Lingoflyතමන්ගේ ව්යාපාරය
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. My uncle worked at a factory for ten years, and then started his own business. At first he had only two clients and one…
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- මගේ මාමා අවුරුදු දහයක් ෆැක්ටරියක වැඩ කරලා, පස්සේ තමන්ගේ ව්යාපාරයක් පටන් ගත්තා. මුලින්ම හිටියේ ක්ලයන්ට් දෙන්නයි සප්ලයර් කෙනෙකුයි විතරයි. පළවෙනි අවුරුද්දේ ලාභය හරි අඩුයි, දෙවෙනි අවුරුද්දේ පාඩුවක් වුණා. තරගකරුවෝ ගාණ අඩු කරාම, එයා ඉල්ලුම වැඩි බඩු විතරක් හදන්න පටන් ගත්තා. දැන් එයා යටතේ මිනිස්සු දාහතර දෙනෙක් වැඩ කරනවා, ඒත් එයා තාම හැම උදෑසනකම ගබඩාවට යනවා.magē māmā avurudu dahayak fækṭariyaka væḍa karalā, passē tamangē vyāpārayak paṭan gattā. mulinma hiṭiyē klayanṭ dennayi saplayar kenekuyi vitarayi. paḷaveni avuruddē lābhaya hari aḍuyi, deveni avuruddē pāḍuvak vuṇā. taragakaruvō gāṇa aḍu karāma, eyā illuma væḍi baḍu vitarak hadanna paṭan gattā. dæn eyā yaṭatē minissu dāhatara denek væḍa karanavā, ēt eyā tāma hæma udǣsanakama gabaḍāvaṭa yanavā.My uncle worked at a factory for ten years, and then started his own business. At first he had only two clients and one supplier. In the first year the profit was very small; in the second there was a loss. When the competitors lowered the price, he began to make only the goods for which there is demand. Now fourteen people work under him, but he still goes to the warehouse every morning.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- Where did the uncle work before?
- Who did he have at the very beginning?
- What happened in the second year?
- What does he do every morning now?
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.