A male announcer on a private radio channel: “එක පිරිමියෙක් ඉන්න තැනට කාන්තාවක් ආවත් එකයි, පිරිමි දාහක් ඉන්න තැනට එක කාන්තාවක් ආවත් එකයි.”
A conversation between myself and an educated gentleman of about 70 years; I mentioned that the Sinhala and Tamil medium students (in addition to the English medium students) of the Faculty had been asked to write their research abstracts in English for the upcoming Research Congress, the gentleman said, “ඒකත් හොඳයි, කොල්ලොන්ට ඉංග්ලිෂ් වලින් ලියන්ඩ කියන එක හොඳයි.” [“It’s good that the boys are required to write in English.”]
A conversation between myself and an educated gentleman of about 70 years; I mentioned that the Sinhala and Tamil medium students (in addition to the English medium students) of the Faculty had been asked to write their research abstracts in English for the upcoming Research Congress, the gentleman said, “ඒකත් හොඳයි, කොල්ලොන්ට ඉංග්ලිෂ් වලින් ලියන්ඩ කියන එක හොඳයි.” [“It’s good that the boys are required to write in English.”]