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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - February 3, 2015

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February 3, 2015

I'm very disappointed to report that this contains a clear typo in the Latin. The gerund form should be convertendum, not convertedum.

I forgive them. Indeed, as the post asserts, I am certainly a sinner. But when you put out the Pope's Latin tweet, you have a responsibility to make him look his best. I don't understand how this can happen.

Look, I'm Eastern Orthodox but I love this Pope. I stand willing to serve the Vatican as proof reader for the Latin Tweets of His Holiness the Bishop of Rome. Call me.

Literal translation of the Latin: We are all sinners. There is no one who is not called to conversion in his whole heart.

Here's how the Latin works:

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Omnes	All	nom. pl. masc. adj.
sumus	we are	1st pers. pl. pres. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
peccatores	sinners	nom. pl. masc. noun	peccator, peccatoris
Nemo	No one
est	(there) is	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb.	sum, esse, fui
quin	who not		conj.
vocetur	is called	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. subj. verb	voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum; subj. in indirect question
ad	to
convertedum (sic)	convert	acc. sing. gerund	converto, convertere, converti, conversus
toto	(in their) whole	abl. sing. masc. adj.	totus, tota, totum
pectore	heart	abl. sing. masc. noun	pector, pectoris

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - February 3, 2015

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