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    Originally Posted by THEGOREMASTER Go to original post
    SOBEN BEN SEK, DENKEKU!?
    Definitely Ancient Egyptian.... It can't be Greek or Latin, so there is no other option. I have no idea what it means though.... I only understand ancient Greek and some Latin.

    Originally Posted by ProdiGurl Go to original post
    Since I have no idea what they're saying, it's really hard for me to put it together.
    I keep hearing something that sounds like "sejeriat" (phonics) at the end? Like a word or 2 before it then that one.
    ?
    Again, this is Old Egyptian. Not Greek, not Latin. Someone who knows ancient Egyptian should chime in....

    Originally Posted by No1 CrazyHorse Go to original post
    Aher haru means hello I think but still im hearing gerutt were innocent and right decision gerutt lol I don't think I'm hearing it correctly
    At last, someone who knows (probably?) some Old Egyptian!

    Originally Posted by SixKeys Go to original post
    In the Greek places I keep hearing someone who sounds exactly like Leonardo da Vinci (same voice actor, probably) say something, I can't make out the whole sentence, but at the end it sounds like "...di pratem". Drives me nuts because every time I picture it as Leo speaking Greek.
    Di pratem? Ti pratin is Greek but Di Pratem sounds Latin to me.

    Originally Posted by sushiglutton Go to original post
    "Echsmecht You have Ya-hoo?"

    (as we all know google wasn't invented at the time)
    That phrase is 100% Egyptian, so I can't help!

    Originally Posted by ParisNoble Go to original post
    I always hear something like: "Vakek meno, nunes quede", when in Greek areas. Anyone know what it means?
    You may find those phrases in Greek areas but this is Old Egyptian. It doesn't sound like Latin and it is definitely not Greek. So, it has to be Old Egyptian.

    Originally Posted by Stick2It Go to original post
    "The deduke are be hyatt" Anyone hear that one?
    I hear that a lot and it is definitely Old Egyptian....

    Originally Posted by sushiglutton Go to original post
    Wow, amazing. Been wondering about some of these since the game came out, thank you!

    You don't happen to know what: "eight pessition gheret?" means (I just spelled it randomly, tried to immitate what it sounds like)?
    It must be Old Egyptian. Too bad most of us understand only Greek and Latin....

    Originally Posted by ChasUGC1 Go to original post
    I thought it was "Fine Decision Garrett". Where I've found that Garrett means, "Brave Warrior" or "one who rules by spear".

    Although, it could be Gheret or Garreth, I guess. Then again, it could be a total foreign language that only sounds like "Fine Decision".
    Anyone?
    Garret means brave warrior in Old Egyptian?
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    This might be a super OLD thread but I know *some*Ancient Egyptian.

    There are people who say “em hotep nefer weret” which means “In very great peace.”

    Seni or Sen would be brother, I’ve heard this said a few times. (Senet is sister.)

    A general hello would be em hotep, which means come in peace or yeh! I don’t know what the Ahara heru means. I hear Heru which is Horus in Egyptian.

    Iiwey is welcome. And I’ve heard merchants say Ii (ee-eh) which means Come!

    That’s all I can hear. I’m not versed too well with the sentences and can’t make out the exact words. Though, my favourite by far are the little children running around saying “ARE YOU HIGH YET?!” Or it’s what it sounds like lol!! 🤣🤣

    Hopefully that helps a bit. Nefer sedjmek, May you hear beautiful things.
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    I hear two words very often. Nek and neb. What do they mean? They are definitely Old Egyptian.... Nek sounds like it might mean "damn" or some other swear word. Neb could mean something like friend or stranger. Am I close?
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    Originally Posted by No1 CrazyHorse Go to original post
    I'm trying to find a list of what the npc civilians are saying something's I can make out others just impossible for me. Like "(something) were innocent" and "right decision (something)" and there is a few more I guess some is Egyptian so am I hearing them right or hearing Egyptian phrases that sound English to me.
    The language they're speaking is definitely Demotic. For the phrase that sounds like "fine/right decision garein" I don't have a full translation, since I haven't found a translation for the first word. I suspect it might be "either" because of the rest of the translation, though. The words "djed," "sedjem," and "ger" mean "speak," "hear/listen," and "be quiet/shut up," respectively. If the suffix on the end of "ger" is the imperative, as I suspect, then the whole phrase might mean: "Either, speak, listen, or shut up!"

    The phrase that sounds like "we're innocent" could be "wi ini heset," which is Demotic for "I bring (a) favor (as in an offering)."

    Originally Posted by Olympus2018 Go to original post
    I hear two words very often. Nek and neb. What do they mean? They are definitely Old Egyptian.... Nek sounds like it might mean "damn" or some other swear word. Neb could mean something like friend or stranger. Am I close?
    Nek means "sh*t," as in "neket iadet," which translates to "piece/s of sh*t" (technically it really means "piece of misery," but is just as insulting and used in a similar manner). Neb means "lord" or "master." The language is Demotic.
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    Originally Posted by DoctorLore Go to original post
    Nek means "sh*t," as in "neket iadet," which translates to "piece/s of sh*t" (technically it really means "piece of misery," but is just as insulting and used in a similar manner). Neb means "lord" or "master." The language is Demotic.

