A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 17, 2016

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September 17, 2016

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: An encounter with Jesus is not disclosed except through the gladness which we enjoy however often we communicate Him to others..

And here's how the grammar of this Latin tweet works:

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Occursus	An encounter	nom. sing. masc. noun	occursus, occursūs
cum	with		Prep. + Abl.
Iesu	Jesus	abl. sing. masc. name	Iesus, Iesu
non	not		adv.
manifestatur	is not disclosed	3rd pers. sing. pres. pass. ind. verb	manifēstō, manifēstāre, manifēstāvī, manifēstātus
nisi	except		conj.
per	through		Prep. + Acc.
laetitiam	the gladness	acc. sing. fem. noun	laetitia, laetitiae
qua	which	abl. sing. fem. rel. pronoun	qui, quae, quod; obj. of fruimur
fruimur	we enjoy	1st pers. pres. ind. dep. verb	fruor, fruī, frūctus sum; takes abl. object
quotienscumque	however often		adv. often
aliis	to others	dat. pl. com. adj.	alius, alia, aliud; indirect object
communicemus	we communicate	1st pers. pres. act. subj. verb	commūnicō, commūnicāre, commūnicāvī, commūnicātus; indirect question construction
Eum	Him	acc. sing. masc. dem. adj.	is, ea, id; direct object.

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 17, 2016

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