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omniversentertwined · 10 months

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@scumbag-the-hedgehog continued ask PT 2, Yako edition [ x ]

ㅤㅤThere had always been the potential that this would happen. Controlling one's creations through manipulation and fear only worked for so long as said creations did not gain sense or bravery. The fusion she'd crafted from multiple other mobians and the addition of an alien's DNA had so strangely repressed all prior memories of its experience with her -- in which she was a source of pain, and they merely her multiple captives. In place of those memories was an almost childlike attachment to her, as though she were their loving guardian.

ㅤㅤSurely, it would have continued that way, were it not for her creation stumbling across their project files -- reading notes and bearing witness to video logs. The truth was on painful display, for them, and their reality was brought crashing down around them. Memories that they'd buried for their own sanity are ripped to the forefront, and when she finally found them, their collective hatred for the one who had done this to them had resurfaced in full, as well.

ㅤㅤShe hadn't had enough time to properly react, barreled into and flung against the metal walls of her laboratory. Likely the only reason her head hadn't been crushed as the backside of a tentacle was roughly whipped against the wall she'd been flung into was because after the wind had been knocked out of her, she'd fallen instead to the floor. Though she'd attempted to desperately escape the next attack, however, the agonized scream as sharp stingers stabbed into the backs of her legs was sure to echo across the West Wing, alerting any who could hear it that something was very wrong.

ㅤㅤThis very scream was also likely what had drawn the speedster to her location, in the first place. Being slowly crushed within the grasp of her abomination, perhaps it was lucky that their focus had been solely on attempting to murder her. It gave him the opening he needed to launch his own attacks -- force them to let go of her, dropping her not far from her desk.

ㅤㅤFocusing on the immediate threat that kept them from their prey, they'd launched a counterstrike, and the altercation gave Yako the time she needed to drag herself with what bones and muscles were still in one piece towards a single drawer. A seemingly soon-to-be victory for the maddened creature, they suddenly lock up before ultimately collapsing -- the remote control Yako had grabbed activating the chip she'd planted near their spine long ago.

ㅤㅤIn no way could this be considered a victory for any side, however. There was no guarantee that her creation would recover, from this. The neural lock was meant to be a last resort -- saved only for situations like this, where she could no longer control them, and her life was at risk. The damaged she'd sustained, as well, was clear even to her. It was agonizing to breathe, and with a heaving of blood and bile, she could only assume her ribs had pierced her lungs, and other internal organs had been ruptured, as well.

ㅤㅤEven if she were taken to the medical ward, in this state, it was unlikely that she would survive. Perhaps the speedster had planned to attempt it, anyway, collecting her from the floor and telling her to just hold on as she cries out in pain. A singular feeling that she recognizes surfaces -- the pumping of adrenaline, the desperate desire to stay alive. Yes, she would always remember something as terrible as fear.

ㅤㅤ" N --- o o.. No, no n o--- I--- I do n ot--- want to di e.. N ot ye t--- p lease---please, not....nn ot ye t--- " Slowly ever-quieter, she repeats this. She pleads for help, choked whispers begging him not to let her die.

ㅤㅤBy the time they reach the medical ward, both her pleading and her heart have stopped.

#cw violence #cw descriptive death #cw death mention #cw blood #cw emetophobia #scumbagthehedgehog #[ ARE YOU AFRAID OF THINGS THAT CHANGE ? WELL I’M AFRAID OF NEVER CHANGING ] ; YAKO #[ WHERE’S YOUR HEART / MIMICKING THE MATRIARCH ]; YAKO ANSWERS

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achy-boo · 1 year

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for the ask game 😇

Lilac and russet

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Bitch you’re broke? You want to borrow some money?

#the archiver answers #chenyann #dear mutuals #this is my mom Yako folks

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kalims · 2 years

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Imagine if Malleus can't get over You when you pass<3333

Your skin is now ice, no longer the warm embrace he would cozy up to.

You've been asleep for so long y/n your hair is starting to fall out,your face is getting dirty too.Isnt it time you wake up?

