Lingoflyගබඩාවට ආපු තොගය
A text in Sinhala at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. Yesterday a new batch of goods came to the warehouse — fifty boxes. Having looked at the waybill, we understood that…
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- ඊයේ ගබඩාවට අලුත් බඩු තොගයක් ආවා, පෙට්ටි පනහක්. බඩු ලේඛනය බැලුවම තේරුණා පෙට්ටියක ඇසුරුම කැඩිලා කියලා. ඇතුළේ නිමි භාණ්ඩය හොඳයි, ඒක සම්මතයට ගැලපෙනවා. ඒත් සලකුණු කිරීම වැරදිලා තිබුණා, ඒ නිසා ගබඩා කිරීම අවුල් වුණා. අපි කල් නොදමා ඇණවුම්කරුට කිව්වා, ඊට පස්සෙන්ම බාරගැනීම ලියලා අත්සන් කළා.īyē gabaḍāvaṭa alut baḍu togayak āvā, peṭṭi panahak. baḍu lēkhanaya bæluvama tēruṇā peṭṭiyaka æsuruma kæḍilā kiyalā. ætuḷē nimi bhāṇḍaya hondayi, ēka sammatayaṭa gælapenavā. ēt salakuṇu kirīma væradilā tibuṇā, ē nisā gabaḍā kirīma avul vuṇā. api kal nodamā æṇavumkaruṭa kivvā, īṭa passenma bāragænīma liyalā atsan kaḷā.Yesterday a new batch of goods came to the warehouse — fifty boxes. Having looked at the waybill, we understood that one box had dented packaging. The item inside is intact; it matches the norm. But the marking was mixed up; because of this the storage got confused. We told the customer without delay, and in the wake of this we processed the acceptance and signed.
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 many boxes came?
- What was wrong with one box?
- Why did the storage get confused?
- What was done at the end?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Sinhala?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
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.