Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 13, 2014

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June 13, 2014

 

Literal translation of the Latin: Let us not resist the Holy Spirit, to whose action we should be docile, which renews us, the Church, and the world.

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Spiritui	Spirit	dat. sing. masc. noun	Spiritus, Spiritus; dat. obj of verb resistamus
Sancto	Holy	dat. sing. adj.	modifies Spiritui
ne	not		introduces negative hortatory subjunctive
resistamus	may we resist	1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	resisto, resistere, restiti; hortatory subjunctive
cuius	whose, of whom	gen. sing. relative pronoun	qui, quae, quod
actioni	action	dat. sing. fem. noun	actio, actionis
oportet	it is proper	3rd pers. sing. act. pres. ind. impers. verb	oportet, oportere, opportuit;
dociles	docile	nom. pl. masc. adj.	docilis, docile
simus	may we be	1st pers. pl. pres. subj. verb	sum, esse, fui
quae	which	nom. sing. fem. relative pronoun	qui, quae, quod; antecedent is actioni
nos	us	acc. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri; obj. of renovat
Ecclesiam	the Church	acc. sing. fem. noun	Ecclesia, Ecclesiae; obj. of renovat
et	and	conj.
mundum	the World	acc. sing. masc. noun	mundus, mundi; obj. of renovat
renovat	renews	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb	renovo, renovare, renovavi, renovatum