My Amazing Trip to Sri Lanka

📖 CEFR Level: A2 | Bengali

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Last year, I went on a trip to Sri Lanka with my family.

āĻ—āϤgata āĻŦāĻ›āϰbachara, āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āφāĻŽāĻžāϰāmāra āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰparibārēra āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇sāthē āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧśrÄĢlaṅkāáēa āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇bhramaṇē āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽgiáēÄ“chilāmaāĨ¤

āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

We flew on a big airplane for many hours.

āφāĻŽāϰāĻžÄmarā āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•anēka āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰghaṇṭāra āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝjan'ya āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧbaṛa āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇bimānē āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽuṛēchilāmaāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The weather was very hot and sunny.

āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžÄbahā'ōáēÄ āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻ—āϰāĻŽgarama āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āϰ⧌āĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞraudrōjjbala āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧌āĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

We saw beautiful beaches with blue water.

āφāĻŽāϰāĻžÄmarā āύ⧀āϞnÄĢla āϜāϞjala āϏāĻšsaha āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰsundara āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤsaikata āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋdēkhēchiāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āύ⧀āϞ āϜāϞ āϏāĻš āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

We also visited an old temple in the mountains.

āφāĻŽāϰāĻžÄmarā āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇pāhāṛē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋purānō āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻ“mandirō āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύparidarśana āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋkarēchiāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

The temple was very quiet and peaceful.

āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāϟāĻŋmandiraáš­i āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤśānta āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āύāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŋniribili āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I tried new food like rice and curry.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻ­āĻžāϤbhāta āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āϤāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰtarakārira āĻŽāϤ⧋matō āύāϤ⧁āύnatuna āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰkhābāra āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžcÄ“ášŖáš­Ä āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋkarēchiāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

The food was spicy but very tasty.

āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋkhābāraáš­i āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰmaśalādāra āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁kintu āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁susbādu āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

One day, we saw elephants in a national park.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύēkadina, āφāĻŽāϰāĻžÄmarā āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧjātÄĢáēa āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇udyānē āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋhāti āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋdēkhēchiāĨ¤

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

The elephants were big and gentle.

āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋hātigulō āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧbaṛa āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āύāĻŽā§āϰnamra āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŽā§āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I took many photos with my camera.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āφāĻŽāĻžāϰāmāra āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžkyāmērā āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇diáēÄ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•anēka āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋchabi āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋtulēchiāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

The people in Sri Lanka were very friendly and kind.

āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰśrÄĢlaṅkāra āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώmānuášŖa āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖbandhutbapÅĢrṇa āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁daáēÄlu āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I was sad when the holiday ended.

āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϟāĻŋchuáš­iáš­i āĻļ⧇āĻˇÅ›Ä“ášŖa āĻšāϞ⧇halē āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤduá¸Ĩkhita āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽhaáēÄ“chilāmaāĨ¤

āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

It was a wonderful adventure, and I want to go back one day.

āĻāϟāĻŋēṭi āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰcamaᚁtkāra āĻĻ⧁āσāϏāĻžāĻšāϏāĻŋāĻ•duá¸Ĩsāhasika āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύabhiáēÄna āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila, āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύēkadina āφāĻŦāĻžāϰābāra āϝ⧇āϤ⧇yētē āϚāĻžāχcāiāĨ¤

āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āσāϏāĻžāĻšāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤

📚 Vocabulary

trip — a journey to a place and back again for pleasure

bhramaṇa

āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ — āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž
flew — past tense of fly; traveled by airplane

uṛēchila

āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ — āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
airplane — a vehicle that flies in the air

bimāna

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ — āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϤ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻžāύ
beaches — areas of sand next to the sea

saikata

āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ — āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž
temple — a building used for religious worship

mandira

āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ — āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻžāϏāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ
mountains — very high hills

pāhāṛa

āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ — āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ
peaceful — quiet and calm

śāntipÅĢrṇa

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ — āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ
curry — a spicy dish, often with meat or vegetables in a sauce

tarakāri

āϤāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāϏ⧇
spicy — having a strong, hot flavor from spices

maśalādāra

āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ — āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀, āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ
tasty — having a good flavor; delicious

susbādu

āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ; āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁
elephants — very large animals with a long trunk

hāti

āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻļ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻš āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€
national park — a large area of natural land protected by the government

jātÄĢáēa udyāna

āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ — āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž
gentle — calm, kind, and not rough

namra

āύāĻŽā§āϰ — āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧁āĻ•ā§āώ āύāϝāĻŧ
photos — pictures taken with a camera

chabi

āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ — āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ
camera — a device for taking photographs

kyāmērā

āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻž — āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ
friendly — kind and pleasant

bandhutbapÅĢrṇa

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ — āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•
holiday — a time of rest from work or school; a vacation

chuáš­i

āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ — āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ; āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļ
ended — finished; came to a stop

Å›Ä“ášŖa haáēÄ“chē

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ — āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ; āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇
wonderful — very good; excellent

camaᚁtkāra

āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ — āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ; āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ
adventure — an exciting and unusual experience

duá¸Ĩsāhasika abhiáēÄna

āĻĻ⧁āσāϏāĻžāĻšāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž