Sporočila in klici
A short in Slovenian text 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. In the morning I saw that I had seven missed calls. The phone had been silent at night because I had turned the volume…
Text
- Zjutraj sem videl, da imam sedem neodgovorjenih klicev. Telefon je bil ponoči tih, ker sem ugasnil glasnost in pozabil nazaj. Šest klicev je bilo od mame, sedmi pa od neznane številke. Mami sem takoj napisal sporočilo, da je vse v redu in da jo pokličem zvečer. Neznani številki se nisem javil, ker se mi zdi, da je bila reklama.In the morning I saw that I had seven missed calls. The phone had been silent at night because I had turned the volume down and forgot to turn it back. Six of the calls were from my mother, and the seventh from an unknown number. I immediately wrote my mother a message that everything was fine and that I would call her in the evening. I didn’t answer the unknown number, because it seems to me it was an ad.
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 missed calls were there?
- Why didn’t he hear the calls?
- What did he do first of all?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Slovenian?
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.