Dominus vobiscum

The Lord Be with You

Level 1

A greeting and its reply, learned as two whole phrases.

How It Works

Vobiscum sounds like wo-BEES-koom in classical Latin and vo-BEES-koom in Church Latin. The sc stays k because it comes before u.

You do not need to take the phrase apart yet. The words spiritu and tuo come in later levels.

The priest says Dominus vobiscum several times in the Mass, and the answer never changes.

The reply says tuo (your) in the singular, even though the priest spoke to everyone. The people are answering the priest, one person.

Dominus vobiscum.
The Lord be with you.
Said to a group. Vobiscum is vobis plus cum.
Et cum spiritu tuo.
And with your spirit.
The reply. Cum comes before its noun here, not after a pronoun.
Dominus tecum.
The Lord be with you.
Said to one person. Tecum is te plus cum.
Pax vobiscum.
Peace be with you.
The same pattern with pax in place of Dominus.

Putting cum before a small pronoun.
Dominus cum vobis.
Dominus vobiscum.
Latin attaches cum to the end of me, you and us, so the form is vobiscum.

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Dominus vobiscumLevel 1The Lord Be with You

This Mass greeting is said aloud in Church Latin, so the Church sounds come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

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