Lingoflyහදිසි උදෑසනක්
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 morning I got up at six, as always. First I made myself tea, and after that I went to wash. While I was…
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- ඊයේ උදේ මම හැමවෙලේම වගේ හයට නැගිට්ටා. මුලින් තේ එකක් හදාගත්තා, ඊට පස්සේ නාන්න ගියා. මම නාන අතරතුර ෆෝන් එක නාද වුණා. ඔෆිස් එකෙන් කිව්වා හදිසියෙන්ම එන්න කියලා, මොකද රැස්වීමක් කලින් තියෙනවා කියලා. මම කලින්ම ලෑස්ති වුණේ නෑ, ඒක නිසා ටිකක් කලබල වුණා. ඒ වුණාට මම වෙලාවට ගියා: බස් එක ආ ගමන්ම නැග්ගා. අන්තිමේදී මම රැස්වීම පටන් ගන්න කලින් ඔෆිස් එකට ගියා.īyē udē mama hæmavelēma vagē hayaṭa nægiṭṭā. mulin tē ekak hadāgattā, īṭa passē nānna giyā. mama nāna ataratura fōn eka nāda vuṇā. ofis eken kivvā hadisiyenma enna kiyalā, mokada ræsvīmak kalin tiyenavā kiyalā. mama kalinma lǣsti vuṇē nǣ, ēka nisā ṭikak kalabala vuṇā. ē vuṇāṭa mama velāvaṭa giyā: bas eka ā gamanma næggā. antimēdī mama ræsvīma paṭan ganna kalin ofis ekaṭa giyā.Yesterday morning I got up at six, as always. First I made myself tea, and after that I went to wash. While I was washing, the phone rang. From the office they said to come urgently, because the meeting had been moved to an earlier time. I had not got ready in advance, so I fussed a little. Still, I arrived on time: as soon as the bus came, I got on. Finally I reached the office before the meeting began.
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 time did the author get up?
- What happened while he was washing?
- What did the office say?
- Why did he make it after all?
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.