- 1n/ˌsɪnhəˈliːz/Sinhalese person僧伽羅人
A person who belongs to the largest group of people in Sri Lanka, a group with its own language and its own culture.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
Sinhalese 指的是斯里蘭卡人口最多的那個族群。這個字說的是族群，不是國籍。國籍要用 Sri Lankan，那個字包含國內所有族群。它是可數名詞，可以說 a Sinhalese。單複數同形，跟 Japanese、Chinese 一樣。講整個族群時，常寫成 the Sinhalese。這個字開頭一定大寫。
示範例句 · Example
Her neighbour is a Sinhalese from the south of the island.
中文翻譯她的鄰居是一位來自這座島南部的僧伽羅人。
This word names a people, not a country. Sri Lankan is the word for anyone from the country, whoever they are; Sinhalese names one group of people inside it, the biggest one. It is countable, so you can say a Sinhalese and several Sinhalese, and the plural looks the same as the singular, as it does with Japanese and Chinese. The whole group together is usually the Sinhalese. The word is always written with a capital letter.
常見搭配
the Sinhalese
僧伽羅族群（全體）
the people of this group as a whole
The Sinhalese make up most of the population.
a Sinhalese family
一個僧伽羅家庭
a family belonging to this group
A Sinhalese family runs the shop on the corner.
用法接近
Sri LankanTamil
- 2n/ˌsɪnhəˈliːz/Sinhalese language僧伽羅語
The language spoken by the Sinhalese people, which belongs to the Indo-Aryan family of languages.
文法不可數名詞：通常不加 a/an，也不加 -s 來表示複數。
英文常常用同一個字指族群和他們的語言，這個字就是。當語言講的時候是不可數的。前面不加 a，也沒有複數。看動詞就知道是哪個意思。speak、learn、read、translate 後面接的都是語言。它屬於印歐語系裡的印度雅利安語族。
English often uses one word for a people and for the language they speak, and this is one of those words. As a language it is uncountable: you speak Sinhalese, you learn Sinhalese, and there is no a and no plural. Which meaning is in play is usually clear from the verb next to it, because speak, learn, read and translate all point to the language.
常見搭配
speak Sinhalese
說僧伽羅語
to be able to use the language
Both of her parents speak Sinhalese at home.
in Sinhalese
用僧伽羅語
using that language
The song is sung in Sinhalese.
translate something into Sinhalese
翻譯成僧伽羅語
to put words into that language
The booklet was translated into Sinhalese and Tamil.