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# dear — English to Ukrainian

How English *dear* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [dear in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dear/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: dear (33), dears (1). By style: everyday 29 · biblical 5.

## любий

Used about 13 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: любий, любі.

- Not now, my **dear**!
  Мій **любий**, не зараз!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by artemlyubchenko and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#13338681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13338681) [\#9750090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9750090))

- Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very **dear** to us.
  оттак, бажаючи вас, мали ми щиру волю, передати вам не тілько благовістє Боже, та ще й свої душі, тим що ви були нам **любі**.
  ([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 2:8)

- What's the matter, **dear**?
  У чому справа, **любий**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5851944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5851944) [\#8076930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8076930))

- **Dear** brothers and sisters!
  **Любі** брати та сестри!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Balamax and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2309358](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2309358) [\#6051855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6051855))

- Elementary, my **dear** Watson.
  Елемантарно, мій **любий** Ватсоне.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3070616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3070616) [\#6590753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6590753))

## люба

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

- What's the matter, **dear**?
  У чому справа, **люба**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5851944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5851944) [\#8076931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8076931))

- Anything you want, my **dear**.
  Все, що ти хочеш, **люба**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3329482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3329482) [\#5773315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5773315))

- I love you, **dear** sister.
  Я кохаю вас, **люба** сестро.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Mussie and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2277612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2277612) [\#7078775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7078775))

- I love you, **dear** sister.
  Я кохаю тебе, **люба** сестро.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Mussie and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2277612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2277612) [\#7078774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7078774))

- Please serve the guests some coffee, **dear**.
  **Люба**, запропонуй гостям каву.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by garborg and anyonefun · checked, community translation · [\#4770642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4770642) [\#467669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/467669))

## дорога

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3). Forms: дорога, дорогий, дорого.

- Isn't that too **dear**?
  Чи це не занадто **дорого**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#10573271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10573271) [\#11074626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11074626))

- A certain centurion’s servant, who was **dear** to him, was sick and at the point of death.
  В одного ж сотника слуга недугуючи мав умирати, котрий був йому **дорогий**.
  ([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 7:2)

- Isn't that too **dear**?
  Хіба це не занадто **дорого**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#10573271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10573271) [\#11074625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11074625))

- But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life **dear** to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
  Та нї про що я не дбаю, й не **дорога** менї душа моя, аби з радістю скінчити путь мій і ту службу, що прийняв я од Господа Ісуса, щоб сьвідкувати євангелию благодати Божої.
  ([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 20:24)

- Strawberries are **dear** in winter.
  Полуниця **дорога** взимку.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12166566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12166566) [\#7666545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7666545))

## елементарно

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- Elementary, my **dear** Watson.
  Це **елементарно**, Ватсоне.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3070616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3070616) [\#6293372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6293372))

## More sentences

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

- I'm so glad to see you, **dear**.
  Я рада тебе бачити, кохана.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dkl9 and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#13931439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13931439) [\#13936123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13936123))

- **Dear** Japanese people, please don't torture us with Japanese! Please, add translations in Esperanto to anime and manga.
  Дорогі японці, не мучте нас японською! Будь ласка, додавайте до аніме та манґи есперанто-переклад.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by artemlyubchenko and Lumo · checked, community translation · [\#13336572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13336572) [\#2424076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2424076))

- **Dear** passengers! The Minsk City Council and the Executive Committee of the City of Minsk cordially send their greetings on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ and the new year and wish you happiness, health and well-being.
  Шановні пасажири! Мінська міська рада депутатів та Мінський міський виконавчий комутет сердечно вітають Вас з Різдвом Христовим та Новим роком, бажають щастя, здоров’я та добробуту.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Internecivus · checked, community translation · [\#2109636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2109636) [\#2109666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2109666))

## 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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