Tribe.net. Local Connections Kortoso http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#4940fe79-d7e3-4843-a474-8472d5f112e4 2008-03-02T18:41:03Z 2008-03-02T18:41:03Z

Thanks, that's wonderful!

Kortoso 2008-03-02T18:41:03Z Marl http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#d0ada6b0-0da5-4eac-b2b6-275e7c945e81 2008-02-24T20:10:15Z 2008-02-24T20:10:15Z

No problem!! How are things with you and your dancers??

Marl 2008-02-24T20:10:15Z "Mina" http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#6d659617-f1b8-4e3f-ae18-6108aabda316 2008-02-24T07:24:01Z 2008-02-24T07:24:01Z

HI BABY! I MISS YOU!!! :) send me an email dalloua@gmail.com

"Mina" 2008-02-24T07:24:01Z Marl http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#73539655-17f9-48b8-91fe-2545025b0ee3 2008-02-21T17:21:57Z 2008-02-21T17:21:57Z

What would you like to learn. There's a lot of Arabic out there. Are there any topics that I can give you some words and simple grammar too. For example, I use words related to belly dancing when my dancers ask me to teach them things. What are some of your interests??

Marl 2008-02-21T17:21:57Z Marl http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#77d2a4b4-a649-4340-a4a2-e6a8870e158a 2008-02-21T17:19:35Z 2008-02-21T17:19:35Z

The short answer is Shakush Al-Kafer (Sha-KUSH Al-KAAfer) is "Hammer of the Infidel" The long answer is that, you're pretty right on as far as your research. There are a couple of ways to say it. There is a formal, official Arabic and there is the Arabic that people use to talk to each other. The latter one changes quite a bit depending on where you go, but luckily the words you use don't change too much. In the spoken Arabic, the work is Shakush, Shakuch (both Egyptian), Chakuch (Iraqi). Infidel is the same; Kafer. Therefore Shakush Al-Kafer would be the words you would probably want to use. Sha-kUsh Al-KAA-fer. The "a" in Kafer is stressed, the "u" in Shakush. Sometimes when people are speaking fast, they cut off letters. It happens in English and Spanish. This is why you sometimes get something like Shakush 'l-Kafer. Official Arabic the word for "hammer" is Matraqa. Infidel is Kafer. Hammer of the Infidel would be Matraqat Al-Kafer The "t" at the end is a grammatical addition. The "e" and "i" in Kafer (Kafir) are more or less according to preference, The A" is not. Nor are the vowels in Shakush changeable. Lion of Cairo would be Asid Al-Qahira Asid (Ah-Sid)(like the English word "Acid"). Cairo is called Al-Qahira in Arabic. Al-QAA-hi-rah (the "i" is like "hit"). The stress in Asid is on the "a" and in Al-Qahira on the "a" following the "q". Banish is a word that a lot of uneducated Arabs probably won't understand. To say "I banish you" would be Amheeka (if speaking to a male) or Amheeki (if speaking to a female). Saying Amheek without the "a" or "i" is not perfectly grammatically correct but would be much more widely used, since it's easier. Hope this wasn't too confusing.

Marl 2008-02-21T17:19:35Z Achbar http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#14aaf991-bf3b-4b31-82f1-3913112e83a5 2008-02-21T05:48:47Z 2008-02-21T05:48:47Z

I would love to learn Arabic

Achbar 2008-02-21T05:48:47Z Kortoso http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#ce31f072-05e2-4578-a9c1-aae1a531f04a 2008-02-20T20:51:59Z 2008-02-20T20:51:59Z

In case that don't work: Anyone hereabouts fluent in Arabic? I have a "named" weapon in The Lion of Cairo, a sword called by its former owners "Hammer of the Infidel". The closest thing I can come up with, using my trusty Hippocrene Romanized Arabic Dictionary, is "Shakush al-Kafir" (maybe even "Shakush'l-Kafir", though that one looks even more cumbersome to me). Is this correct? If not, does anyone know what the correct name for a weapon called "Hammer of the Infidel" would be? Oh, and while I'm on the subject, how would one say "I banish thee" in Arabic? Thanks in advance!

Kortoso 2008-02-20T20:51:59Z Kortoso http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#d0c9fda8-0aca-4ae9-86b8-cc5352fabf83 2008-02-20T20:51:04Z 2008-02-20T20:51:04Z

Seamus, can you help out on this thread? Arabic Speaker Needed: http://www.conan.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=5453 Thanks!

Kortoso 2008-02-20T20:51:04Z Marl http://larp.tribe.net/thread/051ff8b0-9d49-460d-8d81-8e42d34061d2#d1c50e39-1cec-4f46-a28e-b0d7e5f5a13b 2008-02-18T18:32:25Z 2008-02-18T18:32:25Z

Greetings, I'm Seamus and I usually game in the Northern CA area. I've been gone for awhile and will be gone for several more months, but for anyone interested, I'll make an offer. I speak fluent Arabic and know quite a bit about the culture, history, etc., enough to get and hold a job translating and consulting for the US government in the Middle East. For anyone playing a middle eastern or Arab character, or for any one else interested, please feel free to ask me.

Marl 2008-02-18T18:32:25Z