නිමල්ගේ වැඩ
A short in Sinhala 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. Nimal is an engineer. He works in an office in Colombo. The workday begins at nine in the morning and ends at five in…
Text
- නිමල් ඉංජිනේරු කෙනෙක්. එයා කොළඹ ඔෆිස් එකේ වැඩ කරනවා. වැඩ දවස උදේ නවයට පටන් ගන්නවා, හවස පහට ඉවරයි. සිකුරාදා එයා ගෙදර ඉඳන් වැඩ කරනවා. පඩිය මාසෙට වරක් බැංකු ගිණුමට එනවා.Nimal iṁjinēru kenek. eyā koḷamba ofis ekē væḍa karanavā. væḍa davasa udē navayaṭa paṭan gannavā, havasa pahaṭa ivarayi. sikurādā eyā gedara indan væḍa karanavā. paḍiya māseṭa varak bæṁku giṇumaṭa enavā.Nimal is an engineer. He works in an office in Colombo. The workday begins at nine in the morning and ends at five in the evening. On Fridays he works from home. The salary comes into the bank account once a month.
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 does Nimal work as?
- On which day does he work from home?
- Where does the salary come?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Sinhala?
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.