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EtymoLinguo

EtymoLinguo

2015

Designed by Isabelle Chemin

Published by Assimil

Description

Do you really know the origins of the French language? Latin and Greek words are everywhere in the French language. With this family game, use Latin and Greek roots to find the corresponding French words. If you have for example MANUS, "hand" in Latin, you can find "manucure", "manual" or "manufacture". Depending on the difficulty or frequency derivative you will find, you score more points. No panic, no need to be a distinguished Latin or Greek scholar to participate! You just have to arm themselves with good humor and a competitive spirit! An addictive game for the whole family. Etymolinguo, the game that revives the ancient languages! Published in partnership with the site www.arretetonchar.fr Material: 70 double-sided Latin/Greek cards, 1 hourglass, 1 pencil, 1 notebook Rules of the game: the game master draws a card, reads the word (Latin and Greek) and his team will give as fast as possible French words derived from the Latin or Greek root. The more complicated is the word derivative, the more it gives points to his team. Thus for GENUS ("species" in Latin), you can give: g n ral (1 point), gen se (2 points), or gentleman (3 points). The first team that reaches 15 points wins! --- Connaissez-vous vraiment les origines du fran ais ? Les mots latins et grecs sont partout dans la langue fran aise. Avec ce jeu familial, partez des racines latines et grecques et trouvez les mots fran ais correspondants. Si on vous dit par exemple MANUS, "la main" en latin, vous pourrez proposer manucure , manuel ou manufacture . Selon la difficult ou la fr quence du d riv que vous trouverez, vous marquerez davantage de points. Pas de panique, pas besoin d tre un latiniste ou un hell niste m rite pour participer ! Il suffit juste de s armer de bonne humeur et d un esprit de comp tition ! Un jeu addictif pour toute la famille. Etymolinguo, le jeu qui ressuscite les langues anciennes ! Edit en partenariat avec le site www.arretetonchar.fr Ce jeu d tymologie est constitu d un ensemble de cartes, d un sablier, d un carnet de notes et de son crayon. R gles du jeu par quipe : le ma tre du jeu pioche une carte, nonce le mot (latin ou grec) et son quipe devra donner en un minimum de temps des mots fran ais d riv s de ces racines latines ou grecques. Plus le mot d riv est compliqu et plus il rapporte son quipe. Ainsi pour AMO ("aimer" en latin), on peut donner : amour (1 point), amant (2 points), ou amouracher (3 points). La premi re quipe qui arrive 15 points remporte la partie !

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