උදේට ෆෝන් එක
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. In the morning I turn on the phone and look at the messages that came in the night. Yesterday I received a voice…
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- උදේට මම ෆෝන් එක ඔන් කරලා රෑට ආපු මැසේජ් බලනවා. ඊයේ මට යාළුවෙක්ගෙන් වොයිස් මැසේජ් එකක් ලැබුණා. එයා ඇහුවා, හවසට ෆිල්ම් එකට යනවද කියලා. මම උත්තර දුන්නා, ට්රැෆික් එක නිසා ටිකක් පරක්කු වෙයි කියලා. පස්සේ මම එයාට ලින්ක් එකකුත් ෆොටෝ දෙකකුත් යැව්වා. රෑට මගේ බැටරිය ඉවරයි, ඒක නිසා මම ෆෝන් එක චාජර් එකේ ගැහුවා.udēṭa mama fōn eka on karalā rǣṭa āpu mæsēj balanavā. īyē maṭa yāḷuvekgen voyis mæsēj ekak læbuṇā. eyā æhuvā, havasaṭa film ekaṭa yanavada kiyalā. mama uttara dunnā, ṭræfik eka nisā ṭikak parakku veyi kiyalā. passē mama eyāṭa link ekakut foṭō dekakut yævvā. rǣṭa magē bæṭariya ivarayi, ēka nisā mama fōn eka cājar ekē gæhuvā.In the morning I turn on the phone and look at the messages that came in the night. Yesterday I received a voice message from a friend. He asked whether I would go to the film in the evening. I answered that because of a traffic jam I would be a little late. Then I sent him a link and two photographs. At night the battery died, so I put the phone on charge.
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 the author do in the mornings?
- What did the friend send?
- Why will the author be late?
- What happened at night?
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.