Curtains and measurements

A short in Georgian text at level A2. 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. We changed the curtains in the apartment and measured everything first. The window width came to two meters and some…

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  • ბინაში ფარდები შევცვალეთ და ჯერ ყველაფერი გავზომეთ. ფანჯრის სიგანე ორი მეტრი და ოციოდე სანტიმეტრი გამოვიდა, ჭერის სიმაღლე კი ორნახევარი მეტრი. მაღაზიაში მითხრეს, ზუსტად იმდენი ქსოვილი არ აიღოთ, რამდენიც გაზომეთო, და დაახლოებით შვიდი მეტრი ვიყიდეთ. ფასი მეტრზე ოცდახუთი ლარი იყო, სულ კი ას სამოცდაათზე მეტი გამოვიდა. საკერავი მანქანა ბებიისა გვაქვს და ფარდები ხელით შევკერეთ.
    binashi pardebi shevtsvalet da jer qvelaperi gavzomet. panjris sigane ori metri da otsiode santimetri gamovida, cheris simaghle ki ornakhevari metri. maghaziashi mitkhres, zustad imdeni ksovili ar aighot, ramdenits gazometo, da daakhloebit shvidi metri viqidet. pasi metrze otsdakhuti lari iqo, sul ki as samotsdaatze meti gamovida. sakeravi mankana bebiisa gvakvs da pardebi khelit shevkeret.
    We changed the curtains in the apartment and measured everything first. The window width came to two meters and some twenty centimeters, and the ceiling height is two and a half meters. At the store we were told not to take exactly as much fabric as we measured, and we bought about seven meters. The price was twenty-five lari per meter, and it all came to more than one hundred seventy. The sewing machine is grandma's, and we sewed the curtains by hand.

Comprehension questions

The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.

  1. What was measured first?
  2. Why did they take more than measured?
  3. How much did a meter cost?
  4. What were the curtains sewn with?

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What level do you need to read this text in Georgian?

A2. 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.

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