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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 28, 2014

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June 28, 2014

Literal translation of the Latin: Friendship with God is similar to the relationship with parents, inasmuch as we pray to this one (God) with that (same) openness with which we seek good things from them (the parents).

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Amicitia	Friendship	nom. sing. fem. noun	amicitia, amicitiae
cum	with	Prep. + abl.	governs Deo
Deo	God	abl. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei
similis	similar	nom. sing. masc. adj.	similis, simile; Classical Latin used gen. of thing similar “to”; necessitudinis
est	is	3^rd pers. sing. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
necessitudinis	to the relationship	gen. sing. fem. noun	necessitudo, necessitudinis
cum	with	Prep. + abl.	governs parentibus
parentibus	parents	abl. pl. masc. noun	parens, parentis
utpote	inasmuch as	conj.
hunc	this (one)	acc. sing. masc. dem. adj.	hic, haec, hoc; “this” (one) = God
oramus	we pray (to)	1^st pers. pl. pres. act. ind. verb	oro, orare, oravi, oratum
eo	with that	abl. sing. masc. dem. adj.	is, ea, id; modifies candore; ablative of means or manner
candore	openness	abl. sing. masc. noun	candor, candoris
quo	with which	abl. sing. masc. relative pronoun	qui, quae, quod
bona	good (things)	acc. pl. neut. adj.	bonus, bona, bonum; used as substantive; obj. of petimus
ab	from	Prep. + abl.	governs illis
illis	them	abl. pl. masc. dem. adj.	ille, illa, illud
petimus	we seek	1^st pers. pl. pres. act. ind. verb	peto, petere, petivi, petitum

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Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 28, 2014

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