Malleus stares down are you with a small frown, why aren't you awake yet? You've been sleeping like a bear! You haven't woken up once and it's been 17 months (1 yr and 5 months).

Lilia stare at him from the doorway, watching as he tends to a corpse.he needs to let you go, so you can pass on to the next life.Does he even remember when he put that spell to keep you from rotting? Perhaps he just chose to forget......I'll let him grieve for a bit longer.

Love how I don't motivate myself to actually write but I do when it's in your Inbox 💀💀

NAURRR UR AN ANGST LOVER TOO??? WHY IS ALL MY MOOTS LIKE THIS 😭😭 why would you show me this 😠😡 (penge more pls)

#・answered #yako big brain momentz

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moxxbox · 1 year

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MOXXIE THIS IS SO CUTE!?!?! IM FLABBERGASTED, STUNNED, CAPTIVATED, CHARMED,ECSTATIC, ELATED, JUBILANT, ASTONISHED AND ASTOUNDED BY HOW ADORABLE THIS PICREW MADE YOU LOOK!

BWAHHH YAKOOOOO

#moxxbox answers #YAKO!!!!!!

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missmouseeyes · 7 months

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October 22-28 is Ace Week 2023, so I’d like to give a spotlight to some manga I have enjoyed that have also touched on asexuality.

I Want To Be A Wall by Honami Shirono

A 3 volume Josei manga about the lavender marriage between Gakurouta, a closeted gay man who pines for his childhood friend, and Yuriko, an aromantic, asexual BL fangirl.

She Loves To Cook, and She Loves To Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki

An ongoing yuri Josei manga with a TV adaptation about two women who bond over food. The series recently introduced Yako, an asexual lesbian, and it’s possible that protagonist Nomoto may be on the ace spectrum as well.

Is Love The Answer? by Uta Isaki

A single volume josei manga about Chika, a young college student who has always considered herself an “alien” because she has no desire for romance or physical intimacy, but finds community with people like herself.

Our Dreams At Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani

A 4 volume Seinen manga about a closeted gay boy who gets to know the patrons of a drop-in center who all turn out to be part of the LGBTQ community. Someone-san might be considered a deuteragonist of the story.

I’d also like to mention two yuri manga I haven’t finished yet- I have only read the first volume of both- but because of what others have said I know they feature asexual characters!

Catch These Hands! (murata)

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (Shio Usui)

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rcdiostcrs · 2 months

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“i care about you, theo.” (river to theo) / “so we’re going with witch?” (taylor to yako) (both are from the julie and the phantoms sentence meme)

jatp starters || accepting

theo had taken to calling river to say goodnight after lights out. it always turned into a conversation, but they didn't mind. "i care about you too." ("go to bed!" khya said from the other side of the room. theo ignored his sister.) "like a lot."

it was as close to a "love you, good night," theo was willing to get. they wanted to say it; it was getting more true every time they hung out. "good night, river. see you tomorrow."

"i mean... yeah?" he chuckled, nervous. "unless you have a better idea for what's happening with this town." yako thought about it a bit more. just because he was rearing to find supernatural beings didn't mean everyone else was as well. "it might be special effects like our parents always dealt with, but with the hex bags and weird residue, i doubt it."

#gamecn #*theo #*yako #theo —☆— answered #yako —☆— answered #//#i was halfway through theo's reply before i remembered they're dorm neighbors & we've never talked about this but the idea was cute #i can always think of something else if this isn't the vibe #writing yako's reply: flashbacks to sd & the witch's ghoul

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thelunarfairy · 7 months

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The relationship between Tsukasa, Yashiro and Amane

The two wolves and little red riding hood.

You must still be thinking about the kiss Tsukasa gave Nene, am I right?

The bond these three have has been there since the beginning of the story, but Tsukasa didn't get the spotlight he should have because everyone was too worried about how he was a bad boy who should be punished.

We're dealing with a temporal paradox, so things are going to be difficult to connect. Initially Tsukasa should have disappeared with the red house and Amane would live and become a teacher in the future.

