stylistic:style_transfer, structural:summarization
Use of තුමා (thuma)

Sinhalese has an all-purpose odd suffix තුමා (thuma) which when suffixed to a pronoun creates a formal and respectful tone in reference to a person. This is usually used in referring to politicians, nobles, and priests.

e.g. oba thuma (ඔබ තුමා) - you (vocative, when addressing a minister, high-ranking official, or generally showing respect in public etc.)

ජනාධිපති

janadhipathi

තුමා

thuma

ජනාධිපති තුමා

janadhipathi thuma

the president (third person)