Saturday, September 10, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 9, 2016

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September 9, 2016




Here's a literal translation of the Latin: The Lord is present for us everyday, knocking on the door of (our) heart.


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

Latin
English
Parsing
Grammar Points
Dominus
The Lord
nom. sing. masc. noun
Dominus, Domini
adest
is present
3rd pers. sing. ind. verb
adsum, adesse, adfui
nobis
for us
dat. pl. pronoun
nos, nostri
quotidie
everyday
adv.
ianuam
the door
acc. sing. fem. noun
ianua, ianuae; obj. of pulsans
cordis
of the heart
gen. sing. neut. noun
cor, cordis
pulsans
knocking on
nom. sing. masc. pres. act. part.
pulso, pulsare, pulsavi, pulsatus
 

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