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  • 👋🏻 Introduction
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  • Grammar
  • 📚 Grammar Lessons
      • 📄 Nouns
        • 📄 Gender
        • 📄 Singular / Plural
        • 📄 Countable / Uncountable
        • 📄 Compound Nouns
        • 📄 Possessives
        • 📄 Definite Pronouns
        • 📄 Indefinite Pronouns
      • 📄 Adjectives
        • 📄 Placement of Adjectives
        • 📄 Order of Adjectives
        • 📄 Comparative / Superlative
        • 📄 Comparison of Attributes
        • 📄 Comparison of Quantities
      • 📄 Adverbs
        • 📄 Adverbs from Adjectives
        • 📄 Comparative / Superlative
        • 📄 Adverbs of Place
        • 📄 Adverbs of Time
        • 📄 Adverbs of Manner
        • 📄 Adverbs of Degree
        • 📄 Adverbs of Certainty
        • 📄 Adverbs of Viewpoint
        • 📄 Relative Adverbs
        • 📄 Interrogative Adverbs
        • 📄 the
        • 📄 a / an
        • 📄 Demonstratives
        • 📄 Quantifiers
        • 📄 Differentiators
          • 📄 All
          • 📄 Both, Either, Neither
          • 📄 Each, Every
          • 📄 Half
        • 📄 Simple
        • 📄 Continuous
        • 📄 Perfect
        • 📄 Perfect Continuous
        • 📄 Simple
        • 📄 Continuous
        • 📄 Perfect
        • 📄 Perfect Continuous
        • 📄 Simple
        • 📄 Continuous
        • 📄 Perfect
        • 📄 Perfect Continuous
      • 📄 Conditional
        • 📄 Type 0
        • 📄 Type 1
        • 📄 Type 2
        • 📄 Type 3
        • 📄 Type 4
        • 📄 Type 5
    • 📄 Relative Clauses
      • 📄 Defining Relative Clauses
      • 📄 Non-defining Relative Clauses
      • 📄 Relative Clauses with Prepositions
  • Vocabulary
    • 📄 Irregular Verbs
    • 📄 Word Families
  • 🪜 Essential Verbs
    • 📄 A
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 B
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 C
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 D
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 E
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 F
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 G
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 H
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 I
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 J
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 K
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 L
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 M
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 N
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 O
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 P
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 Q
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 R
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 S
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 T
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 U
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 V
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 W
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 X
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 Y
      • 📄 Examples
    • 📄 Z
      • 📄 Examples
  • Speaking
    • 📄 Give your opinion
    • 📄 Ask for opnion
    • 📄 Avoid giving your opinion
    • 📄 Give a choice
    • 📄 Have a guess
    • 📄 Encourage someone
    • 📄 Cheer someone up
    • 📄 Reassure someone
    • 📄 Hope for something
    • 📄 Make small talk
    • 📄 Tell people your job
    • 📄 Speculate things
    • 📄 Talk about good ideas
    • 📄 Express surprise
    • 📄 Remember things
    • 📄 Forget things
    • 📄 Apologize to someone
    • 📄 Give advice
    • 📄 Agree with people
    • 📄 Disagree with people
    • 📄 Express disappointment
    • 📄 Express dislike
    • 📄 Talk about music you like
    • 📄 Talk about food you like
    • 📄 Give excuses for being late
    • 📄 Show disapproval
    • 📄 Ask for approval
    • 📄 Ask for help
    • 📄 Ask for information
    • 📄 Avoid questions
    • 📄 Remind someone to do something
    • 📄 Criticize mistakes
    • 📄 Delay your answer
    • 📄 Make suggestions
    • 📄 Prefer things
    • 📄 Refuse to do something
    • 📄 Show anger
    • 📄 Say something is true
    • 📄 Show concern
    • 📄 Talk about improbability
    • 📄 Generalize
    • 📄 Complain about hypocrisy
    • 📄 Change your mind
    • 📄 "How are you?"
    • 📄 "I am worried about..."
    • 📄 "I don't believe it"
    • 📄 "I don't know"
    • 📄 "I feel relieved"
    • 📄 "I want..."
    • 📄 "I'm fine"
    • 📄 "It's boring!"
    • 📄 "It's difficult"
    • 📄 "It's easy"
    • 📄 "It's good"
    • 📄 "No"
    • 📄 "Please wait..."
    • 📄 "Thanks!"
    • 📄 "That won't happen"
    • 📄 "You are correct"
    • 📄 "You are wrong"
    • 🗨️ A friendly conversation at a bus stop
    • 🗨️ Depositing money in a Sri Lankan bank
    • 🗨️ Supuni's tooth filling appointment
    • 🗨️ Mr. Perera's promotion request
    • 🗨️ Should we attend the annual party
    • 🗨️ Ordering at a Sri Lankan Restaurant
    • 🗨️ Making a shopping list
    • 🗨️ Visiting the Doctor
    • 🗨️ Planning a weekend trip in Sri Lanka
    • 🗨️ Asking for directions in Sri Lanka
    • 🗨️ Job interview with Mr. Silva
    • 🗨️ Family gathering
    • 🗨️ Choosing an outfit
    • 🗨️ Movie night
    • 🗨️ Exploring a Sri Lankan temple
    • 🗨️ Forgotten homework
  • 🗣️ Pronunciation
      • 📄 /p/ ≈ /ප/
      • 📄 /b/ ≈ /බ/
      • 📄 /t/ ≈ /ට/
      • 📄 /d/ ≈ /ඩ/
      • 📄 /tʃ/ ≈ /ච/
      • 📄 /dʒ/ ≈ /ජ/
      • 📄 /k/ ≈ /ක/
      • 📄 /g/ ≈ /ග/
      • 📄 /ʔ/ ≈ /ʔ/
      • 📄 /m/ ≈ /ම/
      • 📄 /n/ ≈ /න/
      • 📄 /ŋ/ ≈ /ං/
      • 📄 /r/ ≈ /ර/
      • 📄 /ɾ/ ≈ /ර/
      • 📄 /f/ ≈ /ෆ/
      • 📄 /v/ ≈ /ව/
      • 📄 /θ/ ≈ /ත/❕
      • 📄 /ð/ ≈ /ද/❕
      • 📄 /s/ ≈ /ස/
      • 📄 /z/ ≈ /z/❕
      • 📄 /ʃ/ ≈ /ශ/
      • 📄 /ʒ/ ≈ /ශ/❕
      • 📄 /h/ ≈ /හ/
      • 📄 /ɦ/ ≈ /හ/❕
      • 📄 /ʋ/ ≈ /ව/
      • 📄 /ɹ/ ≈ /ර/
      • 📄 /j/ ≈ /ය/
      • 📄 /l/ ≈ /ල/
      • 📄 /ɭ/ ≈ /ළ/
      • 📄 /w/ ≈ /(උ)ව/❕
    • 🖇 Phonetic Symbols
  • 🪢 Tongue Twisters
    • 🐰 Easy
    • 🙊 Intermediate
    • 😈 Long
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Pronunciation
Consonant Sounds
/w/ ≈ /(උ)ව/❕

/w/ ≈ /(උ)ව/❕

Voiced labial-velar approximant

MRI 1. Janet Beck. Voiceless bilabial plosive. Seeing Speech. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2018. 🌐 Web URL
/ɭ/ ≈ /ළ/Phonetic Symbols

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