Car Rental & Driving

1. රථ කුලියට ගත හැකිද?

   Ra-tha ku-li-ya-ta ga-ta hæ-ki-da?

   Can I rent a car?

   Usage

   Used to ask about renting a car

   Grammar Note

   රථ = vehicle. කුලියට ගන්නවා = to take on hire/rent

2. දින කිහිපයකට රථ කීයද?

   Di-na ki-hi-pa-ya-ka-ta ra-tha kee-ya-da?

   How much is a car rental for a few days?

   Usage

   Used to ask about the rental price for several days

   Grammar Note

   කිහිපය = several/a few. -කට = for (dative case). කීයද = how much?

3. රියදුරු බලපත්‍රය ඕනෑ.

   Ri-ya-du-ru ba-la-pat-ra-ya ō-næ.

   A driver's license is required.

   Usage

   Used to mention the driver's license requirement

   Grammar Note

   රියදුරු බලපත්‍රය is the standard term for a driver's licence. බලපත්‍රය = licence/permit (a passport is ගමන් බලපත්‍රය). ඕනෑ = is needed. The form බලපත් ලිය does not exist in Sinhala.

4. GPS ඇත්ද?

   GPS æt-da?

   Does it have GPS?

   Usage

   Used to check if the rental car comes with GPS

   Grammar Note

   ඇත්ද = is there? / does it have? (existential question)

5. රථ ඉන්ධන සම්පූර්ණ ලෙස ඇත්ද?

   Ra-tha in-dha-na sam-pūr-na le-sa æt-da?

   Does the car come with a full tank?

   Usage

   Used to ask if the car has a full tank of fuel

   Grammar Note

   ඉන්ධන = fuel. සම්පූර්ණ = complete/full. ලෙස = in the manner of/as

6. රථ ආපසු ගෙනෙන්නේ කීයටද?

   Ra-tha ā-pa-su ge-nen-nē kee-ya-ta-da?

   What time does the car need to be returned?

   Usage

   Used to ask about the car return time

   Grammar Note

   ආපසු = back/return. ගෙනෙන්නේ = bring/return. කීයටද = at what time?

7. රථ රක්ෂණය ඇතුළත්ද?

   Ra-tha rak-ṣa-ṇa-ya æ-tu-ḷat-da?

   Does the rental include insurance?

   Usage

   Used to ask about car rental insurance

   Grammar Note

   රක්ෂණය = insurance. ඇතුළත් = included; adding -ද makes it the question "is it included?"

8. රථ ගාස්තුවට ඇතුළු වන දේවල් මොනවාද?

   Ra-tha gās-thu-wa-ta æ-thu-lu va-na dē-val mo-na-vā-da?

   What is included in the rental price?

   Usage

   Used to ask what is included in the rental fee

   Grammar Note

   ගාස්තුව = fee (same word as in සේවා ගාස්තුව). -ට = dative "into". ඇතුළු වන = that are included. මොනවාද = what are they?

9. අමතර ටයරය ඇත්ද?

   A-ma-tha-ra ta-ya-ra-ya æt-da?

   Is there a spare tyre?

   Usage

   Used to check if there is a spare tyre in the rental car

   Grammar Note

   ටයරය is the ordinary word for a tyre, borrowed from English. අමතර = spare/extra (the same word as in අමතර ගාස්තුව). Spare tyres are essential on Sri Lankan roads

10. ටයරය හානි වී ඇත.

    Ta-ya-ra-ya hā-ni vī æ-ta.

    I have a flat tyre.

    Usage

    Emergency phrase for a flat tyre

    Grammar Note

    There is no settled Sinhala spelling for "puncture", so the damage word හානි is used instead. හානි වී ඇත = has been damaged (the same word as හානි විය)

11. ඉන්ධන පිරවුම්හල කොතැනද?

    In-dha-na pi-ra-vum-ha-la ko-tæ-na-da?

    Where is the fuel station?

    Usage

    Used to ask for directions to a fuel station

    Grammar Note

    ඉන්ධන = fuel; පිරවුම්හල = filling place (පිරවුම් = filling, හල = place/hall). Together: petrol station.

12. රථයේ හානියක් ඇත.

    Ra-tha-yē hā-ni-yak æ-ta.

    There is damage on the car.

    Usage

    Used to report pre-existing damage on a rental car

    Grammar Note

    හානි = damage, with the indefinite ending -යක්. Important to report existing damage before starting the rental

13. ස්වයංක්‍රීය රථ ඇත්ද?

    Sva-yang-krī-ya ra-tha æt-da?

    Do you have an automatic car?

    Usage

    Used to request an automatic transmission car

    Grammar Note

    ස්වයංක්‍රීය = automatic (ස්වයං = self + ක්‍රීය = action/operation)

14. රථයේ ඒ.සී. ක්‍රියා කරනවාද?

    Ra-tha-yē ē.sī. kri-yā ka-ra-na-vā-da?

    Is the car's air conditioning working?

    Usage

    Used to check if the air conditioning is functioning

    Grammar Note

    Air conditioning is the English loan ඒ.සී. ශීතකරණය means refrigerator, not air conditioner. Critical to check in tropical Sri Lanka

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