මට කොණ්ඩය කපන්න ඕනෑ.
Ma-ṭa ko-ṇḍa-ya ka-pan-na ō-nǣ.
I'd like a haircut.
Usage
Used to request a haircut at a salon
Grammar Note
කොණ්ඩය = hair (the hair on the head). කපන්න = to cut (from කපනවා). "මට … ඕනෑ" = I want to …
ටිකක් ම කපන්න — වැඩිය කපන්න එපා.
Ti-kak ma ka-pan-na — væ-di-ya ka-pan-na e-pā.
Just a trim, please — don't cut too much.
Usage
Used when you only want a small trim at a salon
Grammar Note
කපනවා = to cut; කපන්න is its request form. ම = emphasis marker. Prohibition = verb in -න්න form + එපා
කෙස් [වර්ණය] ට පාට කරන්නට ඕනෑ.
Kes [var-na-ya] ta pā-ta ka-ran-na-ta ō-nǣ.
I'd like to dye my hair [color].
Usage
Used to request hair dyeing in a specific color
Grammar Note
පාට කරනවා = to dye/color (පාට = color). වර්ණය = color (written register). The ට after [color] is the dative "into"
හෙයාර් ස්ටයිල් පොතක් බලන්නට ලැබෙනව ද?
He-yār sṭa-yil po-tak ba-lan-na-ta læ-be-na-va da?
Can I look at a hairstyle book?
Usage
Used to request a hairstyle catalog at a salon
Grammar Note
හෙයාර් ස්ටයිල් from English "hairstyle". ලැබෙනවා = can get/receive
ශෑම්පූ කරලා හෙයාර් ඩ්රයර් එකෙන් වියළා ගන්නට ඕනෑ.
Shæm-pū ka-ra-lā he-yār ḍra-yar e-ken vi-ya-ḷā gan-na-ta ō-nǣ.
I'd like a shampoo and blow-dry.
Usage
Used to request shampoo and blow-dry services
Grammar Note
ශෑම්පූ (shampoo) and හෙයාර් ඩ්රයර් (hair dryer) are English loanwords. වියළා = drying (from වියළනවා, to dry). "-එකෙන්" = by means of.
නේල් ආට් සේවාව ලැබෙනව ද?
Nēl āt sē-vā-va læ-be-na-va da?
Do you offer nail art?
Usage
Used to ask about nail art services
Grammar Note
නේල් ආට් from English "nail art". සේවාව = service
මිල කීය ද?
Mi-la kī-ya da?
How much will this cost?
Usage
Used to ask about the cost of a beauty service
Grammar Note
මිල = price/cost. කීය = how much. da = question marker
කොපමණ කාලයක් ගතවේ ද?
Ko-pa-ma-na kā-la-yak ga-ta-vē da?
How long will it take?
Usage
Used to ask how long a beauty treatment takes
Grammar Note
කොපමණ = how much. ගතවේ = takes/passes (used for time elapsed)
මුහුණේ ප්රතිකාර ලබා ගන්නට ඕනෑ.
Mu-hu-nē pra-ti-kā-ra la-bā gan-na-ta ō-nǣ.
I'd like a facial treatment.
Usage
Used to request a facial treatment
Grammar Note
මුහුණ = face. ප්රතිකාර = treatment/procedure
ප්රතිඵලය ඉතා හොඳ ය — ස්තූතිය!
Pra-ti-pha-la-ya i-tā hon-da ya — stū-ti-ya!
I'm very happy with the result — thank you!
Usage
Used to express satisfaction with the beauty service result
Grammar Note
ප්රතිඵලය = result/outcome. ස්තූතිය = thank you (formal Sinhala)
කොණ්ඩය කෙළින් කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?
Ko-ṇḍa-ya ke-ḷin ka-ran-na pu-lu-van-da?
Can you straighten my hair?
Usage
Used to request hair straightening
Grammar Note
කෙළින් = straight. කරන්න පුළුවන්ද = "can you do …?", a polite request
කලින් වෙන් කිරීමක් ඕනෑ ද?
Ka-li-na ven ki-rī-mak ō-nǣ da?
Do I need to make an appointment?
Usage
Used to ask if an appointment is required
Grammar Note
කලින් = beforehand/in advance. වෙන් කිරීම = reservation/booking
ඇහි බැම හැඩ කරලා දෙන්න පුළුවන් ද?
Æ-hi bæ-ma hæ-da ka-ra-lā den-na pu-lu-wan da?
Can you shape my eyebrows?
Usage
Used to request eyebrow shaping at a salon
Grammar Note
ඇහි බැම = eyebrows (ඇහි = of the eye, බැම = brow). "verb in -ලා form + දෙන්න" = please do it for me; adding පුළුවන් ද makes it a polite request
ඔබ භාවිතා කරන නිෂ්පාදන මොනව ද?
O-ba bhā-vi-tā ka-ra-na nish-pā-da-na mo-na-va da?
What products do you use?
Usage
Used to ask about products used during a beauty treatment
Grammar Note
නිෂ්පාදන = products (plural). භාවිතා කරනවා = to use/utilize
හිස් පිරිමැදීමක් ලබා ගන්නට ඕනෑ.
His pi-ri-mæ-dī-mak la-bā gan-na-ta ō-nǣ.
I'd like a scalp massage.
Usage
Used to request a scalp massage
Grammar Note
හිස = head/scalp. පිරිමැදීම = massage/rubbing
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