පොත් කඩේ
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. Every Saturday I go to the book shop. There are novels, short stories and books of poems there. First I look at the…
Text
- හැම සෙනසුරාදාම මම පොත් කඩේට යනවා. එතන නවකතා, කෙටිකතා සහ කවි පොත් තියෙනවා. මම මුලින්ම කවරය බලනවා, ඊට පස්සේ පළවෙනි පරිච්ඡේදය කියවනවා. පහුගිය සතියේ ගත්ත පොතේ කතා පුවත හරි හොඳයි, ඒත් අන්තිම කොටස ඉක්මනට ඉවර වුණා. ලේඛකයා දෙවෙනි කොටසක් ලියනවා කියලා ඊ-බුක් එකේ ලියලා තිබුණා.hæma senasurādāma mama pot kaḍēṭa yanavā. etana navakatā, keṭikatā saha kavi pot tiyenavā. mama mulinma kavaraya balanavā, īṭa passē paḷaveni paricchēdaya kiyavanavā. pahugiya satiyē gatta potē katā puvata hari hondayi, ēt antima koṭasa ikmanaṭa ivara vuṇā. lēkhakayā deveni koṭasak liyanavā kiyalā ī-buk ekē liyalā tibuṇā.Every Saturday I go to the book shop. There are novels, short stories and books of poems there. First I look at the cover, then I read the first chapter. The book that I took last week has a very good plot, but the last part ended too quickly. In the electronic book it was written that the writer is writing a continuation.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- When does he go to the book shop?
- What does he look at first of all?
- What did he not like about the book?
- Where did he read about the continuation?
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.