Lingoflyපෝස්ට් එකයි කමෙන්ට් එකයි
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 I posted a photo from a trip. In two hours about a hundred likes and many comments came. One person wrote…
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- ඊයේ මම ගමනේ ෆොටෝ එකක් දැම්මා. පැය දෙකකින් ලයික් සීයක් විතර ආවා, කමෙන්ට් ගොඩකුත් ආවා. එක කෙනෙක් කිව්වා ඒ තැන ලස්සන නෑ කියලා, ඒක නිසා පොඩි කලබලයක් වුණා. මම හිතන්නේ එයා ඒක වැඩි කරලා කිව්වා කියලා. ඒ වුණාට මම එයාව බ්ලොක් කළේ නෑ, මොකද එයාටත් අදහසක් තියෙන්න පුළුවන්. දැන් මම පෝස්ට් එකක් දාන්න කලින් තොරතුරු හරිද කියලා බලනවා.īyē mama gamanē foṭō ekak dæmmā. pæya dekakin layik sīyak vitara āvā, kamenṭ goḍakut āvā. eka kenek kivvā ē tæna lassana nǣ kiyalā, ēka nisā poḍi kalabalayak vuṇā. mama hitannē eyā ēka væḍi karalā kivvā kiyalā. ē vuṇāṭa mama eyāva blok kaḷē nǣ, mokada eyāṭat adahasak tiyenna puḷuvan. dæn mama pōsṭ ekak dānna kalin toraturu harida kiyalā balanavā.Yesterday I posted a photo from a trip. In two hours about a hundred likes and many comments came. One person wrote that the place was ugly, and so a small scandal broke out. I consider that he exaggerated. Still, I did not block him, because he too may have his own opinion. Now, before posting, I check the information.
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 did the author post yesterday?
- What did one of the commenters write?
- What did the author do with that person?
- What does the author do now before publishing?
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.