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# been — English to Ukrainian

How English *been* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 8 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: been (2 457). By style: everyday 1 954 · biblical 503.

## був

Used about 389 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 326 · biblical ≈ 63).

- I haven't **been** there yet.
  Я там ще не **був**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3818318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3818318) [\#6056277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6056277))

- Therefore even the first covenant has not **been** dedicated without blood.
  Тим же й первий не **був** осьвячений без крови.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 9:18)

- Have you **been** to London?
  Ти **був** у Лондоні?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#69703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/69703) [\#6961713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6961713))

- A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not **been** the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
  Посходня пісня Давидова. Як би не Господь, що **був** з нами — скажи бо Ізраїлю! —
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 124:1)

- I've always **been** smart.
  Я завжди **був** розумний.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2358931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2358931) [\#6308337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6308337))

## колись

Used about 214 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 204 · biblical ≈ 10).

- Have you ever **been** to Africa?
  Ви **колись** були в Африці?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#67754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67754) [\#6796111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6796111))

- They brought him who had **been** blind to the Pharisees.
  Приводять його до Фарисеїв, **колись** слїпого.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 9:13)

- Have you ever **been** to Boston?
  Ти **колись** бував у Бостоні?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2448104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2448104) [\#6814274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6814274))

- Have you ever **been** abroad?
  Ти **колись** бувала за кордоном?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#444754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/444754) [\#6578015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6578015))

- Have you ever **been** to America?
  Ви **колись** бували в Америці?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#16800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16800) [\#6671452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6671452))

## вже

Used about 184 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 163 · biblical ≈ 21).

- I've **been** living here for a long time.
  Я **вже** давно тут живу.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3234246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3234246) [\#6565259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6565259))

- So when Jesus came, he found that he had **been** in the tomb four days already.
  Прийшовши тодї Ісус, застав його, що він чотирі днї **вже** у гробі.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 11:17)

- I've **been** in this situation before.
  Я **вже** бував у подібній ситуації.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2359169](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2359169) [\#7108716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7108716))

- I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has **been** done long ago.
  І завзявсь я міркувати, що воно премудрість і що таке воно дурнота та безʼум; (Що вдїє той, що по царі постане? **Вже** з давен воно зроблено.)
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 2:12)

- How many years have you **been** playing golf?
  Скільки років ви **вже** граєте в гольф?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7959150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7959150) [\#7959169](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7959169))

## тома

Used about 163 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 163).

- We've **been** waiting for Tom.
  Ми чекаємо на **Тома**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3921377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3921377) [\#8760763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8760763))

- Tom's body hasn't **been** found.
  Тіло **Тома** не знайшли.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5736301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5736301) [\#7895202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7895202))

- Tom's car has **been** stolen.
  У **Тома** викрали автомобіль.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by billt\_estates and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4761130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4761130) [\#5927678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5927678))

- I've **been** told Tom will be fired.
  Мені сказали, що **Тома** звільнять.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6437522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6437522) [\#7216305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7216305))

## ся

Used about 105 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 105).

- All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has **been** made.
  Все Ним стало **ся**; і без Него не стало ся нїщо, що стало ся.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 1:3)

- But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment **been** wasted?
  Були ж деякі, що сердились у собі, кажучи: На що **ся** втрата мира?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:4)

- if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has **been** healed,
  коли в нас оце допитують **ся** про добре дїло (зроблене) недужому чоловікові, чим сей спас ся,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 4:9)

- Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has **been** born of God and knows God.
  Любі, любім один одного; бо любов від Бога, і кожен, хто любить, від Бога родив **ся**, і знає Бога;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 4:7)

- For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has **been** tamed by mankind;
  Всяка бо природа, зьвірей і птиць, гадів і морських (зьвірів) вгамовуєть **ся** і вгамовано природою чоловічою;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JAM 3:7)

## із

Used about 92 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 81 · biblical ≈ 10).

- Tom and Mary say they've **been** told to stay.
  Том **із** Мері кажуть, що їм сказали залишитися.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CT and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7471788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7471788) [\#7871321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7871321))

- These men are shepherds, for they have **been** keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
  Вони ж чабани собі; їх ремество було випасувати скотину, і поприганялись **із** вівцями й товариною і з усїм статком своїм.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 46:32)

- I know everything about Tom. We've **been** together since primary school.
  Я знаю про Тома все. Ми разом **із** молодших класів.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#10619105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10619105) [\#10619579](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10619579))

## були

Used about 81 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 81).

- I think we've **been** polite.
  Думаю, ми **були** ввічливі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6090812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090812) [\#6281137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281137))

- You've never **been** to Boston before, have you?
  Ви ніколи раніше не **були** в Бостоні, так?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6891812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6891812) [\#7242594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7242594))

## б

Used about 72 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 31).

- If you had **been** a little more patient, you could have succeeded.
  Якби ти мав трохи більше терпіння, у тебе **б** вийшло.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#31277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31277) [\#1593042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1593042))

- They ought to have **been** here before you and to make accusation if they had anything against me.
  котрим би треба перед тебе прийти й винувати, коли **б** що мали проти мене.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 24:19)

- If indeed they had **been** thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
  І справдї, коли **б** ту памятали, з якої вийшли, мали б вони нагоду вернутись.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:15)

- As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have **been** made like Gomorrah.”
  І яко ж прорік Ісаїя: Коли **б** Господь Саваот не зоставив нам насїння, були б ми, як Содома, й уподобились би Гоморі.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 9:29)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom has **been** looking for another lawyer.
  Том шукає іншого адвоката.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1868283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1868283) [\#7490491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7490491))

- I've **been** living here for three years.
  Я жив тут три роки.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and leyla · checked, community translation · [\#2359175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2359175) [\#584949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/584949))

- That language has **been** spoken here for hundreds of years.
  На цій мові тут говорять протягом сотень років.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6098985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6098985) [\#6149029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6149029))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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