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