Lingoflyඅපේ ගම
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. About a thousand people live in our village. Drinking water used to be taken from the well; now there is a water supply…
Text
- අපේ ගමේ මිනිස්සු දාහක් විතර ඉන්නවා. බොන වතුර කලින් ළිඳෙන් ගත්තා, දැන් ජල නළත් තියෙනවා. පහුගිය අවුරුද්දේ ස්වේච්ඡා සේවකයෝ එකතු වෙලා කසළ රීසයිකල් කරන එක පටන් ගත්තා. මහජන ප්රවාහනය දවසට තුන් වතාවක් විතරයි, ඒ නිසා ගොඩක් අය පයින් යනවා. පදිංචිකරුවෝ හැම මාසෙකම එකතු වෙලා පරිසරය රැක ගන්න මොනවද කරන්න ඕන කියලා කතා කරනවා.apē gamē minissu dāhak vitara innavā. bona vatura kalin ḷinden gattā, dæn jala naḷat tiyenavā. pahugiya avuruddē svēcchā sēvakayō ekatu velā kasaḷa rīsayikal karana eka paṭan gattā. mahajana pravāhanaya davasaṭa tun vatāvak vitarayi, ē nisā goḍak aya payin yanavā. padiṁcikaruvō hæma māsekama ekatu velā parisaraya ræka ganna monavada karanna ōna kiyalā katā karanavā.About a thousand people live in our village. Drinking water used to be taken from the well; now there is a water supply as well. Last year the volunteers gathered and started recycling garbage. Public transport runs only three times a day, so many walk. The residents gather every month and discuss what to do to protect nature.
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 people live in the village?
- Where was drinking water taken from before?
- What did the volunteers start last year?
- Why do many walk?
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.