Expert: Maria - 9/5/2011

Question
Hi Maria,

I noticed that you've answered a similar question...

Please translate as is "It's the journey, not the destination"

Thanks a million :)

Shelbeigh

Answer
Hello,

Here’s the Latin translation of “It's the journey, not the destination”:

-“Iter est, non meta”
Or:
-“Est iter, non meta” [with a different word order that in Latin can be variable for Latin is an inflected language where syntactical relationships are indicated by the endings, not by the order of the words].

See below for grammatical analysis.

Have a nice day,
Maria
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-It's = EST (from SUM, I am)

-the journey = ITER (nominative case, neuter noun, 3rd.declension)

-not = NON

-the destination = META (nominative case, feminine noun, 1st.declension)