Guide to hadakin curses (and how to curse them back!) Language in Erde | World Anvil
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Guide to hadakin curses (and how to curse them back!)

Sometimes you have just to wait a little and there they are: the hadakin, with weird clothes and houses over wheels.   These people have no land of their own, and think that they must compensate it with travels. That makes them go all over the world, and almost every city on Earth may have one of this stinky stray dogs.   Due to the... delicate situation in which our country is due to them, the relations with the hadakin may not be the best ones (if this doesn't apply to you, be careful: we will get you), and for that reason it's fundamental to know when they are talking bad things about us in their weird barks.This small book has everything you need to know about this matter, and I hope it helps you to keep the honour of our land and people.  
-- introduction of Guide to hadakin curses (and how to curse them back!)
Common Phrases
Here are some of the common insults of the hadakin and what they mean:   ekib traas: balance cheater   The hadakin use this words to accuse someone of unfairness. It can be used in commerce, if someone sells something for an abusive price, for example (as if they didn't do that all the time) ; it can also be used as a moral accusation.   cabet ratai: planted head.   Hadakin are travelers, because they have no common land to settle in (and that's why they are a plague all over the world). If they decide to live as normal people and settle somewhere, they are called peiet ratai, 'planted feet'. However, a true hadakin never stops to learn new things, be it the local language, the names of local species, a new craft or how to steal in a new way. If a hadakin doesn't have an open mind, he or she is called a cabet ratai.   res altaar: price elevator   This is used mostly in trading, also to accuse someone of too high prices.   res bashaar: price lowerer   You may be thinking that this one is a compliment, right? Well, it isn't. Hadakin take the balance of things very seriously and believe that when something ia too good, some bad thing may happen. This is used to accuse someone of doing good in order for the receiver to suffer the payback from the universe in the future. I sincerely could use some res bashaars when going to the market...   (...)   Well, that's it for now. If you want to insult a hadakin in their own language, now you know how to do it!

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Aug 1, 2018 01:02 by portbow

i like how you made the language so reflective of the culture it belongs to! very fun.

Aug 9, 2018 01:48 by Johann Duarte

Thanks! I think that this is one of the most important parts. The expressions we use also reflect our own culture, be it now or in the past.