みなさんはかるたの名前の由来をごぞんじですか。ポルトガル語で手紙、トランプなどを意味するcartaに由来するそうです。
６月２日の文化交流の授業は、このかるたについてがテーマでした。かるたの歴史についてのお話を聞いた後、まず、ひらがな１文字だけ書かれたカードで、取る練習をしました。最後には、ことわざで書かれたかるたを使いました。
この日は使いませんでしたが、他にも「お化けかるた」や、「お魚かるた」など、いろいろなおもしろいものがあるようです。自分でかるたを作ってみても、おもしろそうですね。
card games
Do you know the orizin of the japanese word karuta? It is said that the Japanese word is originated from the Portuguese word carta which means letter, card games etcetera.On June 2nd, the culture class had carta as theme. After getting a lecture about the history of Japanese carta,the students played a version of the famous Japanese card game. All the hiragana characters were written on a single card and the students had to pick the card with the right character written on it as quick as possible.The student that collected the most cards in the end won. After that cards with proverbs written on it were used to make it a bit more interesting. There are a lot more Japanese versions of the "carta" game like monster and fish cards but we didn't use them today. It seems really interesting if you make your own card deck isn't it?
