මාසේ බජට් 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. My income is about one hundred thousand rupees a month. Forty thousand goes to rent, about thirty thousand to food. The…
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- මගේ ආදායම මාසෙකට රුපියල් ලක්ෂයක් විතර. ගෙදර කුලියට හතළිස්දාහක් යනවා, කෑමට තිස්දාහක් විතර. කරන්ට් බිලයි වතුර බිලයි එකතුවෙලා දහදාහක් විතර වෙනවා. මම හැම මාසෙම ටිකක් ඉතුරු කරන්න හදනවා, හැබැයි මිල ගණන් වැඩි වෙලා. ලබන අවුරුද්දේ ලෝන් එකක් ගන්න ඕනේ, ඒක නිසා ඉතුරු සල්ලි බැංකු ගිණුමට දානවා. සල්ලි මදි වුණොත් මම වියදම් ලැයිස්තුව ආයේ බලනවා.magē ādāyama māsekaṭa rupiyal lakṣayak vitara. gedara kuliyaṭa hataḷisdāhak yanavā, kǣmaṭa tisdāhak vitara. karanṭ bilayi vatura bilayi ekatuvelā dahadāhak vitara venavā. mama hæma māsema ṭikak ituru karanna hadanavā, hæbæyi mila gaṇan væḍi velā. laban avuruddē lōn ekak ganna ōnē, ēka nisā ituru salli bæṁku giṇumaṭa dānavā. salli madi vuṇot mama viyadam læyistuva āyē balanavā.My income is about one hundred thousand rupees a month. Forty thousand goes to rent, about thirty thousand to food. The electricity bill and the water bill together come to about ten thousand. Every month I try to save a little, but prices have grown. Next year a loan will be needed, so I put my savings into a bank account. If money is lacking, I go through the list of expenses again.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How much goes to rent?
- What together comes to about ten thousand?
- Why has saving become harder?
- Why does the author keep savings?
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.