වොෂිං මැෂින් එක කැඩුණා
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. Last week our washing machine stopped working. First one little lamp began to blink, then it began to make a lot of…
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- ගිය සතියේ අපේ වොෂිං මැෂින් එක වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ. මුලින්ම එක ලයිට් එකක් බ්ලින්ක් වුණා, පස්සේ ලොකු සද්දේ දෙන්න පටන් ගත්තා. තාත්තා වයර් චෙක් කරලා බැලුවා, හැබැයි ප්රශ්නේ ඒක නෙවෙයි. අපි ඒක සර්විස් සෙන්ටර් එකට අලුත්වැඩියාවට බාර දුන්නා. කාර්මිකයා කිව්වා කොටසක් මාරු කරන්න වෙනවා කියලා, අලුත්වැඩියාවේ ගාන රුපියල් දොළොස්දාහයි. වොරන්ටි එක තාම තියෙන නිසා අපිට ගෙවන්න වුණේ බාගයක් විතරයි.giya satiyē apē voṣiṁ mæṣin eka væḍa karannē nǣ. mulinma eka layiṭ ekak blink vuṇā, passē loku saddē denna paṭan gattā. tāttā vayar cek karalā bæluvā, hæbæyi praśnē ēka neveyi. api ēka sarvis senṭar ekaṭa alutvæḍiyāvaṭa bāra dunnā. kārmikayā kivvā koṭasak māru karanna venavā kiyalā, alutvæḍiyāvē gāna rupiyal doḷosdāhayi. voranṭi eka tāma tiyena nisā apiṭa gevanna vuṇē bāgayak vitarayi.Last week our washing machine stopped working. First one little lamp began to blink, then it began to make a lot of noise. Father checked the wires, but the matter was not in them. We took it to a service center for repair. The technician said that a part would have to be replaced; the cost of the repair is twelve thousand rupees. The warranty was still in force, so we had to pay only half.
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 first?
- What did Father check?
- What did the technician say?
- Why did they pay only half?
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.