Then, a girl enters the red house and meets Tsukasa, I imagine she caught his attention first because of the way she reacted when she saw him for the first time (I'll talk about this later) and second because she knows Amane.

So here the future changes. The boy decides to return after finding out about his tragic future, but let's not forget Nene and Kou. He remembers them, he called her to play again.

So think with me, Tsukasa came back, lived and saw things we don't know yet. He was asking Amane to fix the watch, why? Did he want to change something from the past?

We don't know what happened between the twins, but we know that Tsukasa needs Nene. Tsukasa has been in the story since the mokkes had their rumor changed, wasn't it Sakura who changed it? So, did Tsukasa make Yashiro hear the rumors about Hanako-san and go knock on his door?

We didn't see how Nene heard the rumors about Hanako, we already started the story with her summoning him. So there is a possibility that it was Tsukasa's influence.

Ok lunar fairy, what do you mean by all this?

Tsukasa has been making the story move from the beginning, the rumors he spread force Hanako to intervene and remove Yorishiro's seals from the mysteries. He knows that the only one can remove is Yashiro, something Hanako also knows about, so Tsukasa brings the two together.

Tsukasa knows that Nene likes Amane because she tells him so. When he was a baby, this was strangely one of the first questions he asked her. He suddenly asks her if she likes him, she gives a neutral answer, then he asks her if she likes Amane and she confirms.

"We are the same" - he says

Because he also likes Amane. But leaving that aside, Tsukasa knows that Yashiro likes Amane, but she doesn't know if Amane likes her. So, let's imagine that in Tsukasa's mind it would be easier to influence Amane if he fell in love with her.

He knows what Amane does for someone he loves, so it would be easier to manipulate him that way.

But why is Tsukasa doing this?

Your objective is to take out all the Yorishiros, Nene is the person who can take them out, but she wouldn't do that for no reason (because she doesn't know anything about the supernatural world or even about how important her ability is) so to for her to be able to take away the yorishiros, she would have to have a reason, she would have to have "something in return" and what does Yashiro want?

A boyfriend.

And she told Tsukasa that she liked Amane. Did you manage to see it now? It's an exchange, I give you something and so do you.

I don't know if Tsukasa knows that Amane has a crush on Nene, but I don't doubt that he does. So, it brings the two together and they create a bond. Yashiro does things for Hanako without knowing what he is doing, she thinks it is right because she has come to trust Hanako.

He saved her life and that of her friends, then simply assumed that Hanako was a good ghost, just like Kou. So they started removing these seals.

And Tsukasa was there watching everything. The black crane was always with Nene. He stayed close by to see if everything was going to happen the way he wanted.

He was there when they went to remove Yako's seal, he was there when Hanako kisses Yashiro on the cheek, he was there when Sakura influenced Yashiro to find the Tsuchigomori library, so when does Tsukasa decide to reveal herself?

When Nene tells Hanako that she likes him.

And that even if he is complicated, she would be by his side. Then, just as Hanako was about to say something in response, Tsukasa appears to them.

Then we met Tsukasa for the first time.

Tsukasa overreacts when Nene says that Sakura was Amane's girlfriend, and after Sakura denies any involvement with him, Tsukasa asks Nene if she has ever kissed Amane and then if they are dating.

When Yashiro denies it, he abruptly approaches her.

"Really?"

His reaction caught my attention the first time I saw it. Nene is scared by the sudden approach but I have doubts about him.

He gets very close to her face, so I started to get suspicious from that moment on.

What did that mean?

Tsukasa continues to follow everything Yashiro and Hanako do. So when Amane and Nene share their first kiss, Tsukasa appears shortly after. He butts into the conversation because he was listening.

Did you stop to think about it?

Then Tsukasa waited for Amane to kiss her. Afterwards he showed up so she could take the number 6 seal off, and Tsukasa tells Sakura that Amane was sulking, but he's going to do his job.

Then Sakura tells Yashiro that she won't die if the seals aren't removed (she spoke hidden from Tsukasa, but at the same time she said that she will make Yashiro remove the seals even if against her will, contradictory, isn't it?)

