Essential Verbs - R

The 74 essential verbs that start with R, 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.

race

/reɪs/

තරඟ වදිනවා, වේගයෙන් යනවා/පදවනවා

race someone/something: I raced my dog to the finish line.
race against someone/something: He's been training hard to race against his rival.
race to do something: They raced to finish their homework before the deadline.
race adv./prep.: I raced down the street, trying to catch the bus that was already pulling away.

rain

/reɪn/

වහිනවා

rain: It rains every day in the summer in Sri Lanka.

raise

/reɪz/

ඔසවනවා, ඉහළ දමනවා, හදා වඩා ගන්නවා

raise something (adv./prep.): I will raise my hand in class to ask a question.
raise someone: He raised his hand to answer the question.

range

/reɪndʒ/

පරාසයක පවතිනවා

range from A to B: The temperature in this desert can range from 40 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
range between A and B: The price of the tickets ranges between $10 and $20.
range adv./prep.: The birds range freely across the open sky.

reach

/riːtʃ/

ලඟා වෙනවා, සමීප වෙනවා, අත දික්කරනවා

reach someone/something: She reached her hand out to grab the book on the shelf.
reach (something) (adv./prep.): She reached for her phone on the table.

react

/riˈækt/

ප්‍රතික්‍රියා කරනවා, ක්‍රියාවකට ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වනවා

react (to something) (by doing something): He reacted to the criticism by apologizing.
react (adv./prep.): He reacted quickly to the news.
react (with something): The students reacted with excitement when they saw their grades.
react (together): The class reacted together in excitement as their teacher announced the field trip.

read*

/riːd/

කියවනවා

read (something): She reads a book every night before bed.
read someone something: I read my sister a bedtime story.
read something (to someone): I will read the story to my little sister.
read about/of something: I read about the history of Sri Lanka in a book.
read that...: I can read that book in less than an hour.

realize

/ˈriːəlaɪz/

තත්වයක් වටහා ගන්නවා

realize something: I realized my mistake after I had already sent the email.
realize that...: I realized that I left my keys at home.
realize wh-: They realized where they were going.

reason

/ˈriːzn/

තාර්කිකව කරුණු දක්වනවා/සලකා බලනවා

reason (that): The reason that I am late is because of traffic.

recall

/rɪˈkɔːl/

යළි මතක් කරගන්නවා

recall something: I recall studying for my English exam last night.
recall (someone/something) doing something: I can recall my mother cooking delicious meals every evening.
recall that...: I recall that we met at the park last weekend.
recall wh-: I recall what I had for breakfast this morning.

receive

/rɪˈsiːv/

ලබාගන්නවා, පිළිගන්නවා, බාරගන්නවා

receive something from someone: I receive the package from my friend.
receive something with something: He receives his guests with a warm smile.
receive someone (into something): She received her friends into her home for a birthday party.

recognize

/ˈrekəɡnaɪz/

හඳුනාගන්නවා, පිළිගන්නවා

recognize someone/something (as someone/something) (by/from something): I recognize my best friend's voice from across the room.
recognize that...: I recognize that he is struggling with the concept.
recognize wh-: I recognized what I saw from the train window.

/ˌrekəˈmend/

යෝග්‍ය යැයි යෝජනා කරනවා

recommend someone/something (to someone) (for/as something): I recommend my favorite book to my students for their next reading assignment.
recommend someone (to do something): I recommend Sarah to study for her exam.
recommend (someone) doing something: I recommend my students studying for their exams every day.
recommend that...: I recommend that you study for your exam thoroughly.
recommend wh-: I recommend what to eat for breakfast tomorrow.

record

/rɪˈkɔːd/

වාර්තාගත කරනවා, සටහන් කරනවා, පටිගත කරනවා

record something: I recorded the lecture for you.
record that...: I record that you will attend the class tomorrow.
record wh-: Can you please record what you are saying for me to listen to later?

recover

/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/

අසනීපයකින් සුවය ලබනවා, නැති වූ දෙයක් ආපසු ලබා ගන්නවා

recover (from something): She is recovering from a knee injury.
recover something (from someone/something): I recovered my lost wallet from the lost and found.

reduce

/rɪˈdjuːs/

අඩුකරනවා

reduce something (from something) (to something) (by something): I have reduced the price of this product from $50 to $40 by $10.

refer

/rɪˈfɜː(r)/

ගැන කතා කරනවා, සඳහන් කරනවා, යොමු කරනවා

refer to someone/something: He always refers to his sister for advice.
refer someone/something to someone/something: I will refer the new student to the school counselor for academic support.

reflect

/rɪˈflekt/

පරාවර්තනය කරනවා, පිළිබිඹු කරනවා, ප්‍රත්‍යවේක්ෂණය කරනවා

reflect someone/something (in something): My mirror reflects me in the morning.
reflect that...: I reflected that my students' understanding of the concept had greatly improved.
reflect wh-: He paused for a moment to reflect what he had just heard.
reflect on/upon something: She took a moment to reflect on her actions before making a decision.

