Jazarpena duten pertsonak
A short in Basque text at level B1. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. There are people with a feeling of being persecuted: nobody has done anything to them, and it seems to them that…
Text
- Badaude jazarpena duten pertsonak: inork ez die ezer egin, baina denek aurka daudela sentitzen dute. Askotan haserrekoiak dira: hitz bat bakarrik entzuten dute, eta haren atzean erasoa bilatzen dute. Beste batzuk, aldiz, itxiak dira: barrutik bizi dira, eta susmoak hazten zaizkie isiltasunean. Zurrumurruak zabaldu direla uste dutenean, are gehiago ixten dira. Laguntza ohikoa da: hitza eman, bete, eta hitzari eutsi; denborak konfiantza eraikitzen du, eta jazarpenaren sentsazioa poliki-poliki jaisten da.There are people with a feeling of being persecuted: nobody has done anything to them, and it seems to them that everybody is against them. Often they are touchy: they hear one word and look for an attack behind it. Others, on the contrary, are reserved: they live from the inside, and suspicions grow in them in silence. When they think rumors have been spread, they close up even more. The usual help: give your word, fulfill it and keep it; time builds trust, and the feeling of persecution fades little by little.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- What do such people feel?
- What do the touchy do with one word?
- What do the reserved do at the thought of rumors?
- What builds trust, according to the text?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Basque?
B1. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.