උෂ්ණ ජල උල්පත / ස්නාන ශාලාව කොතැනද?
Ush-na ja-la ul-pa-ta / snā-na shā-lā-va ko-tæ-na-da?
Where is the hot spring / public bath?
Usage
Used to ask where the hot spring or public bath is located
Grammar Note
උෂ්ණ = hot. ජල = water. උල්පත = spring. ස්නාන ශාලාව = bathing hall
ස්නාන කාලය කීය ද?
Snā-na kā-la-ya kī-ya da?
What are the bathing hours?
Usage
Used to ask about the bathing hours at a hot spring
Grammar Note
ස්නාන = bathing. කාලය = time. කීය = what/how much (question)
පච්ච ඇති පුද්ගලයින්ට ඉඩ දෙනව ද?
Pach-cha æ-ti pud-ga-la-yin-ta i-da de-na-va da?
Are people with tattoos allowed?
Usage
Used to ask if tattoos are allowed at a hot spring or bath
Grammar Note
පච්චය = a tattoo (singular); පච්ච is the plural/generic form. පච්ච ඇති පුද්ගලයින්ට = "to people who have tattoos". ඉඩ දෙනවා = to allow/permit. ශරීරය රූ is a descriptive phrase ("body has pictures"), not the Sinhala word for tattoo.
ස්නාන ශාලාව ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ මිශ්ර ද, නැත්නම් වෙන් වෙන් වශයෙන් ද?
Snā-na shā-lā-va strī pu-ru-ṣa mish-ra da, næt-nam ven ven va-sha-yen da?
Are the baths mixed-gender or separated?
Usage
Used to ask about gender segregation at the bath
Grammar Note
ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ මිශ්ර = mixed male-and-female, i.e. mixed bathing. වෙන් වෙන් වශයෙන් = separately. On its own ලිංගිකව means "sexually" — it cannot be used to ask about gender segregation.
පෞද්ගලික ස්නාන කාමරයක් ලබා ගත හැකි ද?
Paud-ga-li-ka snā-na kā-ma-ra-yak la-bā ga-ta hæ-ki da?
Is there a private bath available?
Usage
Used to ask about private bath availability
Grammar Note
පෞද්ගලික = private. ස්නාන කාමරය = bathroom/bath room
ජලයේ උෂ්ණත්වය කොපමණ ද?
Ja-la-yē ush-na-tva-ya ko-pa-ma-na da?
What is the water temperature?
Usage
Used to ask about the water temperature
Grammar Note
ජලය = water. උෂ්ණත්වය = temperature. කොපමණ = how much
තුවා සපයනව ද, නැත්නම් කුලියට ගත හැකි ද?
Tu-vā sa-pa-ya-na-va da, næt-nam ku-li-ya-ta ga-ta hæ-ki da?
Are towels provided or can I rent one?
Usage
Used to ask about towel availability at a bath
Grammar Note
තුවා = towel; the similar තුවාල means "wound/injury" and is a different word. සපයනවා = to provide/supply. "To rent" is කුලියට ගන්නවා (කුලිය = hire fee + dative -ට); කිරනවා means "to weigh/measure" and must not be used for renting.
ඇතුල් වීමට පෙර ශරීරය සෝදා ගත යුතු ස්ථානය කොතැනද?
Æ-tul vī-ma-ta pe-ra sha-rī-ra-ya sō-dā ga-ta yu-tu sthā-na-ya ko-tæ-na-da?
Where should I wash before entering the bath?
Usage
Used to ask where to wash before entering the bath
Grammar Note
ශරීරය = body. සෝදා ගන්නවා = to wash. ඇතුල් = inside/enter
ජලය ඉතා උෂ්ණ ය — සිසිල් තටාකයක් ඇත ද?
Ja-la-ya i-tā ush-na ya — si-sil ta-tā-ka-yak æ-ta da?
The water is very hot — is there a cooler pool?
Usage
Used when the water is too hot and you want a cooler pool
Grammar Note
ඉතා = very. සිසිල් = cool/cold. තටාකය = pool/pond
මෙ ජලයෙහි ඇති ඛනිජ ද්රව්ය මොනව ද?
Me ja-la-ye-hi æ-ti kha-ni-ja drā-vya mo-na-va da?
What minerals are in this spring?
Usage
Used to ask about the mineral content of a spring
Grammar Note
ඛනිජ ද්රව්ය = minerals. මොනව = what/which
ඇතුල් වීමේ ගාස්තුව කීය ද?
Æ-tul vī-mē gās-tu-va kī-ya da?
What is the entry fee?
Usage
Used to ask about the entry fee
Grammar Note
ගාස්තුව = fee/charge. ඇතුල් වීම = entering/entry. කීය = how much
ලොකර් එක භාවිතා කරන්නේ කෙසේ ද?
Lo-kar e-ka bhā-vi-tā ka-ran-nē ke-sē da?
How do I use the locker?
Usage
Used to ask how to use the locker
Grammar Note
ලොකර් from English "locker". භාවිතා කරනවා = to use/utilize
මෙතන අවන්හලක් හෝ කෑම බීම තියෙනවද?
Me-ta-na a-van-ha-lak hō kǣ-ma bī-ma ti-ye-na-va-da?
Is there a restaurant or food service here?
Usage
Used to ask if there is a restaurant at the bath facility
Grammar Note
අවන්හල = restaurant; -ක් makes it indefinite. කෑම බීම is the fixed pair "food and drink", i.e. catering/food service. හෝ = or. තියෙනවද = is there? (colloquial)
කොපමණ කාලයක් ස්නාන කළ යුතු ද?
Ko-pa-ma-na kā-la-yak snā-na ka-la yu-tu da?
How long should I soak?
Usage
Used to ask how long to soak in the hot spring
Grammar Note
කොපමණ = how much. යුතු = should/must. ස්නාන කළ = bathed (past participial)
ඔන්සෙන් රෝකාන් ඇසුරුමක් ඇත ද?
On-sen rō-kan æ-su-ru-mak æ-ta da?
Do you offer an onsen ryokan package?
Usage
Used to ask about onsen ryokan packages
Grammar Note
ඔන්සෙන් from Japanese "onsen". ඇසුරුම = package/bundle
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