මගේ අදහස නම්
A short in Sinhala text at level B1. 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 friend said that he wants to take a new job. In my view, it is a somewhat hasty decision. On one hand, the salary is…
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- මගේ යාළුවා කිව්වා අලුත් රස්සාවක් ගන්න ඕනේ කියලා. මට නම් ඒක ටිකක් හදිසි තීරණයක්. එක පැත්තකින් පඩිය වැඩියි, අනිත් පැත්තෙන් ගෙදර ඉඳන් දුරයි. මම එයාට කිව්වා මුලින්ම හොඳට හිතන්න කියලා. එයා ඇහුවා මම මොකද හිතන්නේ කියලා. මම කිව්වා මට හරියට විශ්වාස නෑ, හැබැයි ඒක එයාගේ තේරීම කියලා. අන්තිමට එයා කිව්වා ටිකක් කල් හිතලා තීරණය කරනවා කියලා.magē yāḷuvā kivvā alut rassāvak ganna ōnē kiyalā. maṭa nam ēka ṭikak hadisi tīraṇayak. eka pættakin paḍiya væḍiyi, anit pætten gedara indan durayi. mama eyāṭa kivvā mulinma hondaṭa hitanna kiyalā. eyā æhuvā mama mokada hitannē kiyalā. mama kivvā maṭa hariyaṭa viśvāsa nǣ, hæbæyi ēka eyāgē tērīma kiyalā. antimaṭa eyā kivvā ṭikak kal hitalā tīraṇaya karanavā kiyalā.My friend said that he wants to take a new job. In my view, it is a somewhat hasty decision. On one hand, the salary is higher; on the other, it is far from home. I told him first of all to think it over well. He asked what I thought. I said that I was not sure, but that it was his choice. In the end he said that he would think a little more and decide.
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 friend want to do?
- What is the argument against the new job?
- What did the author advise?
- How did the talk end?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Sinhala?
B1. 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.