Guiding the driver

❃ Guiding the driver

කරුණාකරලා හිමින් යන්න
[ karuṇākaralā himin yanna ]

Go slowly, please

කරුණාකරලා ටිකක් හයියෙන් යන්න
[ karuṇākaralā ṭikak hayiyen yanna ]

Go a little faster, please

මෙතනින් වමට හැරෙන්න
[ metanin vamaṭa hærenna ]

Turn left here

කෙලින්ම යන්න
[ kelinma yanna ]

Go straight ahead

මෙතනින් නවත්වන්න
[ metanin navatvanna ]

Stop here, please

තව ටිකක් ඉස්සරහට යන්න
[ tava ṭikak issarahaṭa yanna ]

Go a little further down

ආපසු යන්න, අපිට පාර වැරදුණා
[ āpasu yanna, apiṭa pāra væraduṇā ]

Turn back, we missed the road

විනාඩි පහක් මෙතන ඉන්න
[ vināḍi pahak metana inna ]

Wait for me here for five minutes

අර කඩේ ළඟින් නවත්වන්න
[ ara kaḍē ḷan̆gin navatvanna ]

Stop near that shop

පරිස්සමෙන්, බල්ලෙක්!
[ parissamen, ballek! ]

Careful, a dog!

පරිස්සමෙන්, පාරේ වළවල්
[ parissamen, pārē vaḷaval ]

Careful, the road is bumpy

මට මෙතනින් බහින්න පුළුවන්
[ maṭa metanin bahinna puḷuvan ]

You can drop me off here

මීටර් එකේ ගාණ කීයද?
[ mīṭar ekē gāṇa kīyada? ]

How much is the meter reading?

ඉතුරු සල්ලි තියාගන්න
[ ituru salli tiyāganna ]

Keep the change

ස්තූතියි මල්ලි, පරිස්සමෙන් යන්න
[ stūtiyi malli, parissamen yanna ]

Thank you brother, drive safely

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