Sinhala : Basic Course

Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Forward......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 7 The Language and the Writing System......Page 10 Introducing the Script......Page 14 Reading Practice -- I......Page 108 Reading Practice -- II: Place Names......Page 109 Reading Practice -- III: SinhalSurnames......Page 110 Reading Practice -- IV: Work at the Map......Page 114 Title Page......Page 121 Foreword......Page 123 Table of Contents......Page 126 Cycle 1 - What is this?......Page 137 Cycle 2 - What is that over there?......Page 144 Cycle 3 - What are these things?......Page 145 Cycle 4 - Are these things boxes?......Page 155 Cycle 5 - Is that answer correct?......Page 156 Cycle 6 - Making requests......Page 160 Dialogue I......Page 165 Dialogue II......Page 166 Dialogue III......Page 169 Cycle 7 - Eliciting vocabulary......Page 174 Cycle 8 - What is your name?......Page 182 Terms of Address......Page 183 Cycle 9 - What is his/her name?......Page 187 Cycle 10 - What are the names of these people?......Page 189 Cycle 11 - Is his name de Silva?......Page 190 Cycle 12 - Whose goods are these?......Page 192 Cycle 13 - Are these things yours?......Page 193 Cycle 14 - What colour is it?......Page 194 Cycle 15 - Do you have money on you?......Page 195 Cycle 16 - How many cents are on the table?......Page 197 Cycle 17 - Give me a 50¢ piece.......Page 198 Cycle 18 - How many 5¢ pieces do you have on you?......Page 200 Dialogue IV......Page 201 Cycle 19 - What is your occupation?......Page 208 Cycle 20 - Is it for the Sri Lanka government that you work?......Page 213 Cycle 21 - What kind of work is it that the grama sewaka does?......Page 218 Cycle 22 - What is the day today?......Page 223 Cycle 23 - What time does the Embassy open?......Page 225 Cycle 24 What time is it?......Page 226 Cycle 25 - What time is it? (cont)......Page 228 Cycle 26 - What time is it? (cont)......Page 229 Cycle 27 - What time is it? (cont)......Page 232 Cycle 28 - What time is it? (cont)......Page 234 Dialogue V......Page 237 Cycle 29 - What are the business hours of the post office?......Page 244 Cycle 30 - Where do you live now?......Page 246 Cycle 31 - Where are you from?......Page 247 Cycle 32 - Are you from Sri Lanka?......Page 248 Cycle 33 - What part of the country are you from?......Page 249 Cycle 34 - How many miles to Kandy?......Page 253 Cycle 35 - How old are you?......Page 256 Cycle 36 - Ask that gentleman.........Page 257 Cycle 37 - Ask those gentlemen.........Page 259 SinhalaBasicModule2_0140......Page 260 Cycle 38 - When will you go to Sri Lanka...or back to the United States?......Page 261 Cycle 39 - Are you going to Sri Lanka next year?......Page 265 Cycle 40 - Why are you going in January?......Page 266 SinhalaBasicModule2_0147......Page 267 Dialogue IV......Page 268 Cycle 41 - What is the date today?......Page 273 Cycle 42 - When were you born sir? and where?......Page 274 Cycle 43 - Were you born in the United States?......Page 275 Cycle 44 - Are you an American citizen?......Page 278 Cycle 45 - Are you married?......Page 281 Cycle 46 - How long have you been married?......Page 282 Cycle 47 - Are your parents living?......Page 283 Cycle 48 - How many people are there in this room?......Page 287 cycle 49 - Do you have children, sir?......Page 289 Cycle 50 - Do you have any brothers?......Page 291 Cycle 51 - Do you have any sisters?......Page 293 Cycle 52 - Problems in arithmetic.......Page 294 Cycle 53 - What do you call your mother's mother?......Page 296 Cycle 54 - How did you come here sir?......Page 303 Cycle 55 - Using the Colombo bus system......Page 305 Cycle 56 - Do you know Sinhala, sir?......Page 313 Cycle 57 - Where did you learn Sinhala, sir?......Page 315 Cycle 58 - Did you study at the university sir?......Page 316 Dialogue VII......Page 318 Cycle 59 - In what language is Lankadipa published?......Page 328 Cycle 60 - Sir, what papers did you read this week?......Page 332 Cycle 61 - What has been the latest news in the papers?......Page 333 Cycle 62 - What do you do in the morning?......Page 335 Cycle 63 - Do you study Sinhala before you eat breakfast, or after.......Page 337 Cycle 64 - At what time do you eat breakfast?......Page 338 Cycle 65 - When did you get up today?......Page 339 Cycle 66 - It seems that he eats breakfast at 8:00.......Page 340 Cycle 67 - After you got up this morning, what did you do?......Page 342 Cycle 68 - What did you eat for breakfast?......Page 343 Cycle 69 - After you ate breakfast, what did you do?......Page 345 Cycle 70 - Who usually makes breakfast?......Page 347 Cycle 71 - How do you like to drink your tea?......Page 350 Directions for preparing tea......Page 353 Cycle 72 - Have you received any letters recently?......Page 361 Cycle 73 - What do you do when you have finished work?......Page 363 Cycle 74 - There is a good movie showing at the Lido.......Page 365 Cyle 75 - Have you seen that movie?......Page 368 Cycle 76 - Lets go see Gehenu Lamay.......Page 369 Cycle 77 - How do you get from here to there.......Page 370 Monologue......Page 376 Cycle 78 - How much is it?......Page 381 Cycle 79 - What do you call this thing here?......Page 386 Cycle 80 - What is it made of?......Page 392 Cycle 81 - What do you use a winnowing basket for?......Page 393 Cycle 82 - What are the various things used to store paddy?......Page 395 Cycle 83 - Making substitutions......Page 397 Cycle 84 - Making observations and getting explanations......Page 399 Cycle 85 - Where is rice sown?......Page 401 Paddy Cultivation......Page 403 Cycle 86 - At what time does the plane going to Madras leave?......Page 426 Cycle 87 - At what time does the Fort bound train leave?......Page 428 Cycle 88 - What time does the 8:00 train get into the Fort?......Page 432 Cycle 89 - How long does it take when going to Colombo?......Page 433 Cycle 90 - What meals are available in the restaurant car?......Page 434 A Little Tamil for the Sinhala Learner......Page 437 Glossary......Page 438 Title Page......Page 457 Forward......Page 459 Table of Contents......Page 460 The Sound System......Page 465 The Grammatical System......Page 469 Demonstratives and interrogatives......Page 540 Postpositions......Page 549 Particles......Page 550 Numerals and quantity......Page 554 Word boundaries......Page 563 Spelling......Page 564 Style and dialect......Page 565 Bibliographical references......Page 566