    By convention, the word "Demotic" is capitalized in order to distinguish it from "demotic Greek". "Demotic Greek" is the modern Greek language that I speak (my mother tongue). Demotic Egyptian is a form of Late Egyptian, that was spoken in the first century BC. Time period of Demotic Egyptian is circa 7th century BC–5th century AD. In other words, Demotic Egyptian was spoken during the Persian, Greek and Roman periods of Egypt. It disappeared when it was replaced by Arabic.

    Also, simply calling that language "Demotic" is a bad habit that some linguists imposed on the rest of us. You can't just say "Demotic'", when there is also "Demotic Greek", as well. "Demotic" itself is a Greek word, which means popular, of the people... Coptic Egyptian is the final form of the Egyptian language. Moreover, the Egyptians never called their language "Demotic".
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    One of my favourites

    Originally Posted by Perseas09 Go to original post
    In general for most AC games, and in fact for most open world games, NPC takl is restricted in some repeated phrases. Being Greek, and having some recollection of the common hellenistic (or Koine) being the Greeek language of the time, I found that most greek phrases where spoken correctly, albeit with a more "modern" pronunciation.
    There were a couple of little grammatical mishaps but I guess you cannot have everything. So below are some of the Greek phrases I can remember off the top of my head.

    - Ουδεπόπωτε εώρακα τοιάυτην αφρονίαν (Oudepopote eoraka tiaftin afronian - Woman's voice) = I have never seen such foolishnes
    - Μωρείας παρασκευάσματα τούτα εστί (Morias paraskevasmata touta esti - Man's voice) = These are the "products" of follie. There's a slight grammatical error here, The last word should have been εισίν (isin) which is the 3rd plural of the verb "to be" as opposed to εστι (esti) which is the 3rd singular
    - Ιδιώτην (Idiotin) = (private) citizen (most of the times meaning "person")
    - Παίδες ο γέγοναι; Λέξον, Λέξον (paides o gegone? Lexon, lexon) = Children (or "guys") what has happened? Tell, tell! Again the term Λεξον here is wrong because it's singular. The term είρετε or λεξατε would be better since it's plural (referring to children).
    - Θεοί, τις δοκεί ει; Ποσειδών; (theoi tis doki ei? Poseidon?) = Gods, who does he think he is? Poseidon?


    hope it was helpful.

    I really love the phrase: Το θεριό με μελλισε.; To therio me mellise. I think it means the monster molested me or bit me or stung me. Do you know for sure?
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    It winds me up that the pronounciation is modern Greek.

    Like the greeting “ch-ereh” (rejoice!). Starts with a “ch” in this game.

    Whereas in Koine it should have been (English phonetic: key reh (key as in English “hey”) evolved from the ancient Greek K-ai-reh (kai as in English “kite”)

    This guy actually mapped all Greek phoneme pronounciations across the millenia:

    https://youtu.be/yCv5dK1DOgw

    It makes sense, something like Attic Denokrahtehs pronounced fast becomes thinochrathis in modern Greek. It makes sense that that name in 500 years from now will be something like SINOASIS in the Greek of the year 2500AD. Faster, simpler and more sloppy, same as what happened in the past.
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    Originally Posted by Achilleus- Go to original post
    It winds me up that the pronounciation is modern Greek.

    Like the greeting “ch-ereh” (rejoice!). Starts with a “ch” in this game.

    Whereas in Koine it should have been (English phonetic: key reh (key as in English “hey”) evolved from the ancient Greek K-ai-reh (kai as in English “kite”)

    This guy actually mapped all Greek phoneme pronounciations across the millenia:

    https://youtu.be/yCv5dK1DOgw

    It makes sense, something like Attic Denokrahtehs pronounced fast becomes thinochrathis in modern Greek. It makes sense that that name in 500 years from now will be something like SINOASIS in the Greek of the year 2500AD. Faster, simpler and more sloppy, same as what happened in the past.

    Ancient Greek pronunciation is hypothetical, based on assumptions by Erasmus and others.
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    Pessesh en Gerrehh

    Originally Posted by olfr44 Go to original post
    "It’s so repetitive that I’m at the point where I kill anyone who says “GREAT DECISION GERRET "

    Same here.

    I know assassins should not kill civilians but this is the first AC game where NPC's dialogues annoy me that much (!!)
    I only started to play Origins in December and now I have moved on to Odyssey, where I was surprised to find the phrase in the name of a bow.

    So just posting this for others who may play Origins before Odyssey

    https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wi...esh_en_Gerrehh
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