latin translation please?

Question

"Where there is love, there is life"

Answer 1

You can indeed leave out the verbs, but you'd better keep both adverbs (ubi and ibi), it makes the phrase more powerful.

Also consider: "Ubi amor abest, nihil adest" (or more simply put, "ubi amor non est, nihil est") = "Where there is no love, there is nothing", in the original Romanian: "Unde dragoste nu e, nimic nu e". It comes from the ending of a famous novel by Romanian writer Marin Preda, "Cel mai iubit dintre pamanteni" ("The most beloved of all mortal men"/the most loved man on Earth) and it was also used as the title for a very popular song performed by Gheorghe Ghiorghiu.

"abest" and "adest" are compounds of the verb "esse" (be). The different prefixes give them their opposite meanings: abesse = to be absent, whereas adesse = to be present.

Note that in the case of "Ubi amor abest, nihil adest", the verbs cannot be deleted, as it's precisely them that give the meaning of the sentence.

Answer 2

It is "Ubi amor, ibi vita." A similar phrase is Ubi mel ibi apes "Where there is honey, there are bees." Please see web link below:

http://www.angelfire.com/empire/martiana/gens/LatinPhrasesU.html

'Est' is the Latin word for "is" and "there is" but it is often left out in Latin mottos. Latin mottos are very short. Usually only three to five words long.

Answer 3

ubi amor est, vita est

Answer 4

sanctus dominus