September 4, 2016
And here's how the grammar of this Latin tweet works:
Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Laetum
|
happy
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acc.
sing. masc. adj.
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laetus,
laeta, laetum; modifies vultum
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vultum
|
face
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acc.
sing. masc. noun
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vultus, vultūs
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Teresiae
|
of Teresa
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gen.
sing. fem. name
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Teresia,
Teresiae
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de
|
of
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Prep.
+ Abl.
|
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Calcutta
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Calcutta
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abl.
sing. fem. place name
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Calcutta,
Calcuttae
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in
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in
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Prep.
+ Abl.
|
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cordibus
|
hearts
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abl.
pl. neut. noun
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cor,
cordis
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nostris
|
our
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abl.
pl. neut. poss. adj.
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noster,
nostra, nostrum; modifies cordibus
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servemus
|
let us keep
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1st
pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb
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servō, servāre, servāvī, servātus; hortatory
subjunctive
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eum
|
it
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acc.
sing. masc. dem. adj.
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is,
ea, id; refers back to vultum
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-que
|
and
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enclitic conj.
|
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hominibus
|
to the people
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dat.
pl. com. noun
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homo,
hominis; indirect object of monstremus
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nobis
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us
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dat.
pl. pronoun
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nos,
nostri; obj. of occurrentibus
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quotidie
|
everyday
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adv.
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occurrentibus
|
meeting
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dat.
pl. pres. act. part.
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occurrō, occurrere, occurrī, occursus;
modifies hominibus
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laeti
|
happy
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nom.
pl. masc. adj.
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laetus,
laeta, laetum
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monstremus
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let us show
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1st
pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb
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mōnstrō, mōnstrāre, mōnstrāvī, mōnstrātus;
hortatory subjunctive
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