Monday, March 14, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - March 14, 2016 #1

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March 14, 2016 




Literal translation of the Latin: Let us open our heart to mercy! Divine mercy is stronger than sin.

Here's how the Latin works:

Latin
English
Parsing
Grammar Points
Cor
Heart
nom. sing. neut. noun
cor, cordis
nostrum
our
nom. sing. neut. adj.
noster, nostra, nostrum
ad
to

Prep+acc.
misericordiam
Mercy
acc. sing. fem. noun
misericordia, misericordiae
reseramus!
let us open
1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb
reserō, reserāre, reserāvī, reserātus
Fortior
Stronger
nom. sing. comp. adj.
fortis, forte
est
is
3rd pers. sing. act. ind. verb
sum, esse, fui
peccato
than sin
abl. sing. neut. noun
peccatum, peccati
divina
divine
nom. sing. fem. adj.
divinus, divina, divinum
misericordia
Mercy
nom. sing. fem. noun
misericordia, misericordiae
 

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