பொலிஸ் நிலையத்தில
A short in Tamil text at level B1. 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. An incident happened at a shop. One man took the money and ran away. The shopkeeper at once filed a complaint with the…
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- கடையில ஒரு சம்பவம் நடந்தது. ஒருத்தர் காசு எடுத்திட்டு ஓடினார். கடைக்காரர் உடனடியா பொலிஸுக்கு முறைப்பாடு பண்ணினார். பொலிஸ் ஒரு சந்தேக நபரை தடுத்து வைச்சாங்க. விசாரணை ரெண்டு மணி நேரம் நடந்தது. அந்த ஆள் தான் அங்கே இருக்கேல்லைன்னு சொன்னார். ஆனா கடையில ஒரு காமெரா இருந்தது. படத்தில அவர் தெரியேல்லை, அதனால அவரை விட்டிட்டாங்க. கடைக்காரர் பொலிஸ் அறிக்கையின் நகல் கேட்டார். வழக்கு நீதிமன்றத்துக்கு போகும் எண்டாலும், தீர்ப்பு வர நீண்ட காலம் எடுக்கும்.kaḍaiyila oru sambavam naḍandadu. oruttar kāsu eḍuttiṭṭu ōḍiṉār. kaḍaikkārar uḍaṉaḍiyā polisukku muṟaippāḍu paṇṇiṉār. polis oru sandēga nabarai taḍuttu vaiccāṅga. visāraṇai reṇḍu maṇi nēram naḍandadu. anda āḷ tāṉ aṅgē irukkēllaiṉṉu soṉṉār. āṉā kaḍaiyila oru kāmerā irundadu. paḍattila avar teriyēllai, adaṉāla avarai viṭṭiṭṭāṅga. kaḍaikkārar polis aṟikkaiyiṉ nagal kēṭṭār. vaḻakku nīdimaṉṟattukku pōgum eṇḍālum, tīrppu vara nīṇḍa kālam eḍukkum.An incident happened at a shop. One man took the money and ran away. The shopkeeper at once filed a complaint with the police. The police detained one suspect. The interrogation went on for two hours. That man said he had not been there. But there was a camera in the shop. On the footage he is not visible, so he was released. The shopkeeper asked for a copy of the protocol. Though the case will go to court, the decision will take a long time to wait for.
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 shopkeeper do at once after the incident?
- How long did the interrogation go on?
- Why was the suspect released?
- What is said about the court decision?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Tamil?
B1. 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.