Yashiro and Hanako now have no interest in removing the seals, especially the number 1 one, which can help Yashiro's life. What does Tsukasa do when Amane decides not to do what he wants?

Oh, you thought of that, didn't you? Of course, what would force Amane to do what he wants? Tsukasa doesn't mince words, he kissed the girl Amane likes and kidnapped her. Will he obey me now?

If Nene wants to die to be with Amane, but Amane doesn't want her to die, then, because she is so easily influenced, she follows what Hanako says (and because she doesn't actually want to die, but didn't want Aoi to go in her place )

But if that was the only option Hanako had, and he told Nene she would die, she would. Tsukasa controls Amane and Amane uses his influence on Nene, who obeys him.

This is a possibility. Tsukasa knows that Amane is possessive and jealous, his reaction after seeing his younger brother kissing the girl he likes makes it very clear.

So, the first hypothesis is that Tsukasa used Yashiro as an object to do what he wants and when he wants, in addition to using her to manipulate Hanako.

Hanako has things to do before being "saved" he said God would forgive his sins if he did something we don't know yet. He also tells Teru that he has things to do here and if he exorcises himself he would free himself. In other words, he is being forced to do something for his own salvation.

Sealed Tsukasa is his yorishiro, he exists to remind his owners of their duty, as Sakura said. Tsukasa appeared shortly after Nene created a bond with Hanako, he came back (because he said it had been between 10 and 20 years since he had seen him) he came back to remind Hanako of his duty.

Hanako seems to be on Tsukasa's side, despite not agreeing with his brother's methods, he doesn't really stop him. Tsukasa is responsible for all this mess at school but Hanako doesn't do anything too drastic to make Tsukasa stop. And what did Tsukasa say to Amane when he sends Yashiro to the border of number 6?

"he was sulky, but he will do his job"

Which job? And he doesn't show up at the boundary of number 6, he sends one of the joudais to get Nene, so he was actually doing something at Tsukasa's behest.

So, the first possibility is this. Nene is an instrument that Tsukasa is using to take out the yorishiros and perhaps for some other reason besides these (there are several hypotheses).

The second possibility is about Tsukasa being interested in Nene.

It's a nebulous possibility because Tsukasa has shown few signs of interest in her.

You ask me, few? is there any sign?

Yes, Tsukasa has shown signs that he might be interested in Nene romantically. You know, Tsukasa has this thing, it's extremely difficult to read Tsukasa sealed because he doesn't show much, but we have other possibilities.

I don't know if you noticed, but when the characters seem to be enchanted, amazed or enjoying something in particular, these "little stars" appear around them.

(If I were to show you all the times these stars appeared here it would take the whole day XD)

So when Nene meets little Tsukasa for the first time, she does this

And he reacts like this

The stars are here. Tsukasa asks Kou if he kissed Nene, and when he denies it Tsukasa seems to be…relieved?

Then he asks Nene if she likes him, then about Amane.

Sealed Tsukasa abruptly approaches Nene when she denies that he is dating or that he kissed Hanako.

The way he approaches her when he reappears at the school festival.

Then the kiss

And his reaction to him.

These are small signs, but you can't ignore them. I still don't consider it to be the same love that Hanako feels, Tsukasa acts on impulse very often and has a very childish mentality at certain times. So it's difficult to consider anything certain from him.

Knowing Tsukasa's nature, he could have kissed whoever he wanted, like Sakura for example, he even asks her if she wants to kiss him at the tea party, she refuses and he leaves it alone. But, he orders her and she has to obey, as Sakura already said. Tsukasa never ordered her to do this. He wouldn't even need to, he does what he wants, he already lifted her dress, would a kiss be something big compared to that?

He simply chose Nene to kiss (without her consent) something he could have done with anyone else.

So you tell me, "but he's already done bad things to her" and I tell you, he also did it to Mitsuba. He did it with Hanako, the person he loves most. Why wouldn't he do it with Nene?

