Sometime back, I was asked to write the Sinhalese version of the Lord's Prayer in English characters. It was for someone who didn't know to read Sinhalese. Since English is not a phonetic language, the person was unable to pronounce the words accurately. So I added a phonetic version and added the notations too. I thought I should put this up on my blog as it can be useful to someone some day.
Svargayehi vedasitina apage piyaneni:obage namayata gaurava veva.Obage rajyaya eva. Svargayehi men pruthuviyehida obage kamatta karanu labeva.Apage davaspata bhojanaya apata ada duna manava.Apata varadi karanavunta apa visin kama vennak men ape varadivalatat kama vuva manava.Apa parikshavata nopamunuva napuren apa galava gata manava.Maknisada, rajyayat balayat mahimayat sadakalma obavahansegeya. Amen. In Phonetic Notations
svʌrgəyehɪ vædəsɪtɪnə ʌpəge pɪja:nenɪ
obəge: na:məyətə gaʊrəvə ve:va:.
obəge: ra:dʒjəjə e:va:. svʌrgəjehɪ men prʊθʊvɪjehɪðə obəge: kæmæθθə kərənʊ læbe:va:.
ʌpəge: ðʌvʌspəθa: bo:dʒənəjə ʌpətə ʌðə ðʊnə mænəvə.
ʌpətə værəðɪ kərənəvʊntə ʌpə vɪsɪn kʌma: venna:k men ʌpe:
værəðɪvələtʌθ kʌma: vʊvə mænəvə.
ʌpə pʌrɪkʃa:vətə nopʌmʊnʊva: nʌpʊren ʌpə gʌləva: gʌθə mænəvə.
mʌknɪsa:ðə, ra:dʒjəjʌθ bʌləjʌθ mʌhɪməjʌθ sʌða:kʌlmə obəvʌhʌnse:ge:jə.
a:men. The Table of Phonetic Symbols
Consonants p pen, copy, happen b back, baby, job t tea, tight, button d day, ladder, odd k key, clock, school g get, giggle, ghost tʃ church, match, nature dʒ judge, age, soldier f fat, coffee, rough, photo v view, heavy, move θ thing, author, path ð this, other, smooth s soon, cease, sister z zero, music, roses, buzz ʃ ship, sure, national ʒ pleasure, vision h hot, whole, ahead m more, hammer, sum n nice, know, funny, sun ŋ ring, anger, thanks, sung l light, valley, feel r right, wrong, sorry, arrange j yet, use, beauty, few w wet, one, when, queen ʔ (glottal stop)
department, football
Vowels ɪ kit, bid, hymn, minute e dress, bed, head, many æ trap, bad ɒ lot, odd, wash ʌ strut, mud, love, blood ʊ foot, good, put iː fleece, sea, machine eɪ face, day, break aɪ price, high, try ɔɪ choice, boy uː goose, two, blue, group əʊ goat, show, no aʊ mouth, now ɪə near, here, weary eə square. fair, various ɑː start, father ɔː thought, law, north, war ʊə poor, jury, cure ɜː nurse, stir, learn, refer ə about, common, standard i happy, radiate. glorious u thank you, influence, situation n̩ suddenly, cotton l̩ middle, metal ˈ (stress mark)
e: the long vowel sound of e (similar to gate). o: the long vowel sound of o (similar to boat).
The Lords Prayer (Sinhala) With Meaning
Svargayehi vedasitina apage piyaneni:Our Father in heaven obage namayata gaurava veva.hallowed be your name Obage rajyaya eva.your kingdom come Svargayehi men pruthuviyehida obage kamatta karanu labeva.your will be done on earth as in heaven. Apage davaspata bhojanaya apata ada duna manava.Give us today our daily bread. Apata varadi karanavunta apa visin kama vennak men ape varadivalatat kama vuva manava.Forgive us our sinsas we forgive those who sin against us. Apa parikshavata nopamunuva napuren apa galava gata manava.Save us from the time of trialand deliver us from evil.
Maknisada, rajyayat balayat mahimayat sadakalma obavahansegeya.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yoursnow and for ever. Amen.The blog is not complete if I don't add the Sinhala version of it.
ස්වර්ගයෙහි වැඩ සිටින අපෙග් පියාණෙනි, ඔබගේ නාමයට ගෞරව වේවා. ඔබග් රාජ්යය ඒවා, ඔබගේ කැමැත්ත ස්වර්ගයෙහි මෙන් පොළොවෙහිද කරනු ලැබේවා. අපේ දවස් පතා භෝජනය අපට අද දුන මැනව. අපේ ණයකාරයන්ට අප කමාකළාක්මෙන් අපේ ණයත් අපට කමාකළ මැනව. අප පරීක්ෂාවට නොපමුණුවා, නපුරාගෙන් අප ගැළවුව මැනව.
Hope it was useful.
Harlan Gray
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