refrain

/rɪˈfreɪn/

වැළකෙනවා

refrain (from something): She always refrains from talking during her boyfriend's favorite movie.
refrain (from doing something): The students have been asked to refrain from talking during the test.

refuse

/rɪˈfjuːz/

බාර නොගෙන සිටිනවා, ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනවා

refuse something: She refused the offer of a cookie.
refuse someone something: He refused his mother food.

regain

/rɪˈɡeɪn/

නැති වූ යමක් යළි ලබා ගන්නවා

regain something: She was determined to regain her lost confidence.

regard

/rɪˈɡɑːd/

(විශේෂ යමෙක්/දෙයක් ලෙස) සලකනවා, සැලකිල්ලට ගන්නවා

regard someone/something as someone/something: I regard her as my closest friend.
regard someone/something (adv./prep.): He regards his sister with admiration.

register

/ˈredʒɪstə(r)/

ලියාපදිංචි කරනවා, ලේඛනගත කරනවා

register something (in something): The students must register their names in the attendance book before class starts.
register (someone) as something: I will register you as a student in our English class.
register (something): She registered her car at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

regret

/rɪˈɡret/

පසු තැවෙනවා, කනගාටු වෙනවා, කනගාටුව පළ කරනවා

regret something: I regret eating too much cake last night.
regret doing something: I regret eating so much cake at the party yesterday.
regret that...: I regret that I didn't study harder for the exam.
regret wh-: I regret why I didn't study harder for the exam yesterday.
regret to do something: I regret to inform you that your request has been denied.

reject

/rɪˈdʒekt/

බාර නොගෙන ඉන්නවා, ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනවා, ඉවත දමනවා

reject someone/something: Sarah rejected the invitation.

relax

/rɪˈlæks/

විවේකී වෙනවා, විවේකීව ඉන්නවා

relax (something): Squeeze the stress ball to help relax your hand muscles.

release

/rɪˈliːs/

මුදා හරිනවා, විසුරුවා හරිනවා

release someone/something: I released the bird into the sky.
release someone/something from something: I released the bird from its cage.

relieve

/rɪˈliːv/

සහනය සලසනවා

relieve someone/something: He relieved the pressure in his tire by adding some air.

relive

/ˌriːˈlɪv/

පරණ මතක හිතින් ආයෙමත් විඳිනවා

relive something: I will relive my childhood memories by looking through old photo albums.

remain

/rɪˈmeɪn/

ඉතිරි වෙනවා, රැඳී සිටිනවා, පවතිනවා

remain +adj./noun: She remained silent throughout the meeting.
remain adv./prep.: The students remained quiet during the lecture.
remain (to do something): The task remains to be completed by tomorrow.

remember

/rɪˈmembə(r)/

මතකයි, මතක තියාගන්නවා, මතක් කරනවා

remember (someone/something): She remembers her childhood with fondness.
remember that...: Remember that practice makes perfect.
remember wh-: Remember what you need to study for the test.
remember to do something: I always remember to bring my umbrella with me when it rains.
remember doing something: I remember visiting Sri Lanka last year.

remind

/rɪˈmaɪnd/

මතක් කරනවා

remind someone (about /of something): I remind my students of the importance of practicing their English every day.
remind someone (to do something): She reminded me to turn off the lights before leaving.
remind someone (that): I reminded my students that the test is tomorrow.
remind someone (wh-): I reminded her about the meeting tonight.

remove

/rɪˈmuːv/

ඉවත් කරනවා, ඉවතට ගෙන යනවා

remove someone/something (from someone/something): I removed the picture from the frame.

rent

/rent/

කුලියට ගන්නවා, කුලියට දෙනවා

rent something: I will rent a car for my road trip.
rent something out: I am going to rent my apartment out to students next semester.

repair

/rɪˈpeə(r)/

අලුත්වැඩියා කරනවා

repair something: He repaired the broken window.

repeat

/rɪˈpiːt/

නැවත කියනවා, නැවත කරනවා, නැවත නැවත සිදුවෙනවා etc.

repeat something (to someone): I will repeat the instructions to you one more time.
repeat something (after someone): Please repeat after me: "I want to improve my English skills."
repeat that...: Please repeat that word again.
repeat what: Please repeat what I just said so I know you understood.

replace

/rɪˈpleɪs/

ආදේශ කරනවා

replace someone/something (with someone/something): I will replace the old computer with a new one for faster performance.

reply

/rɪˈplaɪ/

පිළිතුරු දෙනවා

reply (to someone) (with something): She replied to her friend's message with a simple 'thank you'.
reply that...: I replied that I couldn't come to the party.

