Collective nouns - සමූහ නාම
team, family, crowd, herd, bunch... සමූහයක් ගැන එක වචනයකින් කියන හැටි.
මිනිස්සු
army, audience, band, class, committee, crew, crowd, family, government, group, jury, panel, staff, team
කණ්ඩායම එක් ඒකකයක් විදියට කියනකොට singular: The team is playing well. සාමාජිකයෝ ගැන වෙන වෙනම කියනකොට බ්රිතාන්ය ඉංග්රීසියේ plural: The team are arguing among themselves. ඇමරිකන් ඉංග්රීසියේ ගොඩක් වෙලාවට singular. (is ද are ද?)
People
- The new family has moved into that house.
- The audience are clapping.
- The staff are very helpful.
සතුන්
ගොඩක් පාවිච්චි වෙන ඒවා:
| Collective | උදාහරණ |
|---|---|
| a herd of | elephants, cows, deer |
| a flock of | birds, sheep, goats |
| a pack of | wolves, dogs |
| a school of | fish |
| a pod of | whales, dolphins |
| a swarm of | bees, mosquitoes |
| a colony of | ants, penguins |
| a pride of | lions |
Animals
- We saw a herd of elephants in Yala.
- We saw a pod of whales off Mirissa.
a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pandemonium of parrots වගේ විනෝදජනක වචන තියෙනවා, ඒත් සාමාන්ය විදියට කතා කරද්දි ඒවා යෙදෙන්නෙ කලාතුරකින්. "කපුටෝ රැලක්" නම් a flock of crows කිව්වම ඇති.
අප්රාණික දේවල්
| Collective | උදාහරණ |
|---|---|
| a bunch of | grapes, flowers, keys, bananas |
| a pile of | books, clothes |
| a pack of | cards |
| a set of | tools, plates |
| a fleet of | ships, buses |
| a range of | mountains, products |
| a series of | events, lectures |
| a group of | islands, students |
Things
- a bunch of bananas
- There's a pile of clothes on the bed.
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a of fish
I lost a of keys.
a of elephants
සෙනඟ හරිම උද්යෝගයෙන් හිටියා.
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