English Speaking Part-iii (GK-17)

Daily

Practice

English

speaking

Through

Stories

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Part iii 

 

 

I  went

to a Thai 

restaurant:    

 

I went to

a Thai

restaurant

on Sunday.

 

It’s called

Bangkok

restaurant.

 

You have to

drive 

for about

half an hour 

to get there

and

there’s

always

a lot of

traffic.

 

That’s

the only

trouble.

 

But

it’s really

nice

place. 

 

when

you

get there.

 

Quite

a music

and

lovely

flowers

everywhere.

 

 

(meanings)

 

It’s a really

nice place –

 

එය ඉඳුරාම /

සැබැවින්ම කදිම/

මනහර තැනකි

 

That’s

the only

trouble:

 

එකම කරදරය ද එයයි.

 

Quite

a music

and

lovely

flowers

everywhere –

 

සැමතැන

මනස්කාන්ත

පුෂ්පයන් ගෙන්

සහ

සංගීතයෙන් 

සමන්විතයි.

 

It’s called

Bangkok

restaurant

 

කියනු ලැබේ.

බැංකොක් 

ආපනශාලාව

 

 

So

how was

the wedding?     

 

So how was

the wedding?

 

Tell me

all about

how it went?

 

I wish I could,

but I missed it.

 

I got really sick

on Friday night.

 

I thought

I had

the flu,

But

it turned over

to be

food

poisoning.             

 

I was sick

all-day

Saturday.                     

 

So

I couldn’t go

to the

wedding.                   

 

I thought

my cousin

would be

mad,

but

she just felt

bad that

I was sick

all day.

 

meanings:

 

How it went

= How did it go

I wish

I could,

but

I missed it.

 

මම අපේක්ෂා කරනව

මට පුළුවන් උනා කියල. 

නමුත්

එය මට අත්හරින්න වුනා.        

 

I got really

sick. 

 

සැබැවින්ම /

ඉඳුරාම මාව ලෙඩ වුණ.

 

I had the flu -  

 

මෙය අසනීපයකට  

යෙදුමක් ද?       

 

It turned over

to be

food poisoning

 

එය බාරදුන්නා 

ආහාර විෂවීමේ 

අවස්ථාවකට.

 

I was sick

all-day

Saturday –

 

මුළු ශනිදාම ලෙඩ වුණා  

 

I cannot go

= I can’t go

 

මට බැහැ යන්න.

 

I could not go             

=I couldn’t go

to the wedding.

 

මට බරිවුණා යන්න 

විවාහ මංඟල උත්සවයට.

 

The wedding

 

– කසාද උත්සවය

 

I thought,

my cousin

would be

mad.

 

මම අදහස් කළා 

මගෙ සොයුරිය

පිස්සු වැටෙයි

කියලා.

 

(නමුත්

එසේ නොවුනා 

යන අදහස 

අන්තර්ගතව  ඇත.)

 

But

she just

felt

bad

that

I was

sick

all-day

 

–නමුත්,

 මාව මුළු දවසෙම් 

ලෙඩවෙලා බව

ඇයට නරකට

දැනුණා විතරයි.

 

 

What was

the homework?

= What

the homework

was?

 

Either or

/ Neither nor

I wasn’t there

yesterday either.

 

මමත් එහි 

සිටියෙ නෑ 

ඒවගේම.

 

 

I was

on the way

to catch

the bus

when I fell

and

broke

my ankle.

 

මා බසය ගන්න 

අතර මඟ සිටිනු ලබද්දී 

වැටුනා වළලුකර කැඩුනා.

 

 

drove me

to the

hospital.

 

 රෝහලට මාව

කැටුව ගියා.

 

 

I will = I’ll

I’ll call Katie.

 

මම ක්යිටිට අමතන්නම්.

 

 

And then

 

සහ එවිට

 

 

I’ll call

you back. 

 

පසුව ඔබ අමතන්නම්.

 

 

නිතර නිතර භාවිතවන

ඉංග්‍රීසි යෙදුම්.          

 

Bonus:

 

words

&

phrases

with

sentences:

 

I'm good.

 

I like it.

 

I don't like it.

 

I'm sorry.

 

It's Okay.

 

I want to eat.

