Search For Tongue Break Down
Search For Tongue Break Down
Search For Tongue Break Down
Bhatt
Culture & Identity
• What is culture?
• What makes up your identity?
ં ૂ ી નાબી છે
મેં થક
(may thoonky nakhi chay)
મોઢામાં બીલે છે
(modhama kheelay chay)
ં ૂ ી નાબી છે
મેં થક
(may thoonky nakhi chay)
3. I think the poet has chosen ….this word to show she feels….
5. After the turning point the tone changes to……. This is shown by the words......
6. The poet changes the tone of the poem to help us understand the meaning. I think Bhatt
is suggesting that….
7. She uses the simile / metaphor of her tongue as a plant to help us relate /realate to the
poem and her situation.
Gujarati
• The Gujarati script is written phonetically (the
lines in brackets) so even if you do not
understand, you can still have a go...
• Lines 31 – 38 roughly translate the Gujarati
• If the poem says more or less the same thing
twice, might it just as well be written in one
language only?
• Why do you think it has been used?
• What would be lost if the Gujarati disappeared?
Plenary
• How important is language to our cultural
identity?