Invitations

❃ Invitations

ඔයා මාත් එක්ක එන්න කැමතිද? [ oyā māt ekka enna kæmatida? ]: Would you like to come with me?
අපි එකට කෑම කමු [ api ekaṭa kǣma kamu ]: Let's go eat together
මම ඔයාව මගේ ගෙදරට ආරාධනා කරනවා [ mama oyāva magē gedaraṭa ārādhanā karanavā ]: I invite you to my house
ඇවිත් තේ එකක් බොන්න [ ævit tē ekak bonna ]: Come and have a cup of tea
ඔයා අද හවසට ෆ්‍රී ද? [ oyā ada havasaṭa frī da? ]: Are you free this evening?
ඔයා හෙට මොකද කරන්නේ? [ oyā heṭa mokada karannē? ]: What are you doing tomorrow?
ඔව්, මම ගොඩක් කැමතියි! [ ov, mama goḍak kæmatiyi! ]: Yes, I would love to!
ආරාධනාවට ස්තූතියි [ ārādhanāvaṭa stūtiyi ]: Thank you for the invitation
මම අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම එන්නම් [ mama anivāryayenma ennam ]: I will come for sure
මම කීයටද එන්න ඕනේ? [ mama kīyaṭada enna ōnē? ]: What time should I come?
සමාවෙන්න, මම අද කාර්යබහුලයි [ samāvenna, mama ada kāryabahulayi ]: Sorry, I am busy today
මට වෙන වැඩ තියෙනවා [ maṭa vena væḍa tiyenavā ]: I have other plans
මට අද එන්න බෑ [ maṭa ada enna bǣ ]: I can't come today
සමහරවිට ඊළඟ පාර [ samaharaviṭa īḷan̆ga pāra ]: Maybe next time
මම පස්සේ කියන්නම් [ mama passē kiyannam ]: I'll let you know later
අපිට වෙන දවසක හමුවෙන්න පුළුවන්ද? [ apiṭa vena davasaka hamuvenna puḷuvanda? ]: Can we meet another day?
කරදර වෙන්න එපා [ karadara venna epā ]: Don't go to any trouble
මම ගෙවන්නම් [ mama gevannam ]: It is my treat (I will pay)
ඔයාගේ යාළුවන්වත් එක්කන් එන්න [ oyāgē yāḷuvanvat ekkan enna ]: Bring your friends too
අපි විනෝද වෙමු [ api vinōda vemu ]: We will have fun

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