Asthyarthaka, Nasthyarthaka Saha Prashnarthaka - අස්ත්යාර්ථක, නස්ත්යාර්ථක සහ ප්රශ්නාර්ථක - Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative Sentences.
[මෙම පාඩම පසුව සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කර, පළ කරනු ඇත!]
{This Lesson would be translated into Sinhalese & published later!}
Notice the following sentences:—
I sleep. | I slept. |
I do not (don’t) sleep. | I did not (didn't) sleep. |
Do I sleep? | Did I sleep? |
Do I not sleep? | Did I not sleep? |
Don’t I sleep? | Didn’t I sleep? |
I shall / will sleep. | They will sleep. |
I shall not (shan’t) / will not (won’t) sleep. | They will not (won’t) sleep. |
Shall / Will I sleep? | Will they sleep? |
Shall / Will I not sleep? | Will they not sleep? |
Shan’t / Won’t I sleep? | Won’t they sleep? |
In the sentences above you will notice several things which have to be carefully learnt in order that you may be able to take part in English conversation.