Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - January 24, 2018 #3

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 His Holiness Pope Francis speaks out against "Fake News" #3

January 24, 2018



Here's a literal translation of the Latin: We very much invite that the work of journalists may be of peace, done by people for people.

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

Latin
English
Parsing
Grammar Points
Magnopere
Very much
adv.
invitamus
we invite
1st pers. pl. pres. act. ind. verb
invito, invitare, invitavi, invitatus
ut
that
conj.
diurnariorum
of journalists
gen. pl. masc. noun
diurnārius, diurnāriī
opus
the work
nom. sing. neut. noun
opus, operis
sit
may be
3rd pers. sing. pres. subj. verb
sum, esse, fui
pacis
of peace
gen. sing. fem. noun
pax. pacis
a
by
Prep. + Abl.
personis
people
abl. pl. fem. noun
persona. personae
pro
for
Prep. + Abl.
personis
people
abl. pl. fem. noun
persona. personae
factum
done
nom. sing. neut. past part.
facio, facere, feci, factus
 

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