Learning Latin with Pope Francis - November 13, 2016

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November 13, 2016

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: If you want to meet God, run to meet Him in those places in which He is hidden: certainly the poor, the suffering, the hungry, and also the prisoners.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Si	If		conj.
vis	you want	2nd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	volo, velle, volui
occurrere	to meet	pres. act. inf.	occurrō, occurrere, occurrī, occursus
Deo	God	dat. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei; dative object of occurrere
succurre	help/run to meet	sing. imper.	succurrō, succurrere, succurrī, succursus
Ipsi	Him(self)	dat. sing. masc. dem. adj.	ipse, ipsa, ipsum
iis	(in) those	abl. pl. masc. dem. adj.	is, ea, id
in	in		Prep. + Abl.
locis	places	abl. pl. masc. noun	locus, loci
in	in		Prep. + Abl.
quibus	which	abl. pl. masc. rel. pronoun	qui, quae, quod
latet	is hidden	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb	lateō, latēre, latuī
scilicet	certainly		adv.
egentibus	(among) the poor	abl. pl. masc. adj.	egens, egentis; used as substantive
dolentibus	the suffering	abl. pl. masc. adj	dolens. dolentis
esurientibus	the hungry	abl. pl. masc. adj.	esuriens, esurientis
necnon	and/not to mention/ and also		conj.
captivis	the captives/ prisoners	abl. pl. masc. adj.	captivus, captiva, captivum