report

/rɪˈpɔːt/

වාර්තා කරනවා, පැමිණිලි කරනවා

report something (to someone): I reported the incident to the police.
report (on something) (to someone): He reports on the progress of his project to his boss every week.
report (someone/something) doing something: The police reported the suspect fleeing the scene of the crime.
report someone/something as something: She reported her husband as a missing person to the police.
report someone/something as doing something: His coworkers reported him as being a hardworking and reliable employee.
report that...: The student reported that he had finished his homework on time.
report wh-: Could you please report what happened during the experiment?

represent

/ˌreprɪˈzent/

නියෝජනය කරනවා

represent someone/something: The student will represent our school in the regional spelling bee competition.

request

/rɪˈkwest/

ඉල්ලනවා, අයදිනවා

request something (from someone): She requested a cup of tea from her mother.
request someone to do something: I requested my students to finish their homework before class.
request that...: I request that my students complete the homework assignment by tomorrow.

require

/rɪˈkwaɪə(r)/

අවශ්‍ය වෙනවා, අපේක්ෂා කරනවා

require someone/something (to do something): I require my students to complete their homework before class.
require that...: I require that my students complete their homework assignments on time.
require doing something: I require completing the assigned homework before tomorrow's class.
require of th: I require of them to complete their homework before class.
require someone to do something: I require you to finish your homework before class tomorrow.

rescue

/ˈreskjuː/

බේරා ගන්නවා, (අනතුරකින්/විපතකින්) ගලවා ගන්නවා

rescue someone/something (from someone/something): He rescued the cat from the tree.

resemble

/rɪˈzembl/

(පෙනුමෙන්/හැසිරීමෙන්) වෙනත් කෙනෙකුට/දෙයකට සමානකමක් දක්වනවා

resemble someone/something: Tom resembles his father in appearance.

reserve

/rɪˈzɜːv/

මතු ප්‍රයෝජනයට වෙන් කර තබනවා

reserve something (for someone/something): I need to reserve a table for tonight's dinner.

resign

/rɪˈzaɪn/

ඉල්ලා අස්වෙනවා, පදවිය අත් හරිනවා

resign (from something): She decided to resign from her position as CEO of the company.
resign (as something): I will resign as the class president.
resign something: She resigned her position as CEO of the company.

resist

/rɪˈzɪst/

විරෝධය පානවා, අවනත වීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනවා

resist (something): He could not resist the temptation of eating the delicious cake.
resist doing something: He couldn't resist shouting out the answer in class.

respect

/rɪˈspekt/

ගෞරවයෙන් සලකනවා

respect someone/something (for something): I respect my parents for their hard work and sacrifices.

respond

/rɪˈspɒnd/

ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වනවා

respond (to someone/something) (with something): The students responded to the difficult grammar question with thoughtful answers.
respond that...: I responded that I would be attending the meeting tomorrow.
respond (to someone/something) (by doing something): The students responded to the teacher's question by raising their hands.

rest

/rest/

විවේක ගන්නවා, රැඳී සිටිනවා/තිබෙනවා, හේත්තු වී සිටිනවා/තිබෙනවා

rest (something) (adv./prep.): She rested her head on her pillow.

restore

/rɪˈstɔː(r)/

ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කරනවා, ප්‍රකෘති තත්වයට පත් කරනවා, ආපසු පැවති තත්වයට ගේනවා

restore something: The company will restore the old building next month.
restore someone/something to something: I will restore the old building to its former glory.

restrict

/rɪˈstrɪkt/

සීමා කරනවා, සීමාවලට යටත් කරනවා

restrict something (to something): She restricts her diet to only fruits and vegetables.
restrict something (to someone): The school restricts access to the library to students with valid IDs.

resume

/rɪˈzjuːm/

යළි පටන් ගන්නවා

resume (something): I will now resume the presentation.
resume doing something: After taking a break to have some water, we will resume dancing.

retain

/rɪˈteɪn/

රඳවා තබා ගන්නවා, පවත්වා ගන්නවා, සේවය ලබා ගන්නවා

retain something: He was able to retain his title as the spelling bee champion for three consecutive years.
retain someone/something: He was able to retain all the information from the lecture.

retire

/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/

විශ්‍රාම ගන්නවා/ගන්වනවා

retire (from something): He will retire from his job next year.
retire (to something): She retired to her beach house after years of hard work.
retire someone: He retired his father's work and continued the family business.

retreat

/rɪˈtriːt/

පසු බසිනවා

retreat (adv./prep.): She retreated slowly into her room.

return

/rɪˈtɜːn/

ආපසු එනවා/යනවා, ආපසු ගේනවා/දෙනවා/යවනවා

return (to …) (from …): I will return to my office from lunch at 1pm.
return to something: She will return to her hometown next week.
return someone/something (to someone/something): I will return the borrowed book to the library tomorrow.

