Useful Sinhala phrases for vendors tonight - price water toilet and stool without sounding rude
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Iris de Vries•228 rep6
Need simple Sinhala for price, water, toilet, and how much for the stool tonight without sounding rude. What actually works on the route.
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Keep it short and smile: price, water, toilet, and stool cost. Soften with please and thank-you. Pointing plus those words beats a long English speech.
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Menaka Karunaratne•1391 rep7
Agree the stool price before you sit. Repeat the number back once so there is no surprise tip fight later.
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Roshan Wijeratne•1522 rep4
Same politeness works at food carts after the parade — vendors remember the respectful buyers.
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