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May 15, 2014
Literal translation of the Latin: Let us earnestly request grace from the Holy Spirit in order that we may do concrete things conforming to the mind of Jesus and his Gospel.
This is a grammatically challenging tweet, a veritable clinic in the subjunctive mood!
Here's
how the Latin works.
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Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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a
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from
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Prep. + abl.
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governs Spiritu Sancto
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Spiritu
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Spirit
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abl. sing.
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spiritus, spiritus
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Sancto
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Holy
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abl. sing.
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sanctus, sancta, sanctum; modifies
spiritu
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deposcamus
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let us earnestly
request
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1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj.
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3rd conj. verb - deposco, deposcere,
deposci; hortatory subjunctive (cf. oremus, let us pray)
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gratiam
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grace
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acc. sing.
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gratia, gratiae
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ut
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in order that/so
that
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governs faciamus in result clause
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res
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things
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acc. pl.
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res, rei; object of faciamus
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concretas
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concrete
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acc. pl
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concretus, concreta, concretum;
modifies res
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faciamus
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we may do
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1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj.
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facio, facere, feci, factus;
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ad
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to
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Prep. + acc.
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governs mentem and Evangelium
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Iesu
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of Jesus
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gen. sing.
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mentem
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mind
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acc. sing.
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mens, mentis
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eius
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his
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gen. sing.
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is, ea, id
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-que
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and
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enclitic particle
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Evangelium
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Gospel
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acc. sing.
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Evangelium, Evangelii
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congruentes
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conforming
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acc. pl. pres. act. part.
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3rd decl. verb - congruo, congruere,
congrui; modifies res
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