 

I'm planning

to go

tomorrow.

 

I have a fever.

 

It looks great.

 

I'll take

one of these.

 

It's only Tuesday.

 

I don't understand.

 

It's difficult.

 

I do not have cash.

 

I need to

save

some money.

 

I just got paid.

 

I just have

too much stuff,

going on right

now.

 

I need more time off.

 

I really do not know,

how to do that.

 

I am planning

to stay at home.

 

I am free tomorrow.

 

I need to

plan this well

in advance.

 

I would like

to buy

a ticket.

 

I prefer

watching movies

with subtitles.

 

Is it too far.

I'd better let you go.

 

It's good to

have you here!

 

I need your help

with this matter.

 

I think

it could

be

better.

 

I can't stand this.

 

Is there

a pharmacy

nearby?

 

I want to

be

with you

forever.

 

I know

a good place.

 

I'll call you.

 

I don't

want to

talk to you.

 

I won't talk

with them.

I'm starving.

 

I am lost.

 

I bought

this sweater.

 

I am

not feeling

well.

 

I wake up

at 7 a.m.

 

I get out of bed.

 

I eat (have)

breakfast.

 

I brush my teeth.

 

I lock the door.

 

I go to work.

 

I check my e-mail.

 

I do laundry.

 

I make lunch.

 

I buy groceries.

 

I take a hot bath.

 

I charge

the battery

on my phone.

 

I want to be rich.

 

I am broke.

 

I'm not sure.

 

It was a good day.

 

I miss you.

 

May I help you?

 

I would like to

introduce myself.

 

I'm 70 + years old.

 

 

Bonus:

ආශිර්වාදාත්මක වාක්‍ය :

 

ඉඳහිට යෙදෙන

වාක්‍ය ජාතියෙකි. 

'සුබ පැතුම්'

හා

'ආශ්ර්වාදාත්ම''

වාක්‍යයෝය. 

 

 

ඔබ දියුණුවේවා!

 

May you prosper!

 

දෙවියෝ ඔබට

ආශිර්වාද කෙරෙත්වා!

 

May God Bless You!

 

ත්‍රිවිධ රත්නයේ ආශිර්වාද

ඔබ මතුපිට වෑස්සේවා!

 

May the Blessings of the 

Triple Gem is

showered upon You!

 

පහත වචන මාලාවද

බොහෝ ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වේ. 

 

මෙහි ඒක වචන

බහු වචන වෙනසක් නැත.

 

 

May:   

 

ඉඩ දෙත හැක./

විය හැක.

 

 

Might:

 

May

යන්නෙහි අතීතය.

 

 

May:

 

ප්‍රාර්තනාවෙහිද යෙදේ.

 

 

Can:

  

පුළුවන්.

 

 

Could:

 

Can

යන්නෙහි අතීතය. 

 

 

Cannot:

බැරිය.

 

 

Could not:

 

Cannot

යන්නෙහි අතීතය.

 

 

Must:

කළ යුතුය;

අවශ්‍යතාව හැඟවීම.

 

 

Ought to:

කළ යුතුය.

 

 

Examples:

 

He may go.

  

ඔහුට යන්නට පුළුවන. 

(අවසරදීම)

 

 

He may go.

 

ඔහු යාවි.

 

 

May you prosper. 

 

ඔබ දියුණුවේවා!

(ප්‍රාර්ථනාව)

 

 

I can teach.

  

මට උගන්වන්නට පුළුවන.

 

 

I cannot teach.

 

මට උගන්වන්නට බැරිය. 

 

 

You must go.

 

ඔබ යන්න ඕනෑමයි. 

 

 

You ought to obey.

 

ඔබ කීකරු විය යුතුය.

 

 

Examples:

 

May he go?

 

ඔහුට යන්නට අවසරද?

 

 

Can I teach?

 

මට උගන්වන්නට පුළුවන්ද?

 

 

Cannot I teach?

  

මට උගන්වන්නට බැරිද?

 

 

මෙම මහඟු ශිල්ප හදාරන

ඔබට ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාව 

කියවන්නටත්,

කථා කරන්නටත්,

හොඳ දැනුමක් 

ඉක්මණින් ම ඇතිවේවා! 

 

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