone (into something/doing something)
- He pushed the student into the swimming pool as punishment for misbehaving.
- push someone (to do something)
- I pushed him to study harder for his exams.
put*
/pʊt/දානවා, තබනවා, යොමු කරනවා, ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා etc.
- put something (adv./prep.)
- She put the book on the table.
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Which verb means මුර සංචාරයේ යෙදෙනවා?
Which verb means එක උඩ එක තියනවා/ගොඩගහනවා?
Which verb means අනාවැකි පල කරනවා?
Which verb means පොරොන්දු වෙනවා?
Which verb means දානවා?
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