A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Monday, February 20, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - February 20, 2017

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February 20, 2017

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: If evil is contagious, good also (is) the same. Let us allow ourselves to be infected with good and let us infect with good.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Si	If		adv.
malum	evil	nom. sing. neut. adj.	malus, mala, malum; used as substantive
contagiosum	contagious	nom. sing. neut. adj.	contagiosus, contagiosa, contagiosum
est	is	3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
idem	the same	nom. sing. neut. dem. pronoun	idem, eadem, idem
etiam	also		adv.
bonum	good	nom. sing. neut. adj.	bonus, bona, bonum; used as substantive
Sinamus	Le us allow	1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	sinō, sinere, sīvī, situs
nos	us (ourselves)	acc. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri
bono	with good	abl. sing. neut. adj.	bonus, bona, bonum
infici	to be infected	pres. pass. infin.	īnficiō, īnficere, īnfēcī, īnfectus
et	and		conj.
bono	with good	abl. sing. neut. adj.	bonus, bona, bonum
inficiamus	let us infect	1st pers. sing. pres. act. subj. verb	īnficiō, īnficere, īnfēcī, īnfectus

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - February 20, 2017

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