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# couldn — English to Ukrainian

How English *couldn* 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: couldn (483). By style: everyday 433 · biblical 50.

## міг

Used about 105 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 99 · biblical ≈ 6).

- I **couldn**'t stop crying.
  Я не **міг** припинити плакати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4211893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4211893) [\#6556816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6556816))

- Brothers, I **couldn**’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
  І я, браттє, не **міг** промовляти до вас, яко до духовних, а яко до тїлесних, яко до малолїтків у Христї.
  ([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 · 1CO 3:1)

- Tom **couldn**'t say a word.
  Том не **міг** вимовити ані слова.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#1026558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1026558) [\#3935927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3935927))

- Some of them said, “**Couldn**’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
  Деякі ж з них казали: Чи не **міг** Сей, що відкрив очі слїпому, зробити, щоб і він не вмер?
  ([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 11:37)

- Tom **couldn**'t find the light switch.
  Том не **міг** знайти вимикач.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5834935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5834935) [\#5834940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5834940))

## зміг

Used about 100 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 99 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Tom **couldn**'t get to sleep.
  Том не **зміг** заснути.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1026578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1026578) [\#7918935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7918935))

- He was trying to see who Jesus was, and **couldn**’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
  І бажав бачити Ісуса, хто Він, та не **зміг** за народом, бо малого був зросту.
  ([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 19:3)

- I **couldn**'t ask Tom for money.
  Я не **зміг** попросити гроші у Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2308198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2308198) [\#6053666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6053666))

- Tom **couldn**'t do that, could he?
  Том не **зміг** цього зробити, еге ж?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6265565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6265565) [\#6743275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6743275))

- Tom **couldn**'t control his emotions.
  Том не **зміг** стримати свої почуття.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1095140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1095140) [\#1598893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1598893))

## зробити

Used about 46 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 45 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Tom said he **couldn**'t do it.
  Том сказав, що не може цього **зробити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4015044](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4015044) [\#6595345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6595345))

- They **couldn**’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
  І не знайшли, що б **зробити** Йому; народ бо ввесь горнувсь до Него, слухаючи.
  ([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 19:48)

- Tom told me he **couldn**'t do that.
  Том сказав мені, що він не може цього **зробити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6076664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6076664) [\#6078148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6078148))

- Tom and Mary **couldn**'t help me.
  Том та Мері не змогли допомогти мені **зробити** це.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6123124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6123124) [\#6279018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279018))

- Tom explained to us why he **couldn**'t do that.
  Том пояснив нам, чому він не може цього **зробити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5911464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5911464) [\#5914109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5914109))

## сказати

Used about 36 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36).

- We just **couldn**'t say no.
  Ми просто не могли **сказати** ні.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Oleksandr\_Tahayev · checked, community translation · [\#5451987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5451987) [\#7715529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7715529))

- I wanted to tell Tom that I **couldn**'t do that.
  Я хотіла **сказати** Тому, що не можу цього зробити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6125248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6125248) [\#6278042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6278042))

- I didn't have the opportunity to say I **couldn**'t come.
  Я не мала можливості **сказати**, що не можу прийти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and User55521 · checked, community translation · [\#9029351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9029351) [\#7973179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7973179))

- I should've told Tom that I **couldn**'t understand French.
  Я мав би **сказати** Тому, що я не розумію франузької.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5936389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5936389) [\#6062639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6062639))

## того

Used about 20 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 2).

- I **couldn**'t resist doing that.
  Я не могла утриматися від **того**, щоб зробити це.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6110301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6110301) [\#6279616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279616))

- When I **couldn**’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
  Як же не бачив я від сяєва **того** сьвітла, то ведений за руку від тих, що були зо мною, увійшов я в Дамаск.
  ([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 22:11)

- Tom said he **couldn**'t resist doing that.
  Том сказав, що не може втриматися від **того**, щоб зробити це.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6123840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6123840) [\#6278515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6278515))

- For this cause I also, when I **couldn**’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
  **Того** ж то й я, більш не стерпівши, послав довідатись про віру вашу, щоб не спокусив вас спокусник, і не марний буде труд наш.
  ([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 · 1TH 3:5)

## змогли

Used about 10 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10).

- They **couldn**’t answer him regarding these things.
  І не **змогли** вони відказати Йому знов проти сього.
  ([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 14:6)

- For this cause they **couldn**’t believe, for Isaiah said again:
  Тим не **змогли** вірувати, що знов глаголе Ісаїя:
  ([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 12:39)

- All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they **couldn**’t drink the river water.
  І копали всї Египтяне понад рікою копанки на воду; бо не **змогли** пити води з ріки.
  ([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 · EXO 7:24)

- When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why **couldn**’t we cast it out?”
  І, як увіходив у господу, ученики Його питали Його окроме: Чому ми не **змогли** вигнати 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 · MAR 9:28)

- When they came to Marah, they **couldn**’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
  І прийшли в Меру, та не **змогли** пити води Мерської, бо гірка вона, тим і прозвали те врочище Мера.
  ([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 · EXO 15:23)

## але

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1).

- We tried it again, but **couldn**'t do it.
  Ми спробували ще раз, **але** в нас не вийшло.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#31495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31495) [\#520299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/520299))

- Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and **couldn**’t make known to the king the interpretation.
  І ввійшли всї цареві мудрецї, **але** не могли прочитати написаного та й виложити цареві значіннє 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 · DAN 5:8)

## може

Used about 9 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9).

- Tom said that he **couldn**'t believe it.
  Том сказав, що не **може** в це повірити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1093052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1093052) [\#6792257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6792257))

## More sentences

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

- I **couldn**'t get a definite answer from Tom.
  Я не змогла отримати від Тома однозначної відповіді.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6013310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6013310) [\#6022800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6022800))

- I **couldn**'t answer all the questions.
  Я не змогла відповісти на всі запитання.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#254025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254025) [\#8775816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8775816))

- I **couldn**'t sleep.
  Я не могла спати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#322736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322736) [\#6138098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6138098))

## 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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