about

Hi ! I’m Laurane Boulenger, I’m French, and I’ve been studying colloquial Tibetan for two years now. I started learning Tibetan for a strange reason : during one long train ride I read Alexandra David Néel’s book about her journey from China to Tibet in the 1920s and there were Tibetan characters in it. I loved the atmosphere of the book and thought the characters were beautiful, so I began searching for a professor.

I’ve learnt my very first words with my wonderful teacher, Tashi, and I’ve since visited him in northern India (Dharamsala) to study more. He is the one you can hear in all the Decks : he speaks so clearly and nicely, I thought everybody will enjoy his voice. I’m really grateful for his patience and his most encouraging way of teaching, and I admire his talent for mimicking any possible word !

Not many people are interested in learning Tibetan, so resources are relatively scarce. I noticed a particular lack of listening materials, which is why I decided to create these decks and compile all those sentences. I hope it can be helpful to some of you 🙂 I wish you good luck on your journey of learning and I hope one day we can have casual conversations with Tibetans while drinking tea, without having a headache !