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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - May 14, 2016

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May 14, 2016

Literal translation of the Latin: To communicate with mercy means to foster a right, free, and harmonizing closeness among the sons of God and among brothers in humanity.

Here's how the Latin works:

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Misericordia	with mercy	abl. sing. fem. noun	misericordia, misericordiae
communicare	to communicate	pres. act. infinitive	communico, communicare, communicavi, communicatus
significat	means	3rd pers. pres. act. ind. verb	significo, significare, significavi, significatus
rectam	right	acc. sing. fem. adj.	rectus, recta, rectum
liberam	free	acc. sing. fem. adj.	liber, libera liberum
consentientem	harmonizing	acc. sing. fem. pres. act. part.	cōnsentiō, cōnsentīre, cōnsēnsī, cōnsēnsus
-que	and		enclitic conjunction
propinquitatem	closeness	acc. sing. fem. noun	propinquitas, propinquitatis
inter	among		prep. + acc.
Dei	of God	gen. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei
filios	the sons	acc. pl. masc. noun	filius, filii
et	and		conjunction
inter	among		Prep. + acc.
fratres	brothers	acc. pl. masc. noun	frater, fratris
in	in		prep. + abl.
humanitate	humanity	abl. sing. fem. noun	humanitas, humantatis
fovere	to foster	pres. act. infinitive	foveō, fovēre, fōvī, fōtus

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Potius Sero Quam Numquam - Better Late Than Never

Potius sero quam numquam Better late than never, Livy, Ab Urbe condita 4.2

As a lifelong procrastinator, I've always loved and, unfortunately, lived by this motto. This particular Latin quote is a nice way to lock in the key vocabulary items of quam (than) and numquam (never). Spanish nunca has preserved it quite nicely.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Grammar Lessons from the Latin Version of "And I Love Her" (Et Eam Amō)

My Latin Language Version of the Lennon-McCartney song "And I Love Her" (Et Eam Amō) is officially released. After the video, I include a description of the grammatical points worth knowing that occur in the song. Enjoy!

Direct Object and Indirect Object

I give her all my love,

omnem amorem meum eī dō

NB: the dative singulars of is and ea (to him/to her) are both eī.

Future Less Vivid Conditional Construction

Both clauses have present subjunctive for a "should-would" conditional:

And if you saw my love

Et si amantem meam videās

You'd love her too.

Eam amēs quoque tū

Neuter Antecedent for Relative Clause

The kiss my lover brings,

Basium quod fert amans mea

She brings to me,

Ea fert mihi

Indirect Statement Introduced by Verb of Knowing

I know this love of mine

Sciō hunc amorem meum

Will never die

numquam morī

In Saecula Saeculorum, the 4th Novel in the Valquist Series

In this fourth novel of the Valquist Series, Andrew Valquist is retired (?) from the National Security Agency and teaching Latin at a Classical Academy in the Washington DC area. But in the world of espionage, looks can be deceiving. He's not necessarily happy with the role he has played in all this, but the school was actually a joint NSA/MI-6 Project in which four young people have been unwittingly prepared for a mission to travel back in time to ancient Rome to retrieve information from a library that may save the modern world from certain destruction. They know they have to at least try to save humanity, but can they also save each other?

Next Stop: Spanish, the 3rd Novel in the Valquist Series

This third novel in the Valquist Series can be read as an espionage action-adventure in its own right, but also you can use it as a way to either brush up on your Spanish or learn functional Spanish for the first time! John Valquist needs to learn Spanish. But he's in luck, since his uncle Andrew is a language expert and a former (?) spy who is taking him on a vacation to Spain so he can study the language. In Next Stop: Spanish, you have the chance to see and study the words John studies, and then watch him add more and more Spanish into his dialogue as the story progresses. During this vacation, they get pulled into espionage intrigue (why do these things always happen to the Valquist family?). In the dramatic conclusion, John will need to put together everything he has learned to save his uncle!

Amor Vincit Omnia: the 2nd Novel in the Valquist Series

In this second novel of the Valquist Series, Keith Massey takes you into the halls of the National Security Agency, where he himself worked for four years after 9/11 and an Arabic linguist. You follow our hero Andrew Valquist, as he starts work as a new recruit at the NSA. Little does he know that on his first on the job, he's about to fly off on an unexpected overseas assignment. He'll be even more surprised when he learns that his background in ancient Latin will be crucial to the mission!