Tsukasa is a confused boy, we don't know how he shows love, and what it means to him. Amane says Tsukasa hates movies because he gets too restless, so when he asks Tsukasa, he says he loves movies.

You see? Tsukasa is very contradictory, his way of showing that he likes something or someone is different from ordinary people, so how do you think Tsukasa would show love if he was in love?

As for Amane, the most mysterious among the three, he definitely loves them both, but he doesn't have the courage to tell any of them.

Hanako is a good actor, he manages to be what he needs, so although it is easier to read his feelings it seems that there is a nebulous cloud above him that hides some important details.

He loves Yashiro, but he tries to hide it with all his might. There are several motivations for this, I even assume that he is quite altruistic at this point. Hiding that he likes her so that she doesn't get too attached, because he's not an ordinary boy and he can't offer her what she wants, but in the end he can't hold back any longer.

He gives in to this feeling, even though at first it was all just a joke between them. Hanako knew that Yashiro was going to die and was probably going to use her for some purpose. Her time is short, so I will offer her the best I can. Then when the time is right she will fulfill her destiny.

So, I just used her to take out the yorishiros, she has fun, I have fun and in the end she will die and it's okay because I don't care who dies.

But he fell in love, plans changed.

From the moment Hanako decided that he was going to save Yashiro, Tsukasa began to interfere more and more. Because Amane is not doing his duty.

And what does Amane still feel for Tsukasa? It's still love, but guilt and shame wrap it in a tight embrace. Is Hanako's fear of Tsukasa or of what he did to his younger brother?

Hanako also has goals to fulfill, I even have some theories about what they are, but I prefer to leave that for another post, this one is already long enough.

Hanako and Tsukasa seem to have common goals, they work in secret, Yashiro is an important part of the story. So she fell into the house of wolves and doesn't know how to get out.

What if at the end of the story Hanako has to choose which of the two he has to save? Who would he save? The little brother he loves and sacrificed his life for his, or the girl he loves?

The possibility of going back in time gives Hanako another chance to save Tsukasa, although time only goes back inside the school, I imagine that the red house and the school are linked, after all the twins died in the house, but Hanako is trapped in the school . Although he may have been later linked to the school. In any case, the two places have a direct connection to each other.

When all the yorishiros are removed, Tsukasa will disappear after having his seal removed, so Amane will say goodbye to him, at the same time he will lose Yashiro, who will die after all the yorishiros are removed, he will lose both of them.

Maybe Tsukasa wants Amane to hate him (more than he realizes Amane feels for him) so that Amane can destroy him more easily, and who knows, maybe he wants Amane to feel anger towards Yashiro right now so that he will allow her die. So how would he piss him off? Making your brother jealous? It's a possibility.

In the end, maybe Hanako will reveal this wild and irrational side of him to us and end everything.

Perhaps, when all the seals break, including Hanako's, Amane will transform into something very powerful and uncontrollable that will destroy everything. So the only person who can make him return to "normal" would be Yashiro, (who has the ability to purify) who would die in the process, so by removing the seals, Hanako would gain a wish, what would he ask for? And for whom?

We still have the clock's arc, and the Tsuchigomori's ability, there are still alternative ways to change the past or the future before reaching this tragic ending.

There is also the possibility of a love triangle, I don't know if it would happen, we need to know more about how Tsukasa feels before considering that for sure.

There's no telling what will happen between the three, but I'm curious to find out.

This post was longer than I imagined XD sorry about that.

This is all my interpretation, there is a strong possibility that I am wrong, but it was fun talking about it hahaha, I hope you enjoyed it :3

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mari-lair · 1 month

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Facing a conundrum rn and I was wondering if you could help??? Trying to write HanaKou but I couldn't figure out whether or not to use honorifics since in the official translation Kou only refers to the ghost as 'Hanako' leaving two possibilities:

1. Kou DOESN'T use honorifics to insult to Hanako (which makes sense since they're sorta frienemies)

2. Kou DOES use honorifics in the original version but the translators kept them out to appeal to wider audiences??? (It's probably this one but there's a lot of other instances that Kou use honorifics? Like Kou says Teru-nii and Yashiro senpai so why exclude Hanako-kun at all???)

