A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 21, 2016

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September 21, 2016

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: I engage in a sincere dialogue with someone only when I recognize that one to be a gift of God and about to say something precious to me.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Sermonem	Dialogue	acc. sing. masc. noun	sermō, sermōnis; obj. of confero
confero	I engage in	1st pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb	cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus
cum	with		Prep. + Abl.
aliquo	someone	abl. sing. masc. pronoun	aliquis, aliquid
sincerum	sincere	acc. sing. masc. adj.	sincerus, sincera, sincerum; modifies sermonem
tunc	then (when)		adv.
tantum	only		adv.
agnosco	I recognize	1st pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb	āgnōscō, āgnōscere, āgnōvī, āgnitus
illum	that (one)	acc. sing. masc. dem. adj.	ille, illa, illud
esse	to be	pres. infin.	sum, esse, fui; infinitive in indirect statement construction introduced by agnosco.
donum	a gift	acc. sing. neut. noun	donum, doni
Dei	of God	gen. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei
mihi	to me	dat. sing. pronoun	ego, mei
-que	and		Enclitic conj.
aliquid	something	acc. sing. pronoun	aliquis, aliquid
pretiosum	precious	acc. sing. neut. adj.	pretiosus, pretiosa, pretiosum; modifies aliquid
dicturum	about to say	acc. sing. masc. fut. part.	dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus

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Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 21, 2016

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