Thanks a million. This is a very important massage. Most of the people make these mistakes. U are Very good teacher. U are an all rounder. Thanks a lot. God bless u!
Very true Anoma this is something I have been thinking but did not have the platform that you have to say it... some other words would be "Horse" and "Hose" --- "Lawn" and "Lone" and "Loan" -- the other very difficult thing to correct is "F" and "P". Problem with this is the people who teach also may be making mistakes. "The teachers have to be taught first" As you say the Internet is a very good place to learn and our little ones do learn fast. Thank you Anoma for taking time to do this.
Hi Anoma, really admire you. I am a trainer myself and I used tell my students always not to be shy if they can't speak in English as it's not our mother tongue.
So glad you did this video Aunty. Thank you so much! I think the harder part is how to correct people individually and let them know that they are pronouncing incorrectly or using the word in the wrong way. People tend to think "eya ithin lokka ne, okkoma dannawa kiyala hitanne.. apiwath hadanne enawa". That mentality in our society doesn't help. We need to be able to learn from each other.
You have pointed out the most commonly done mistakes very well. Even professionals say "thanks kala". My mother taught me all of these in my choldhood ,and still I find it very important.
Thanks a lot Anoma! You have touched a very important topic. In our teledramas most words are mispronounced and people tend to learn from it. Thanks karanawa and badge eke are widely used. What you are doing is so very important, timely and it's a social service. Keep it up. Wish you all the best!
Appreciate your effort. Really liked it. As an English teacher myself, I found it very interesting. Hope you'll continue with the good work and you hit the nail on the head when you talked about: zip, seat, badge etc.etc.! 👍
This is a great video Ms. Anoma and I really appreciate your effort. I work as an ESL teacher in Japan and I recently started a RU-vid channel where I teach English for my people in Sri Lanka because I wanted to do a service to my people even if I couldn’t stay in SL. Your video is truly inspiring ♥️. PS: I also watch your cooking videos and learn to cook different dishes ♥️. Thank you for your service ♥️
You are absolutely correct Anoma. Your simple explanation is excellent. Even those simple words are mispronounced by well educated people and also most of the younger generation pronounce "badge" instead of "batch" very often.
Very useful... 👍an important vedio...👍 good pronunciation lesson for children and adults...💐 You used visuals to easy understanding...😄😄 Thank you Mrs. Anoma.....😘😘😘
very good video... the best part is how you encouraged telling that it’s an international language. I feel embarrassed when you told if you make a mistake of your mother tongue that’s where the fault is. Being a Tamil I honestly struggle with it because we studied in Sinhala medium and even my parents. So we most of the time used English or Sinhala at home. How embarrassing is it.
*Your all the videos are very usful ,very nice .most of the people make these mistakes. U are very good teacher. You are an all rounder.god bless you!(mallika Jayasinghe)
Mentioned many aspects. Yes Anoma mis-pronouncing is looks like we have inherited, being orientals we have the problem with 'o' sound. Unlike the day we were in school(40yrs ago) now days children are not been taught phonetically. We have another issue thats the mother tongue interference (mti) and also there's another contribution many of us now try to express in sinhala by using English words. Since u mentioned, i too endorse, i heard in a telly saying clutches for crutches. English has become less foreign Anoma for us the reason why we should concentrate how to pronounce properly, unless its a proper noun when u mis pronounce you tend to demean or kill the language. I hv seen some English tutors saying that you need to communicate only....this advise will have a negative effect on the usage. Google pronouncing really good, but need to be minded on British/American pronunciation. I think you have read the pulse of the society and its nothing but the sheer experience. Hats off. Regards Bernard Ps/ i noticed a valid comment posted by Dinushini Rayen which worthy to ponder.
Anti oya harima nihatamaniva me program eka karagena yanava oyata tava tava idiriyatama yanna heki vei veva deviyan vahansege asirvadaya lebeva thanks for your anti
As an English teacher I really appreciate your effort Mrs Anoma.I also face lots of difficulties when I teach speaking and pronunciation to some of my students. GREAT JOB🌸🌸🌸 (I must say that you're teaching very attractively)
A very important video Anoma, very useful for people who like to learn more . Thank you, Another common mistake I have come across even among the better educated is the the word " කෝචර් " instead of the word COACH to describe a trainer...Have a nice day Anoma. ..
There is an English letter that nearly 99% of Sri Lankans mispronounce. That is the W. Most people substitute V sound to W sound. For example "We" is pronounced as Vee rather than Uee. It may be because we were under the Dutch before the English conquered Sri Lanka. Dutch language like Sinhalese do no have a W sound, and W is pronounced as V. W sound is similar to U sound rather than to V sound. That is why W is called "double U". Another very common mispronunciation is the word Dessert (Sweets after Dinner), which is commonly pronounced as Desert (Dry Land).
Hi Anoma. Very good video. My wife & I love watching your RU-vid Channel. We had this awesome soup call "Country Style Roasted Vegetable Cream Soup with Garlic Croutons" recently. Wish we can make it at home. Can you please upload a video on that? Thanks.
Evrey thing is right children should learn from there small age otherwise if they learn wrong pronunciations when they become old even they will do the same mistake. Good that you gave this lesson. Thank you.
Aunty , this is a suggestion, please consider if you could do a video about the “phone etiquette!!” Would be valuable for the majority who speak sinhala and im sure everyone have been through bad experiences on this 🙂
You are absolutely right.. I had some of my university friends who made all these errors you had pointed out. This is a very pertinent one because most of the educated ones don't know that they are making these mistakes. I have been thinking of correcting them but was a bit reluctant that they would not like it due to attitudes of some people. Why is that our TV dramas are shown without going through any of these educational controls. Isn't it time to check for all those. If not the Directors will be doing injustice to the younger generation. Specially boys use all these wrong words. A big thank you to you Anoma for your consideration on correcting these mistakes. I am sure all who want to learn and correct will be able to get it from this video.. 😁 My daughter who has 3 kids love you and says all her kids know you by your name. The twin boys are not even 3 yet. 😀
I'd like to add a bit more thing. Think it'll be good to mention it. Island is not ඉස්ලන්ඩ් or ස්ලන්ඩ්, it's අයිලන්ඩ්. There are that kind of confusings in English and it's better to check the pronunciation from Google as Anoma aunty said.
