Airport & Customs

1. කරුණාකර ඔබේ ගමන් බලපත්‍රය පෙන්වන්න

   Karunakara obe gaman balapathraaya pennawanna

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Sinhala follows SOV word order

2. ඔබේ සංචාරයේ අරමුණ කුමක්ද?

   Obe sancharayee aramuna kumakda?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Kumakda" = what is it?

3. ඔබ කොපමණ රාත්‍රි රැඳෙන්නට සැලසුම් කරනවාද?

   Oba kopamana raathri raendennata saelasun karanavada?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Kopamana" = how many/much

4. ඔබ ප්‍රකාශ කළ යුතු දෙයක් තිබේද?

   Oba prakasha kala yuthu deyak thibeeda?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "-da" is a question marker suffix

5. මගේ බෑගේජ් තවම ආ නෑ

   Mage baegej tawam aa nae

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Tawam" = yet / still

6. මෙය ගුවන් යානයට රැගෙන යන බෑග් එකකි

   Meya guwan yaanayata raegena yana baeg ekaki

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   ගුවන් යානය (aircraft) takes the dative -ට and combines with රැගෙන යනවා (to carry along) to mean "taken into the cabin". Sinhala කැබිනට් means the government Cabinet — it is never the cabin of an aircraft.

7. මම ට්‍රාන්සිට් එකේ සිටිනවා

   Mama transit ekē sitinawa

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Transit" is borrowed from English

8. ගේට්ටුව කොහේද?

   Gaettuwa koheda?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "-da" forms questions

9. බෝඩිං කවදාද ආරම්භ වන්නේ?

   Boarding kawadaada aarambha wannee?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Kawadaada" = when

10. ඩ්‍යූටි-ෆ්‍රී කඩේ කොහේද?

    Duty-free kade koheda?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    "Kade" = shop (colloquial)

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