A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 3, 2016

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September 3, 2016

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: Let us imitate Mother Theresa of Calcutta, since she did works of mercy as if the only way (which) must be followed to holiness.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Imitemur	Let us imitate	1st pers. pl. pres. subj. dep. verb	imitor, imitārī, imitātus suml; hortatory subjunctive
Matrem	Mother	acc. sing. fem. noun	Mater, Matris
Theresiam	Theresa	acc. sing. fem. name	Theresia, Theresiae
de	of		Prep.+Abl.
Calecuto	Calcutta	abl. sing. masc. place name	Calecutus, Calecuti
quippe	since		conj.
quae	she		qui, quae, quod
opera	works	acc. pl. neut. noun	opus, operis
misericordiae	of mercy	gen. sing. fem. noun	misericordia, misericordiae
fecerit	did	3rd pers. sing. perf. act. subj. verb	faciō, facere, fēcī, factus; subjunctive in indirect question construction
tamquam	as if		conj.
unicam	the only	acc. sing. fem. adj.	unicus, unica, unicum; modifies viam
viam	way	acc. sing. fem. noun	via, viae
ad	to		Pre.+Acc.
sanctitatem	holiness	acc. sing. fem. noun	sanctitas, sanctitatis
sequendam	(which) must be followed	acc. sing. fem. gerundive	sequor, sequī, secūtus sum; modifies viam

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Saturday, September 3, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 3, 2016

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