Accommodation

1. කාමරයක් වෙන් කරන්නද?

   Kā-ma-ra-yak ven ka-ran-na-da?

   Can I reserve a room?

   Usage

   Used at a hotel or guesthouse to book a room

   Grammar Note

   "Ven karanavā" is a compound verb meaning "to reserve/set aside". Adding "da" makes it a question.

2. රාත්‍රියකට කීයද?

   Rāth-ri-ya-ka-ta kī-ya-da?

   How much per night?

   Usage

   Used to ask about the nightly rate

   Grammar Note

   "Rāthriyakaṭa" = "rāthriya" (night) + indefinite "ka" + dative "ṭa". The dative can mean "per" in pricing contexts.

3. Wi-Fi තියෙනවාද?

   Wi-Fi thi-ye-na-vā-da?

   Is there Wi-Fi?

   Usage

   Used to check if the accommodation has wireless internet

   Grammar Note

   "Tiyenavā" is the colloquial existential verb "there is/are". The formal equivalent is "æta". Sinhala has strong diglossia.

4. නාන කාමරයේ උණු වතුර නැහැ

   Nā-na kā-ma-ra-yē u-ṇu va-thu-ra næ-hæ

   There is no hot water in the bathroom

   Usage

   Used to report a lack of hot water to hotel staff

   Grammar Note

   "Næhæ" is the negative existential verb "there is not". Hot water is "uṇu vatura" in Sinhala; the Hindi word "garam" is not used.

5. චෙක් ඉන් කරන්නේ කීයටද?

   Chek in ka-ran-nē kī-ya-ta-da?

   What time is check-in?

   Usage

   Used to ask about check-in time at a hotel

   Grammar Note

   "Kīyaṭada" means "at what time?" ("kīya" = how many, "-ṭa" = dative marking time). The loanword "check in" is used directly.

6. කාමරය පිරිසිදු කරන්නේ නැද්ද?

   Kā-ma-ra-ya pi-ri-si-du ka-ran-nē næd-da?

   Can you clean the room?

   Usage

   Used to request room cleaning from hotel staff

   Grammar Note

   "Nædda" is a negative question form used to make polite requests, equivalent to "won't you / could you please".

7. අමතර බ්ලැංකට් එකක් දෙන්නද?

   A-ma-tha-ra blæn-kat e-kak den-na-da?

   Could I have an extra blanket?

   Usage

   Used to request an additional blanket from hotel staff

   Grammar Note

   "Amathara" is Sanskrit-derived meaning "extra". "Blæṅkaṭ" is an English loanword. Sinhala freely borrows from English, Sanskrit, and Pali.

8. ලගේජ් එක ගබඩා කරන්නද?

   La-gēj e-ka ga-ba-ḍā ka-ran-na-da?

   Can you store my luggage?

   Usage

   Used to ask the hotel to hold luggage after check-out

   Grammar Note

   "Gabadā" means "storage/warehouse". Combined with "karanavā" (to do) forms compound verbs. "Luggage" is a direct loanword.

9. කාමරේ ඒ.සී. ක්‍රියා නොකරයි

   Kā-ma-rē ē.sī. kri-yā no-ka-ra-yi

   The air conditioner in the room is not working

   Usage

   Used to report a broken air conditioner to hotel reception

   Grammar Note

   "Kriyā karanavā" means "to function/operate". "No" is a formal negative prefix. Colloquially: "kriyā karannæ".

10. චෙක් අවුට් කරන්නේ කීයටද?

    Chek aut ka-ran-nē kī-ya-ta-da?

    What time is check-out?

    Usage

    Used to confirm the check-out time at a hotel

    Grammar Note

    "Kīyaṭa" (how many + dative "ṭa") + "da" asks "at what time". Sri Lankan hotels typically have a noon check-out time.

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