A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 3, 2018

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June 3, 2018

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: On this Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ let us remember that Jesus, the Bread of life is our strength, the support of our journey.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Hac	This	abl. sing. fem. dem. adj.	hic, haec, hoc
in	on		Prep. + Abl.
Sanctissimi	(of) the Most Holy	gen. sing. neut. adj.	sanctus, sancta, sanctum; superlative form
Corporis	Body	gen. sing. neut. noun	corpus, corporis
et	and		conj.
Sanguinis	Blood	gen. sing. masc. noun	sanguis, sanguis
Christi	of Christ	gen. sing. masc. noun	Christus, Christi
sollemnitate	Solemnity	abl. sing. fem. noun	sollemnitās, sollemnitātis
meminerimus	let us remember	1st pers. pl. perf. act. subj. verb	memeō, memēre, meminī; verb is only in perfect stem, hortatory subjunctive
Panem	the Bread	acc. sing. masc. noun	pānis, pānis
vitae	of life	gen. sing. fem. noun	vita, vitae
nostram	our	acc. sing. fem. poss. adj.	noster, nostra, nostrum
esse	is (lit. to be)	pres. inf.	sum, esse, fui; indirect statement construction
vim	the strength	acc. sing. fem. noun	vīs, vīs
nostri	of our	gen. sing. poss. adj.	noster, nostra, nostrum
itineris	journey	gen. sing. neut. noun	iter, itineris
firmamentum	the support	acc. sing. neut. noun	firmamentum, firmamenti

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 3, 2018

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