රෝහලේ දවසක්
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. Yesterday Mother’s stomach suddenly began to ache. Early in the morning we went to the hospital and went to the…
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- ඊයේ අම්මාට හදිසියේ බඩේ රිදුණා. අපි උදේම රෝහලට ගිහින් රෙජිස්ට්රේෂන් කවුන්ටරයට ගියා. සාමාන්ය දොස්තර පරීක්ෂා කරලා ලේ පරීක්ෂාවක් කරන්න කිව්වා. පස්සේ එයා අපිට රෙෆරල් එකක් දුන්නා. අම්මා දවසක් වාට්ටුවේ හිටියා, හැබැයි ඔපරේෂන් එකක් කරන්න වුණේ නෑ. අද උදේ එයා රෝහලෙන් ඩිස්චාර්ජ් වුණා, දැන් ගෙදර ප්රතිකාර ගන්නවා.īyē ammāṭa hadisiyē baḍē riduṇā. api udēma rōhalaṭa gihin rejisṭrēṣan kavunṭarayaṭa giyā. sāmānya dostara parīkṣā karalā lē parīkṣāvak karanna kivvā. passē eyā apiṭa refaral ekak dunnā. ammā davasak vāṭṭuvē hiṭiyā, hæbæyi oparēṣan ekak karanna vuṇē nǣ. ada udē eyā rōhalen ḍiscārj vuṇā, dæn gedara pratikāra gannavā.Yesterday Mother’s stomach suddenly began to ache. Early in the morning we went to the hospital and went to the reception desk. The general practitioner examined her and ordered a blood test. Then he gave us a referral. Mother spent the day in the ward, but no operation had to be done. This morning she was discharged from the hospital; now she is being treated at home.
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 happened to Mother?
- Where did they go first?
- What did the general practitioner prescribe?
- How did it all end?
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.