Any help would be really appreciated!!

I don't know Japanese to check the og scans and give you a 100% correct answer but I am 99% sure it isn't a sloppy translation, Kou just doesn't use honorifics with Hanako.

Kou tends to be nicer to people he likes who are older than him (he always calls Nene, Aoi, and Akane 'senpai' and as you mentioned, teru is 'teru-nii') but he never uses honorifics with guys around his age. Not even the ones that are his friends: Like Yooko, Satou, and Sousuke

Even tiara doesn't get an honorific and he adores her! He is proud of her!

Kou is especially rude to supernaturals, I don't think there are any supernaturals Kou gives honorifics. Like, even when he is touched he calls Tsuchi a nice 'spider face' instead of showing him the respectful honorific a teacher would normally get.

The only exception to this is Yako, who he was naturally going to keep calling 'fox' even when she is nice, but only changed cause she was ADAMANT he called her Yako neesan. Only then does he change.

So is not necessarily a lack of respect, he just uses a more 'rude' speech.

#tbhk #toilet bound hanako kun #kou minamoto #minamoto kou #a hanakou fic! that's awesome!! We need more hanakou in this fandom! :D #good luck writing it

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songofwizardry · 1 year

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It's speak your language day! I have some fun facts on Kiswahili! Translation under the cut.

Leo hapa Tumblr ni siku ya kuongea lugha yako ya kwanza (inaitwa speak your language day)! Kuisherehekea siku hii, nilitaka ku shiriki nanyinyi nyote semi chache za Kiswahili. Kiswahili ina utajiri nyingi ya mapokeo ya mdomo, na kuna desturi na historia ndefu ya kusimulia mahadithi, kutega vitendawili, n.k.

Kwa mfano, ukitaka kusimulia hadithi, unaanza hivyo:

Msimulizi: Hadithi hadithi!

Hadhira: Hadithi njoo, uongo njoo, utamu kolea!

Msimulizi: Zamani za kale...

Hadithi zinazosimuliwa mara kwa mara ni hadithi za wanyama wa porini: sungura mjanja, mfalme simba, fisi, na kadhalika; hadithi kama hizi zinapatikana katika nchi nyingi za Kiafrika.

Vitendawili ni semi zinazotegwa, na watu wanatakiwa wazifumbulie. Watu wanaoongea Kiswahili kawaida wanajua vitendawili vingi, kwasababu tunazifunza katika shule ya msingi—mi mwenyewe nakumbuka nilipokuwa katika darasa la saba, kabla ya mtihani ya taifa, nilikaa ninakariri vitendawili kama arobaini! Vitendawili vinachekesha na vinachemsha bongo, kwa mfano:

"Askari wangu ni mpole lakini adui wanamhara." (Jibu: paka)

"Tajiri wa rangi." (Jibu: kinyonga)

"Numba yango ina nuguzo mmoja." (Jibu: uyoga)

"Mzungu katoka ulaya no mkono kiunoni." (Jibu: kikombe)

Kwa ukweli mi mwenyewe nimeaanza kusahau vitendawili vingine—lakini zinapatikana ukiGoogle siku hizi!

Kiswahili ni lugha yenye historia, desturi, na vipengele vingi vya kuvutia—siwezi kuziandika zote hapa, lakini kwa mfano, muda ya Kiswahili ("swahili time"), ngeli za nomino, historia ya uandikishi wa Kiswahili (kuanza na harufi za Kiarabu), na ilivyotengenezwa 'lingua franca' katika Tanzania, na lugha ya taifa baada ya uhuru. Natumaini mtafunza kidogo kuhusu lugha ya Kiswahili leo—usiache baada ya kujua 'Hakuna Matata' tu!

(Kama nimokesea sarufi, samahani sana! Siku hizi siandiki kwa Kiswahili kwa kawaida.)

