නොකියෙව්ව ගිවිසුම
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. I signed the internet contract without reading the clauses. I thought that the tariff did not change, but after half a…
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- මම ඉන්ටර්නෙට් ගිවිසුමට අත්සන් කළේ වගන්ති කියවන්නේ නැතුව. ටැරිෆ් එක වෙනස් වෙන්නේ නෑ කියලා හිතුවා, ඒත් මාස හයකට පස්සේ ගාණ වැඩි වුණා. ගිවිසුම අවලංගු කරන්න කතා කරාම, නීතියෙන් ගාණක් ගෙවන්න ඕන කියලා කිව්වා. පරීක්ෂාවකින් පස්සේ තේරුණා ඒ කොන්දේසිය ඔරිජිනල් එකේම තිබුණා කියලා. දැන් මම හැම ගිවිසුමක්ම ලිඛිතව කියවලා විතරයි අත්සන් කරන්නේ.mama inṭarneṭ givisumaṭa atsan kaḷē vaganti kiyavannē nætuva. ṭærif eka venas vennē nǣ kiyalā hituvā, ēt māsa hayakaṭa passē gāṇa væḍi vuṇā. givisuma avalaṁgu karanna katā karāma, nītiyen gāṇak gevanna ōna kiyalā kivvā. parīkṣāvakin passē tēruṇā ē kondēsiya orijinal ekēma tibuṇā kiyalā. dæn mama hæma givisumakma likhitava kiyavalā vitarayi atsan karannē.I signed the internet contract without reading the clauses. I thought that the tariff did not change, but after half a year the price grew. When I called to terminate the contract, they said that by law a sum had to be paid. After a check it turned out that this condition had been in the very original. Now I sign a contract only after reading its written text.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How did he sign the contract?
- What changed after half a year?
- What was he told when he tried to terminate the contract?
- Where did this condition turn out to be?
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.