6.5 Interactive Activity

Guess What is in My Backpack?

Students will pair up with their partners, share their backpack contents, and say it in Tibetan. Use all the languages taught in this chapter. The winner will be whoever guesses and says the names of the objects in complete sentences.

The Particle ལ་

Using “ལ” to Mark Location

Sentences showing location require a ལ་ particle. ལ་ can follow any location as a separate syllable and translates roughly as ‘at’ or ‘in.’

e.g.

1. ཨ་མེ་རི་ཀ་ལ་ in America
2. བོད་ལ་ in Tibet
3. ལས་ཁུངས་ལ་ at the office
4. སྟོད་ཕད་ཀྱི་ནང་ལ་ inside the backpack

Activity 1: Drag the Words

Using “ལ” to Mark Possession or Ownership

As one uses ལ་ to mark locations, ལ་ also marks the person or the thing which has/have.

e.g.

1. ཁྱེད་རང་ལ་སློབ་དེབ་ཡོད་པས། Do you have textbooks?
2. ང་ལ་སློབ་དེབ་ཡོད། I have textbooks.

Activity 2: Drag the Words

Challenge Yourself

Activity 3: Translate the Sentences

Translate the following into Tibetan, and say the sentences in Tibetan. (Write on a separate page)

1. This is not my notebook.
2. This is your notebook.
3. Whose notebooks are those?
4. Are those your friend’s notebooks?
5. Where is your notebook?
6. What are these in Tibetan?
7. I have two Tibetan dictionaries.
8. I don’t understand.
9. Do you have a Tibetan dictionary?
10. My book is in my bag.
11. What is a dictionary in the Tibetan language?