Essential Verbs - T

The 34 essential verbs that start with T, 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.

take*

/teɪk/

අරගෙන යනවා, ගන්නවා, එක්කගෙන යනවා, බාරගන්නවා etc.

take something (with someone): Lisa will take the book with her to school tomorrow.
take something (to someone/something): I will take the package to the post office tomorrow.
take someone (to something): She took her brother to the park.
take someone doing something: I will take you shopping tomorrow.
take someone to do something: I will take her to the airport tomorrow.
take someone/something (adv./prep.): She took the bus to school this morning.
take something/someone (from someone/something): She took the cookie from her brother.
take something (as something): I will take the book as my reference for the project.
take someone/something (as someone/something): I will take Jane as my partner for the project.

talk

/tɔːk/

කතා කරනවා, කතාවෙන් නම්මා ගන්නවා

talk (to/with someone) (about something/someone): I talked to my sister about her plans for the weekend.
talk of someone/something: Many people talk of the beauty of the island of Sri Lanka.
talk someone into/out of something: He talked me out of buying the expensive watch.

tap

/tæp/

(ඇඟිල්ලෙන්) තට්ටු කරනවා

tap (at something): She tapped at the door to get my attention.
tap (something) on something: She tapped her pencil on the desk to get the teacher's attention.

target

/ˈtɑːɡɪt/

ඉලක්ක කරනවා

target someone/something [P.V.]: The team targeted their rivals in the final match of the tournament.

taste

/teɪst/

(අහාරයක) කිසියම් රසක් තියෙනවා, රස බලනවා

taste + adj.: The soup tastes salty.
taste of something: The taste of the soup was too salty for my liking.
taste like something: The curry tastes like home.
taste something: I can taste the sweetness of the chocolate in this dessert.

teach*

/tiːtʃ/

උගන්වනවා, යමක් කියා දෙනවා

teach something (to someone): I will teach math to my students tomorrow after school.
teach someone something: I will teach my students grammar rules in English.
teach (someone to do) something: I will teach you to speak English fluently.
teach someone (that): I will teach my students that practice makes perfect.
teach someone (wh-): I will teach you how to write a proper sentence.

tear*

/teə(r)/

ඉරනවා/ඉරාගන්නවා, වේගයෙන් ඇද දමනවා

tear (something) (adv./prep.): I will tear down the old posters on the wall tomorrow.

tease

/tiːz/

උසුළු විසුළු කරනවා

tease someone: I love to tease my sister by tickling her every time she walks into the room.

tell*

/tel/

කියනවා

tell something to someone: She told her friend the secret.
tell someone something: I told my students the importance of practicing everyday.
tell someone that: He told me that he would be late for the meeting.
tell wh-: Tell me where you hid the key.

tend

/tend/

යමක් කරන්නට නැඹුරු වෙනවා, සාත්තු කරනවා, රැක බලා ගන්නවා

tend to do something: Students tend to make more mistakes when rushed during an exam.
tend (to) someone/something: She tends to her sick grandmother every evening after school.

test

/test/

පරීක්ෂා කර බලනවා, අත් හදා බලනවා

test something: I will test your understanding of English by giving you a test on grammar and vocabulary.
test someone (on something): I will test my students on their knowledge of grammar tomorrow.
test someone/something (for something): I will test my students for their understanding of the English verb phrase 'test'.
test something on someone/something: I will test your understanding on this topic before moving on to the next lesson.

text

/tekst/

කෙටි ලිඛිත පණිවිඩයක් යවනවා

text (someone) (something): I texted my friend my address for the party.
text something (to someone): I will text my friend the address for the party.

thank

/θæŋk/

ස්තුති කරනවා

thank someone (for something): I thank my parents for always supporting me.
thank someone (for doing something): I thank my teacher for helping me with my English homework.

think*

/θɪŋk/

හිතනවා, කල්පනා කරනවා

think (that): I think that the book is interesting.
think (wh-): I think who asked the question is confused.
think about someone/something: I think about my family every day.

threaten

/ˈθretn/

තර්ජනය කරනවා

threaten someone (with something): She threatened her brother with a wooden spoon if he didn't finish his homework on time.
threaten (someone ) that: She threatened him that she would report him to the authorities if he didn't return the stolen goods
threaten to do something: The man threatened to report his neighbors for being too loud.

throw*

/θrəʊ/

විසි කරනවා, දොට්ට දානවා, බිම ඇද දමනවා

throw (something) (to someone): The teacher threw the ball to her student.
throw someone something: I threw my friend the ball during our game of catch.
throw something (adv./prep.): She threw the ball into the air.
throw someone/something + adv./prep.: She threw the ball over the fence.

tie

/taɪ/

ගැට ගහනවා

tie something (adv./prep.): I will tie the rope around the tree.
tie someone/something to something: He tied the rope to the tree.

torture

/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/

දැඩි කායික මානසික වධ හිංසා පමුණුවනවා

torture someone (into doing something): She tortured her brother into doing her chores by threatening to reveal his secret.

touch

/tʌtʃ/

අල්ලනවා, ස්පර්ශ කරනවා/වෙනවා, හැඟීම් උපදවනවා

touch someone/something: She touched the vase gently.

train

/treɪn/

පුහුණු වෙනවා/කරනවා

train (someone/something) (to do something): I train my dog to do new tricks every week.
train (someone) (as/in/for something): He trained his dog to perform tricks.

transfer

/trænsˈfɜː(r)/

තැනකින් තැනකට මාරු වෙනවා/කරනවා

transfer (someone/something) (from … (to …): He transferred the money from his savings account to his checking account.

transform

/trænsˈfɔːm/

එක දෙයකින් තවත් දෙයක් බවට හරවනවා

transform someone/something (from something) (into something): The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly through the process of metamorphosis.

translate

/trænsˈleɪt/

පරිවර්තනය කරනවා/වෙනවා

translate (something) (from something) (to something): She translated the document from Sinhala to English.
translate (something) as something: I will translate this sentence as "මම මෙය
translate (something) (into something): I will translate this document into Sinhala for my students to understand better.

transport

/trænˈspɔːt/

(මගීන්/භාණ්ඩ) ප්‍රවාහනය කරනවා

transport someone/something (adv./prep.): He transported the groceries in his car to the store.

trap

/træp/

(උගුලක) හිර කරගන්නවා/පටලවා ගන්නවා

trap someone/something (adv./prep.): I trapped the mouse in a box.

travel

/ˈtrævl/

දුර ගමනක් යනවා, ගමන් කරනවා

travel (something) (adv./prep.): My father loves to travel the world every summer.

treat

/triːt/

සලකනවා, සත්කාර කරනවා, බෙහෙත් කරනවා

treat someone/something (with something): I will treat you with respect.
treat someone/something (like/as something): I treat my students like my own children.
treat someone for something (with something): I treated my friend for her cold with a cup of hot tea and some homemade soup.

trip

/trɪp/

පය පැටලෙනවා/පැටලී වැටෙනවා, සැහැල්ලුවෙන් පය තබා ඉක්මනින් යනවා

trip (over/on something): He tripped over a toy on the floor and fell.
trip adv./prep.: I tripped over the edge of the rug.

trust

/trʌst/

විශ්වාස කරනවා, විශ්වාසයෙන් බාර දෙනවා

trust someone (to do something): I trust you to complete the task on time.
trust (that): I trust that you will do your best on the exam.
trust someone with someone/something: I trust my best friend with my secrets.

try

/traɪ/

උත්සාහ කරනවා, අත්හදා බලනවා, විනිශ්චය/පරීක්ෂා කරනවා

try to do something: I will try to finish my homework before dinner.
try something: She tried the new food.
try doing something: I will try studying harder for my exams next week.
try someone/something (for something): I will try my best for the upcoming exam.

tug

/tʌɡ/

තදින් අදිනවා

tug (at/on) something: The dog tugged at the leash.
tug something (adv./prep.): She tugged the rope tightly (adv.) to secure the boat (prep.) to the dock

turn

/tɜːn/

හැරෙනවා/හරවනවා, කැරකෙනවා/කරකනවා

turn (something) (adv./prep.): She turned the book to the next page.
turn (something) (into something): She turned the plain white walls into a colorful masterpiece for the art exhibit.

twist

/twɪst/

අඹරනවා, නවනවා

twist something (adv./prep.): She twisted her hair into a bun.
twist something (into something): I twisted the wire into a knot for my art project.

type

/taɪp/

ටයිප් කරනවා

type (something) (out/in/up): I typed my essay out in the morning before class.

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