reveal

/rɪˈviːl/

අනාවරණය කරනවා, හෙළිදරව් කරනවා

reveal (something) (to someone): He revealed his true identity to her.
reveal that...: I am happy to reveal that I am getting married next month.
reveal wh-: I will reveal what I found in your bag.

reverse

/rɪˈvɜːs/

ප්‍රතිවර්ත කරනවා, අනිත් අතට හරවනවා, (වාහනයක්) පස්සට ගන්නවා

reverse something: I will reverse your opinion on the matter.

review

/rɪˈvjuː/

සමාලෝචනය කරනවා, ගුණ දොස් විවේචනය කරනවා

review something: I will review your homework assignment tomorrow.

revise

/rɪˈvaɪz/

(ලියවිල්ලක්) පරීක්ෂා කර සංශෝධනය කරනවා

revise something: I will revise my essay before submitting it.

reward

/rɪˈwɔːd/

තෑග්ගක් දෙනවා

reward someone (with something) (for something/doing something): The teacher rewarded the top student with a certificate for his hard work in the class.

ride*

/raɪd/

(බයිසිකලයක්/අශ්වයෙක්) පදිනවා, වාහනයක මගියෙකු ලෙස ගමනක් යනවා

ride (something) adv./prep.: He rode the bike quickly down the hill.

ring*

/rɪŋ/

ටෙලිෆෝන් කරනවා, සීනුවක් නාද කරනවා, වට කරනවා

ring someone/something up: I will ring the bell up to signal the start of the meeting.
ring (something) (for someone/something): I will ring the doorbell for the guests when they arrive at the party.
ring someone/something (with something): I rang the bell with the handle.

rise*

/raɪz/

ඉහළ යනවා, නැගිටිනවා, (ඉර/හඳ) පායනවා

rise (adv./prep.): The sun will rise above the mountains tomorrow morning.

risk

/rɪsk/

අවදානමේ දානවා, අවදානමක් ගන්නවා

risk something: I always risk my life to save others in dangerous situations.
risk (doing) something: She risked losing her job by speaking out against her boss.
risk doing something: I risk oversleeping if I stay up too late studying.

rob

/rɒb/

කොල්ලකනවා

rob someone/something (of something): The thief robbed the store of all its cash.

rock

/rɒk/

පැද්දෙනවා, පද්දනවා, තදින් හෙලවෙනවා/හොලවනවා

rock (adv./prep.): She rocked her baby to sleep in the rocking chair.

roll

/rəʊl/

පෙරළෙනවා/පෙරළනවා, රෝල් කරනවා/වෙනවා

roll (something) (adv./prep.): The baker rolled the dough onto the counter.

rub

/rʌb/

අතුල්ලනවා, ඇතිල්ලෙනවා, ඔප දමනවා, පිරිමදිනවා

rub something (with something): She rubbed her sore muscles with lotion after a long day at work.
rub on something: I rub on some lotion after I take a shower.
rub against something: I rub against the wall to remove the dirt from my clothes.
rub at something: She rubbed at the stain on her shirt until it came out.
rub (something) (together): I rub my hands together to warm them up.
rub something + adj.: I rub my hands together to warm them up.
rub something (adv./prep.): He rubbed his hands with some lotion before going outside to prevent dry skin.

ruin

/ˈruːɪn/

විනාශයට පත් කරනවා

ruin something: He ruined his shirt by spilling paint on it.

rule

/ruːl/

පාලනය කරනවා, නීතිමය තීරණයක් දෙනවා

rule something: The queen rules the kingdom.
rule over someone/something: The king rules over his kingdom with an iron fist.
rule on something: The judge will rule on the case tomorrow.
rule that...: I rule that punctuality is a crucial aspect of a successful student.

run*

/rʌn/

දුවනවා, වේගයෙන් යනවා, කරගෙන යනවා, කෙරීගෙන යනවා, ගලාගෙන යනවා, ගලාගෙන යන්න සලස්වනවා

run adv./prep.: The runner ran quickly down the street.
run something: She ran the marathon in just under 3 hours.
run (for something): I have to run for the bus or I'll be late for work.
run (something) (into something) (for st/someone): He ran the shopping trip into the supermarket for his wife.
run someone something: I ran my friend a hot cup of tea.

rush

/rʌʃ/

(හදිස්සියෙන්/කලබලෙන්/වේගයෙන්) යනවා/ගෙනයනවා, හදිස්සි වෙනවා, හදිස්සි කරනවා

rush adv./prep.: She rushed into the room angrily.
rush something: He rushed his homework before the deadline.
rush someone/something (adv./prep.): She rushed the cake onto the plate and served it quickly to the guests.
rush (someone) into something: He rushed his sister into making a decision without considering all the options.

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