Lingoflyවෙළඳපොළ
A short text in Sinhala 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. On Sunday morning I go to the market. There are mangoes, bananas and vegetables there. The seller names the price, and…
Text
- ඉරිදා උදේ මම වෙළඳපොළට යනවා. එතන අඹ, කෙසෙල් සහ එළවළු තියෙනවා. මුදලාලි ගාන කියනවා, මම ටිකක් අඩු කරන්න කියනවා. අද මම අඹ කිලෝ දෙකක් ගන්නවා. ඔක්කොම රුපියල් පන්සියයි.iridā udē mama veḷandapoḷaṭa yanavā. etana amba, kesel saha eḷavaḷu tiyenavā. mudalāli gāna kiyanavā, mama ṭikak aḍu karanna kiyanavā. ada mama amba kilō dekak gannavā. okkoma rupiyal pansiyayi.On Sunday morning I go to the market. There are mangoes, bananas and vegetables there. The seller names the price, and I ask to bring it down a little. Today I am taking two kilos of mangoes. In all, five hundred rupees.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- On which day does he go to the market?
- What does he buy?
- How much does he pay?
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.