Lingoflyකරන්ට් ගියාම
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. The power in our house is not cut every week, but when it is cut — it is a big problem. Two years ago Father bought a…
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- අපේ ගෙදර කරන්ට් යන්නේ හැම සතියෙම නෙවෙයි, ඒත් ගියාම ලොකු ප්‍රශ්නයක්. තාත්තා අවුරුදු දෙකකට කලින් පොඩි ජෙනරේටර් එකක් ගත්තා. ඒක ඔන් කළාම ෆ්‍රිජ් එකයි වතුර පොම්පයයි විතරක් වැඩ කරනවා. අලාම් ඔරලෝසුව බැටරියෙන් වැඩ කරන නිසා උදේ පහට කොහොමත් නාද වෙනවා. ඒත් අම්මාගේ මහන මැෂිම ජෙනරේටර් එකෙන් වැඩ කරන්නේ නෑ, ඒක අතින් කරන්න වෙනවා. මම හිතන්නේ ලබන අවුරුද්දේ සෝලාර් පැනල් එකක් දාන එක වඩා හොඳයි කියලා.apē gedara karanṭ yannē hæma satiyema neveyi, ēt giyāma loku praśnayak. tāttā avurudu dekakaṭa kalin poḍi jenarēṭar ekak gattā. ēka on kaḷāma frij ekayi vatura pompayayi vitarak væḍa karanavā. alām oralōsuva bæṭariyen væḍa karana nisā udē pahaṭa kohomat nāda venavā. ēt ammāgē mahana mæṣima jenarēṭar eken væḍa karannē nǣ, ēka atin karanna venavā. mama hitannē labana avuruddē sōlār pænal ekak dāna eka vaḍā hondayi kiyalā.The power in our house is not cut every week, but when it is cut — it is a big problem. Two years ago Father bought a small generator. When it is turned on, only the refrigerator and the water pump work. The alarm clock works on a battery, so at five in the morning it rings in any case. And Mother’s sewing machine does not work from the generator; she has to sew by hand. I think that next year it is better to install a solar panel.
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 Father buy two years ago?
- What works from the generator?
- Why does the alarm clock ring without power too?
- What does the author consider the best solution?
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.