මගේ පාඩම් වේලාවල්
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. I am in the sixth grade. At eight in the morning the school bell rings. Most of all I love mathematics, and history is…
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- මම හය වන පන්තියේ ඉගෙන ගන්නවා. උදේ අටට ඉස්කෝලේ බෙල් එක ගහනවා. මට වැඩියෙන්ම කැමති පාඩම ගණිතය, හැබැයි ඉතිහාසය ටිකක් අමාරුයි. ඉන්ටර්වල් එකට අපි පන්තියේ යාළුවො එක්ක බත් කනවා. හවසට මම පෙළ පොත අරගෙන රිවිෂන් කරනවා. ලබන සතියේ ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක තියෙනවා, ඒක නිසා මම හැම දාම කටපාඩම් කරනවා.mama haya vana pantiyē igena gannavā. udē aṭaṭa iskōlē bel eka gahanavā. maṭa væḍiyenma kæmati pāḍama gaṇitaya, hæbæyi itihāsaya ṭikak amāruyi. inṭarval ekaṭa api pantiyē yāḷuvo ekka bat kanavā. havasaṭa mama peḷa pota aragena riviṣan karanavā. laban satiyē ṭarm ṭesṭ eka tiyenavā, ēka nisā mama hæma dāma kaṭapāḍam karanavā.I am in the sixth grade. At eight in the morning the school bell rings. Most of all I love mathematics, and history is a little difficult. At break we eat rice with our classmates. In the evening I take the textbook and repeat the material. Next week there is a test, so every day I memorize by heart.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- Which grade is the author in?
- Which subject is harder for the author?
- What does the author do at break?
- What will happen next week?
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.