ආරංචිය
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. Talk went around the village that a new road is being built. At first someone said that an official from the council…
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- ගමේ කතාවක් ගියා අලුත් පාරක් හදනවා කියලා. මුලින්ම කවුරුහරි කිව්වා කච්චේරියේ නිලධාරියෙක් ඒක ප්රකාශ කළා කියලා. දෙවෙනි දවසේ තව කෙනෙක් කිව්වා ඒක ඉඟියක් විතරයි, තීරණයක් ගත්තේ නෑ කියලා. පස්සේ තේරුණා ලියුමක් ආවේ ගමට නෙවෙයි, පැත්තේ ගමකට කියලා. දැන් හැමෝම කියනවා ආරංචිය හරි නෑ කියලා, ඒත් සමහරු තාම තමන්ගේ මතයේ ඉන්නවා. මම දන්න විදිහට කරුණු ලියවිල්ලක තියෙනවා නම් විතරයි ඒක ඔප්පු කරන්න පුළුවන්.gamē katāvak giyā alut pārak hadanavā kiyalā. mulinma kavuruhari kivvā kaccēriyē niladhāriyek ēka prakāśa kaḷā kiyalā. deveni davasē tava kenek kivvā ēka ingiyak vitarayi, tīraṇayak gattē nǣ kiyalā. passē tēruṇā liyumak āvē gamaṭa neveyi, pættē gamakaṭa kiyalā. dæn hæmōma kiyanavā āraṁciya hari nǣ kiyalā, ēt samaharu tāma tamangē matayē innavā. mama danna vidihaṭa karuṇu liyavillaka tiyenavā nam vitarayi ēka oppu karanna puḷuvan.Talk went around the village that a new road is being built. At first someone said that an official from the council had announced it. On the second day another said that it had been only a hint and no decision had been made. Then it turned out that the letter had come not to our village but to a neighboring one. Now everyone says that the rumor is wrong, but some still remain of their own opinion. As far as I know, it can be proved only if the facts are in a document.
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 was the talk in the village about?
- What was said on the second day?
- What turned out afterwards?
- What, in the author’s opinion, can prove it?
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.