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# could — English to Ukrainian

How English *could* 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: could (1 601). By style: everyday 1 480 · biblical 121.

## міг

Used about 565 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 555 · biblical ≈ 10).

- I **could** change that.
  Я **міг** це змінити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5958468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5958468) [\#5966072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5966072))

- If this man were not from God, he **could** do nothing.”
  Коли б Сей не був від Бога, не **міг** би робити нїчого.
  ([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 9:33)

- Who **could** do that?
  Хто **міг** це зробити?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5103526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5103526) [\#6282751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6282751))

- He lived in the tombs. Nobody **could** bind him any more, not even with chains,
  що домував між гробами, і навіть залїзами нїхто не **міг** його звязати:
  ([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 5:3)

- Tom **could** see Mary.
  Том **міг** бачити Мері.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3730069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730069) [\#5801269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5801269))

## би

Used about 283 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 278 · biblical ≈ 5).

- I **could**'ve changed.
  Я могла **би** змінитися.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5859867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5859867) [\#5863205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5863205))

- but I **could** wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
  хотїв **би** я бути у вас сьогоднї і змінити голос мій: бо я в непевности про вас.
  ([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 · GAL 4:20)

- You **could**'ve knocked.
  Могли **би** й постукати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2646684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2646684) [\#8904997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8904997))

- What **could** have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
  Що ще мав **би** я був учинити виноградникові мойму, чого я не вчинив? Чого воно так сталось, що він зродив дикі ягоди, коли я сподївався, що зародить грони добрі?
  ([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 · ISA 5:4)

- You **could** have said no.
  Ви могли **би** сказати ні.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6870405](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6870405) [\#6931531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6931531))

## могли

Used about 136 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 123 · biblical ≈ 13). Forms: могла, могли.

- She **could** not find her way back.
  Вона не **могла** знайти зворотній шлях.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#313124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313124) [\#875216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/875216))

- His mother and brothers came to him, and they **could** not come near him for the crowd.
  Прийшла ж тодї до Него мати й брати Його, та й не **могли** зійтись із Ним за народом.
  ([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 · LUK 8:19)

- **Could** you call me back later?
  Ви не **могли** б зателефонувати мені пізніше?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aliene and Wordowl · checked, community translation · [\#432829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/432829) [\#497034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497034))

- and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you **could** not be justified by the law of Moses.
  і від чого не **могли** ви у законї Мойсейовім оправдити ся, у Тому всякий віруючий оправдуєть 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 13:39)

- **Could** you tell me your present address?
  Чи не **могли** б ви сказати мені, яка у вас тепер адреса?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#70721](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70721) [\#413705](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413705))

## говорити

Used about 95 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 93 · biblical ≈ 3).

- I **could** make her talk.
  Я можу примусити її **говорити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2308146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2308146) [\#7495191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7495191))

- and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and **could** not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
  А через те їх дїти говорять пополовинї по азотсьски, або мовою инчих народів, і не вміють **говорити** по юдейськи.
  ([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 · NEH 13:24)

- Did you know that Tom **could** speak French?
  Ви знали, що Том вміє **говорити** французькою?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2951621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2951621) [\#5906807](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5906807))

- I told Tom that he should stop telling everybody that he **could** speak French.
  Я сказала Тому, що йому слід припинити розповідати всім, що він вміє **говорити** французькою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6524502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6524502) [\#6690064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6690064))

## б

Used about 64 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 62 · biblical ≈ 3).

- What do you think it **could** be?
  Як ти вважаєш, що **б** це могло бути?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3096907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3096907) [\#5713017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713017))

- But certain worthless fellows said, “How **could** this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.
  Деякі негідники мовляли: Чи сьому то спасати нас? і нехтували ним, і не принесли йому нїякого гостинця. Але він наче **б** не замічав того.
  ([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 · 1SA 10:27)

- Maybe we **could** collaborate.
  Можливо, ми змогли **б** співпрацювати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3096862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3096862) [\#5150905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5150905))

## сказати

Used about 33 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · biblical ≈ 3).

- I've galloped for three days only to tell you that I **could** not care less for you.
  Три дні я гналася за вами, аби **сказати**, як мені до вас байдуже.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hectorvk and hectorvk · checked, community translation · [\#1615018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1615018) [\#1615141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1615141))

- Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they **could** say nothing against it.
  і, бачивши чоловіка з ними стоячого сцїленого, не мали нїчого **сказати** проти.
  ([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 4:14)

## зробити

Used about 31 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31).

- I wish that I **could** do this better.
  Шкода, що я не можу це **зробити** краще.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6086304](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6086304) [\#6087164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6087164))

## змогли

Used about 13 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 13).

- So I brought him to your disciples, and they **could** not cure him.”
  І привів я його до учеників Твоїх, та й не **змогли** вони сцїлити його.
  ([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 · MAT 17:16)

- he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they **could** not drink.
  Він перемінив у кров ріки їх, так що не **змогли** пити води текучої.
  ([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 78:44)

- They stoop and they bow down together. They **could** not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
  Поспадали, попадали разом, не **змогли** охоронити тих, що їх несли, та й самі пійшли в нїщо.
  ([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 · ISA 46:2)

- When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they **could** not prove,
  Як же прийшов він, обступили (його) Жиди, що прийшли з Єрусалиму, приносячи на Павла многі і тяжкі вини, котрих не **змогли** довести.
  ([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 25:7)

- Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz, but **could** not overcome him.
  Тодї двинув Резин, царь Сирийський, і Факей Ремалїєнко, царь Ізраїлський, проти Ерусалиму, щоб його звоювати, й облягли вони Ахаза, та не **змогли** його перемогти.
  ([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 · 2KI 16:5)

## More sentences

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

- I wish we **could** go back to Boston.
  Шкода, що ми не можемо повернутися до Бостона.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6003831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6003831) [\#6020748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6020748))

- I wonder whether or not Tom **could** help us solve this problem.
  Цікаво, чи зможе Том нам допомогти вирішити цю проблему.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6524398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6524398) [\#6623865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6623865))

- I didn't know that you **could** speak French.
  Я не знала, що ти говориш французькою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6342817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6342817) [\#6550246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6550246))

## 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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