(Translated from Kiswahili/Swahili, with some extra notes)

Today, here on tumblr, is Speak Your Language Day! To celebrate this day, I wanted to share with you a few short sayings in Kiswahili. Kiswahili has a rich variety of oral traditions, and there is a long history and tradition of narrating stories orally, posing vitendawili (common riddles), etc.

For example, it is traditional when one is narrating a story to start like this:

Narrator: A story, a story!

Audience: Story, come! Fiction, come! Make it sweet!

Narrator: Once upon a time...

The common tales that are narrated are folk tales involving wild animals: common characters of the cunning hare (sungura mjanja), the king lion, the hyena—folk tales of similar nature can be found in many African countries.

Vitendawili are short sayings that are posed, and people need to solve/figure them out. People who speak Kiswahili will know many of these, because we learn them in primary school—I remember when I was in Grade 7, before my national exams (standardised tests taken at the end of primary school), I sat and memorised about forty different vitendawili! Vitendawili can both make one laugh, and be mind-bogglers (literal translation: they boil the brain), for example:

"My soldier is so gentle, but the enemies are scared of them."

"The one wealthy in colours."

"My house has only one pillar."

"The white man has come from England with his hand on his waist."

Answers to the vitendawili are at the bottom.

In all honestly I have forgotten a lot of the vitendawili—but these days you can Google and find lists of them easily!

Kiswahili is a language with a rich history, and many fascinating features—I couldn't write them all here, but for example, Swahili time, our many noun classes, the history of writing Kiswahili (there are early Kiswahili writings using the Arabic script), and the way it originated as a lingua franca and how it became the national language and a uniting factor in Tanzania after independence. I hope you'll look up the history of or a little bit of Kiswahili today—it's much more than just the phrase 'Hakuna Matata'!

(My apologies if I've made any grammar mistakes—these days I don't often write in Kiswahili. Also, because I intentionally wanted to write this in Kiswahili first, and then translate it, and I'm not practiced at translation, the English sounds clunky/weird—my apologies, but hey, it's SpYLD, I gotta prioritise the non-English text.)

Answers to the vitendawili:

A cat

A chameleon

A mushroom

A teacup

Some links:

Langfocus' Swahili video, which is a really good primer

The online Kiswahili dictionary I use most

For Kiswahili news, BBC Swahili (both online and you can listen to the radio) is pretty good. There's also many, many Kiswahili language news sites you can find, eg Mwananchi.

And of course, music!

Bongo flava is a genre of Tanzanian music (that originated in Dar es Salaam! Bongoland!)—it's a vibrant genre, it's closely linked to hip-hop and Afrobeats; I have a soft spot for the Bongo Flava of the 00s, so here's Usineseme by Ali Kiba (2009)

Sauti Sol are super well known these days, with good reason! They're awesome! They sing in both Kiswahili and English, but my favourite song of theirs is Nairobi

And in a departure from my usual brand, some patriotic music—this is a remix of the traditional patriotic song Tanzania Tanzania, recorded to encourage people to vote in the 2015 elections. I like it because it's a fun video that captures a lot of different parts of Dar es Salaam.

#this got so much longer than i planned #and translation is hard my god #spyld #speak your language day #kiswahili #swahili #languages #linguistics #home and neighbouring lands #text post #my post #anyway hope you all have enjoyed this journey in which i learn bad i am at translation #and how much specific kiswahili vocab i've forgotten #i can feel my primary school teachers' disappointment

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Anonymous asked:

never have i ever caught someone else doing something embarrassing

ㅤㅤSomething embarrassing..?

ㅤㅤ" There was one time I caught Ames doing a little roleplaying with herself. I won't get into the really gritty details so I can save her dignity -- especially since it took a lot of promising not to tell a soul what I heard for her to come out from under all the blankets she immediately buried herself under. " A short snicker, a raised glass for a toast, and she takes a shot.

