Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 18, 2017

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June 18, 2017

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: Jesus was broken, he is broken for us. The Eucharist is Sacred. He himself in turn wants us to surrender ourselves to others and to break (ourselves for others).

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Iesus	Jesus	nom. sing. masc. name	Iesus, Iesu
fractus	broken	nom. sing. past. part.	frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctus
est	was [is]	3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui; used with past part. to create passive of perf. tense.
nobis	for us	dat. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri
frangitur	he is broken	3rd pers. sing. pres. pass. ind. verb	frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctus
Sacra	Sacred	nom. sing. fem. adj.	sacer, sacra, sacrum
est	is	3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
Eucharistia	the Eucharist	nom. sing. fem. noun	Eucharistia, Eucharistiae
Ipse	He himself	nom. sing. masc. dem. adj.	ipse, ipsa, ipsum
vicissim	in turn		adv.
vult	wants	3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	volo, velle, volui
ut	that		conj.
nos	ourselves	acc. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri
aliis	to others	dat. pl. adj.	alius, alia, aliud
tradamus	we surrender	1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	trādō, trādere, trādidī, trāditus
ac	and also		conj.
frangamus	we break	1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctus