රෝහලේ දවස් තුනක්
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. Uncle fell from a ladder and broke an arm bone. At the hospital they first took an X-ray, then the doctor wrote a…
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- මාමා පඩිපෙළෙන් වැටිලා අත් ඇටය කැඩුණා. රෝහලේදී මුලින්ම එක්ස් රේ එකක් ගත්තා, ඊට පස්සේ දොස්තර රෝග විනිශ්චය ලියලා දුන්නා. එයාට දවස් තුනක් රෝහලේ නතර වෙන්න වුණා, මොකද රිදුම වැඩි නිසා ඩ්රිප් එකකුත් දාන්න තිබුණා. දෙවෙනි දවසේ ඉඳන් එයා කිව්වා දැන් ටිකක් හොඳයි කියලා. ගෙදර එනකොට කිහිලිකරු දෙකකුයි පේන් කිලර් එකකුයි දුන්නා. දොස්තර කියන විදිහට තව සතියකින් වෛද්ය පරීක්ෂාවකට ආපහු එන්න ඕන.māmā paḍipeḷen væṭilā at æṭaya kæḍuṇā. rōhalēdī mulinma eks rē ekak gattā, īṭa passē dostara rōga viniścaya liyalā dunnā. eyāṭa davas tunak rōhalē natara venna vuṇā, mokada riduma væḍi nisā ḍrip ekakut dānna tibuṇā. deveni davasē indan eyā kivvā dæn ṭikak hondayi kiyalā. gedara enakoṭa kihilikaru dekakuyi pēn kilar ekakuyi dunnā. dostara kiyana vidihaṭa tava satiyakin vaidya parīkṣāvakaṭa āpahu enna ōna.Uncle fell from a ladder and broke an arm bone. At the hospital they first took an X-ray, then the doctor wrote a diagnosis. He had to lie in the hospital for three days, because of the strong pain a drip had to be placed. From the second day he said that he felt better. When he was discharged home, they gave crutches and a pain reliever. According to the doctor, in a week he must return for an examination.
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 to the uncle?
- What was done at the hospital first of all?
- Why did he have to stay three days?
- What must be done in a week?
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.