ආසන්නයේ කොවර්කිං ස්ථානයක් ඇත ද?
Ā-san-na-yē ko-var-kiṃ sthā-na-yak æ-ta da?
Is there a coworking space nearby?
Usage
Used to find a nearby coworking space
Grammar Note
ආසන්නයේ = nearby. coworking borrowed from English
WiFi මුරපදය කුමක් ද?
WiFi mu-ra-pa-da-ya ku-mak da?
What is the WiFi password?
Usage
Used to ask for the WiFi password
Grammar Note
WiFi borrowed from English. මුරපදය = password (lit: guard word)
WiFi වීඩියෝ ඇමතුම් සඳහා ප්රමාණවත් ද?
WiFi vī-ḍi-yō æ-ma-tum san-da-ha pra-mā-na-van-ta da?
Is the WiFi fast enough for video calls?
Usage
Used to ask if the internet speed is sufficient for video calls
Grammar Note
වීඩියෝ ඇමතුම් = video call. ප්රමාණවත් = sufficient/enough
නිශ්ශබ්ද ස්ථානයක් / පෞද්ගලික කාමරයක් ඇත ද?
Nish-shab-da sthā-na-yak / paud-ga-li-ka kā-ma-ra-yak æ-ta da?
Do you have a quiet area or private booth?
Usage
Used to ask for a quiet working space
Grammar Note
නිශ්ශබ්ද = quiet/silent (නි- = without + ශබ්ද = sound). පෞද්ගලික = private/personal
මෙ ස්ථානයේ දවස පුරාම වැඩ කරන්නට ලැබෙනව ද?
Me sthā-na-yē da-va-sa pu-rā-ma væ-da ka-ran-na-ta læ-be-na-va da?
Can I work here all day?
Usage
Used to ask if you can work at a location all day
Grammar Note
දවස = day. පුරාම = all/entire. ලැබෙනවා = can get/receive
ලේඛන මුද්රණය / ස්කෑන් කිරීමේ සේවාව ඇත ද?
Lē-kha-na mud-ra-na-ya / skæn ki-rī-mē sē-vā-va æ-ta da?
Is there a service to print / scan documents?
Usage
Used to ask about printing or scanning services
Grammar Note
ලේඛන = documents. ලිපිනය means "address", not "document". මුද්රණය = printing. ස්කෑන් from English "scan"
මෙ ආසනය ළඟ විදුලි ප්ලග් ඇත ද?
Me ā-sa-na-ya la-ṅa vi-du-li plug æ-ta da?
Is there a power outlet near this seat?
Usage
Used to ask if there is an electrical outlet nearby
Grammar Note
විදුලි = electricity. ප්ලග් from English "plug". ළඟ = near/close by
[වේලාව] ට මාර්ගගත හමුවීමක් ඇත.
[vē-lā-va] ta mār-ga-ga-tha ha-mu-vī-mak æ-ta.
I have an online meeting at [time].
Usage
Used to inform others of an upcoming online meeting
Grammar Note
මාර්ගගත = online (lit. via the network). හමුවීම = meeting. ඇත = there is/have
දිනය ගාස්තුව / මාසික සාමාජිකත්වය කීය ද?
Di-na-ya gās-tu-va / mā-si-ka sā-mā-ji-kat-va-ya kī-ya da?
What is the price for a day pass / monthly membership?
Usage
Used to ask about day pass or membership pricing
Grammar Note
ගාස්තුව = fee/charge. සාමාජිකත්වය = membership
ලොකරයක් ඇත ද?
Lo-ka-ra-yak æ-ta da?
Is there a locker I can use?
Usage
Used to ask about locker availability
Grammar Note
ලොකරය from English "locker". ඇත = exists/there is. da = question marker
ජාලය ඉතා මන්ද ය — වේගවත් සබඳතාවයක් ඇත ද?
Jā-la-ya i-tā man-da ya — vē-ga-van-ta sa-ban-da-tā-va-yak æ-ta da?
The internet is too slow — is there a faster connection?
Usage
Used when the internet is too slow
Grammar Note
ජාලය = network. මන්ද = slow. වේගවත් = fast/speedy. සබඳතාව = connection
වැඩ සඳහා දත්ත සහිත SIM කාඩ් ගන්නට ඕනෑ.
Væ-da san-da-ha dat-ta sa-hi-ta SIM kāḍ gan-na-ta ō-nǣ.
I'd like to buy a SIM card with data for work.
Usage
Used to purchase a data SIM card for work
Grammar Note
දත්ත = data. SIM කාඩ් from English "SIM card". ඕනෑ = want/need
මේ ආසනය හිස් ද?
Mē ā-sa-na-ya his da?
Is this seat available?
Usage
Used to ask if a seat is free
Grammar Note
ආසනය = seat/chair. හිස් = empty/free. da = question marker
කලින් ආසනයක් වෙන් කරන්නට ලැබෙනව ද?
Ka-lin ā-sa-na-yak ven ka-ran-na-ta læ-be-na-va da?
Can I reserve a desk in advance?
Usage
Used to ask about advance desk reservation
Grammar Note
කලින් = in advance/beforehand. ලැබෙනවා = can obtain/is it possible
නිශ්ශබ්ද දුරකථන කාමරයක් ඇත ද?
Nish-shab-da du-ra-ka-tha-na kā-ma-ra-yak æ-ta da?
Is there a phone booth or quiet call room?
Usage
Used to ask about quiet phone booths for calls
Grammar Note
නිශ්ශබ්ද = quiet. දුරකථන = telephone. කාමරය = room
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