Character to Character

[Muriel]

For the afareet:

Which afareet grew up with each other/have other sort of relationships?

I was thinking Serra and Feng were kind of close as kids, because they're around the same age..

[Issy and Stella]

Issy and Stella grew up together. Well duh, they're sisters!!!

[Feng]

Serra and Feng don't really know each other, unless Serra grew up in China. Feng's parents kept him on Earth until they died, when he moved away and started going all hermit-y. He's been to Katreh a couple of times, so he knows his way around and his missions, but he has a disturbing tendency to run back to his bamboo when the rather stifling environment of the Sandstone Fortress gets to be too much.

[Muriel]

Ah. Nevermind then.

[Ruby]

Heya, Zallie. Where did Ehmer go?

[Omniscient]

He's around.

[Ruby]

Okay. I have been asked to make a small list of basic Arabic phrases for the benefit of this board. Here goes (I will add to this when I get a chance):

Salaam--ritual respectful greeting, rough literal translation means 'peace'.
Sabaah el hiir--good moring, good day. Literaly 'morning the good'.
Sabaah el nur--response to the above. Literaly 'morning the bright'.

if you are adressing someone, you say:

*ye Madeame--Mrs.
*ye Anyssa--Ms. or Miss
*ya Oostez--sir

if reffering to them not in their presence you cut the ye or ya.

Random vaguely useful words, yes, I did look some of them up:

bathbatha--to scatter
tabba--to be destroyed, to die
batta--to settle or achieve
bint--girl
nabata--to grow
tibn--grass or straw
bayna--between
yanbut--it grows
nabiiy--prophet
bayt--house
tabanna---to adopt
bana--to build
'anta--masculine 'you'
'anaa--I
'ab--father
'anti--feminine 'you'
banaat-girls
'ayna--where
baab-door
'aw--or
wa--and
'aawa--to shelter
band--law
baduu--nomads, lit. Bedouin
dunyaa--world
diin-religion
'adab--literature, books
nabadha--to banish
bard--cold
darraba--to train
zawwada--to supply
bashar--human
shariba--to drink
dars--lesson
shabaab--boy
'ustaadh--teacher
naw--kind, type, species
rabii--spring, fountain
na'am--yes
min--from
nawm--sleep (noun, like 'get some sleep')
thumma-then
lammaa--when
rasuul--messenger
al-yawm--the day
yawm--day
shams--sun
kalaam--speech
'injiliiz--English people
thalij--ice, snow
khubz--bread
nahr--river
hiya--she
huwa--he
musaa'adah--help
'ardh--earth
t'hibb--medicine
sadiiq--friend
fam--mouth
qalb--heart

possibly more later!

[Feng]

*jaw drop* Do afareet even speak Arabic, though?

[Ehmer]

I don't think so, actually. It doesn't seem like it would work too well if we used entire phrases, but this will be an interesting resource.

Maybe, we can use a word or two at a time, like of like Spanglish, but Arabilish or something. EG: I crossed the nahr last night, blah blah blah


Or maybe not. It could get a bit confusing.

[Feng]

Considering that it took me five minutes to confirm that nahr was indeed river, as I suspected from context, I'd say it was a bit confusing. We could use it for sorcerers' spoken spells or dramatic effect or something, though.

[Ehmer]

Yeah, after looking over it one more time, that does seem like the best idea. It's a really neat idea and I love Arabic, buuut, I don't think it'll work.

[Ruby]

I know. Just Ruby is sort of based off the Beduin, so I might use a few Arabic words now and then.
BTW, Ruby is not her real name, just what her mother calls her. Her real name is Ankaala, which means, roughly,'Phoenix'. Hehe.

[Leah]

Leah and Ehmer might know each other. Just a little. Because, I mean she spends a lot of time skulking around where she isn't supposed to be, namely, near where Ehmer lives, so they might know each other by sight.


YAYYYYYY! Thank you for making a character! I can now sucessfully ship Ruby/Ehmer! If he ever gets to Katreh!

[Ehmer]

Oh, yeah. They could have seen each other before, I think, but not much more than that. Ehmer's too low class for Leah.

[Leah]

Mmmhhhmm, if he tried to talk to her, she'd probably go all snooty on him.