පාරේ නීති
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. We rented a car for three days. At the rental office they said to return it with a full tank. On the road there were…
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- අපි දවස් තුනකට කාර් එකක් කුලියට ගත්තා. කාර් රෙන්ට් එකේ අය කිව්වා ෆුල් ටැංකියක් එක්ක ආපහු දෙන්න කියලා. පාරේ මාර්ග ලකුණු ගොඩක් තිබුණා, හැබැයි වේග සීමාව හැම තැනම එකයි. මගේ යාළුවා සීමාවට වඩා වේගෙන් ගියා, ඒක නිසා ට්රැෆික් පොලීසිය අපිව නැවැත්තුවා. ඒ වුණාට දඩයක් ලිව්වේ නෑ, මොකද අපි ඔක්කොම සීට් බෙල්ට් එක දාලා හිටියා. ඊට පස්සේ අපි හෙමින් ගිහින් වීව් පොයින්ට් එකේ නැවතුණා.api davas tunakaṭa kār ekak kuliyaṭa gattā. kār renṭ ekē aya kivvā ful ṭæṁkiyak ekka āpahu denna kiyalā. pārē mārga lakuṇu goḍak tibuṇā, hæbæyi vēga sīmāva hæma tænama ekayi. magē yāḷuvā sīmāvaṭa vaḍā vēgen giyā, ēka nisā ṭræfik polīsiya apiva nævættuvā. ē vuṇāṭa daḍayak livvē nǣ, mokada api okkoma sīṭ belṭ eka dālā hiṭiyā. īṭa passē api hemin gihin vīv poyinṭ ekē nævatuṇā.We rented a car for three days. At the rental office they said to return it with a full tank. On the road there were many road signs, but the speed limit was one and the same everywhere. My friend exceeded the speed, so the road police stopped us. Yet no fine was issued, because we were all buckled up. After that we drove slowly and stopped at a lookout point.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- For how many days did they take the car?
- What were they asked to do on return?
- Why did the police stop them?
- Why was no fine issued?
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.