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ㅤㅤ" I..do not believe I can be certain. I believe I have witnessed others expressing what could be defined as ' embarrassment, ' but as for whether or not I have caught someone..doing something embarrassing..? Hm.. " A thoughtful stare at her wine..before she takes a drink. " For the sake of a just in case, I suppose. "

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ㅤㅤ" Hnn.. " Witnessing someone else..? He'd made a fool of himself, before. He'd witnessed others do foolish things, in turn. Something embarrassing, though..? Ah, maybe if he considered the beginning of this journey, the start of a year.. So excited about the wildlife around her..the cliff she nearly walked herself off of... With no more than a hum, he's lifting a glass of whatever liquid courage this stranger had ordered for him -- taking a sip and trying not to gurgle through the cringe, after. Ugh, what a disgusting flavor...

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ㅤㅤ" Wahh...I think I've probably done more embarrassing things than anybody else I know.. I guess there was this one guy who wanted to try and impress a friend of mine, so he tried to perform a trick in front of all of us.. "

ㅤㅤ" He didn't um,,really make it the way I think he wanted to? So..when he jumped back, he didn't stick the landing and fell pretty hard on his face. He! Was okay, though! Really scratched up but he didn't lose any teeth or anything, and he got up and tried to laugh it off.. But! Um! I think it worked out for him, too, because she was willing to trade numbers with him, after! I dunno how well they've been talking, though..I haven't really asked her about it, since.. "

ㅤㅤAh -- right, there were supposed to be drinks with this, too, right? Her experience with alcohol wasn't exactly....great, but.. It wasn't supposed to be terrible when it was mixed in with juices and stuff, so..? She's taking a sip..!

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ㅤㅤ" Oh -- haha.. I think it's normal to catch someone doing something somewhat embarrassing, at least once.. I won't embarrass them a second time, here, so I apologize if you were looking forward to a story.. Embarrassing or not, however, we all may do things that we look back on with varying amounts of humility or regret.. Feeling such things only means we have changed from those experiences though, right..? We continually grow and develop.. It's a wonderful thing, don't you think..? " Already on a better note, she pours another.

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#[ DARLING CAN YOU HEAR ME SINGING A REQUIEM FOR YOU / THE LOVE WE ONCE KNEW ] ; LIBRA #[ AND I’LL SING AN ELEGY FOR WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ] ; LIBRA ANSWERS #[ YOU DON’T HAVE TO ACT SO TOUGH / BUT YOUR FOCUS WILL NEVER BUDGE ] ; LIBRA MAIN VERSE #[ THE SHELTER ALSO GAVE ME SHADE AND IN THE DARK I HAVE NO NAME] ; LYKOI #[ SHALLOW GRAVES FOR SHALLOW HEARTS AND PROMISES THAT NEVER STARTED RIGHT ] ; LYKOI MAIN VERSE #[ CURIOSITIES THAT KILLED THE CAT ] ; LYKOI ANSWERS #[ ARE YOU AFRAID OF THINGS THAT CHANGE ? WELL I’M AFRAID OF NEVER CHANGING ] ; YAKO #[ I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE BUT FEAR ONLY ONE OF US IS A DOCTOR ] ; YAKO MAIN VERSE #[ WHERE’S YOUR HEART / MIMICKING THE MATRIARCH ]; YAKO ANSWERS #[ OH HOW WE EVOLVE AND GROW INTO TWISTED BEASTS WITH A DESIRE FOR DISORDER ] ; ADONIS #[ THE ENRAGED ELDER ; REPLACED AND WRATHFUL ] ; ADONIS MAIN VERSE #[ I’VE GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE WHILE THE OTHER ONE KICKS ITS WAY RIGHT DOWN TO HELL ] ; ADONIS ANSWERS #[ ALL THESE FEELINGS DANCE IN MY HEART / LIKE TWINKLING STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY ] ; DEMO #[ HOW CAN WE FAKE IT ? SHOULD WE EVEN TRY ? ] ; DEMO MAIN VERSE #[ IF I COULD SHOOT ACROSS THE NIGHT SKY LIKE A STAR / COULD MY VOICE THEN REACH YOU TOO ? ] ; DEMO ANSWERS #cw alcohol mention #long post

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