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# difficult — English to Ukrainian

How English *difficult* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: difficult (458). By style: everyday 453 · biblical 5.

## важко

Used about 200 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 198 · biblical ≈ 2). Forms: важке, важко.

- It's going to be **difficult** to do.
  Це буде **важко** зробити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6689500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6689500) [\#6689505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6689505))

- “Your father made our yoke **difficult**. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
  Батько твій наложив на нас **важке** ярмо; полегчи нам тяжку службу й важенне ярмо, що батько твій наложив, так будемо служити тобі.
  ([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 · 1KI 12:4)

- You're **difficult** to talk to.
  Із вами **важко** розмовляти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6118435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6118435) [\#7985415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7985415))

- He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are **difficult** to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
  Він же рече: І вам, законникам, горе! що накладуєте людям тягарі, котрі **важко** носити, а самі одним пальцем вашим не приторкнетесь до тягарів.
  ([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 11:46)

- It is **difficult** to talk to him.
  До нього **важко** говорити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#1152163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152163) [\#491326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/491326))

## складно

Used about 170 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 170). Forms: складна, складне, складно.

- Why are you being so **difficult**?
  Чому ти така **складна**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2892894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2892894) [\#7429725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7429725))

- It's going to be **difficult** to do.
  Це буде **складно** зробити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6689500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6689500) [\#6689506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6689506))

- It's very **difficult** to understand you.
  Вас дуже **складно** зрозуміти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jgauthier and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2230247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2230247) [\#7085336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7085336))

- It was too **difficult** for me.
  Це було занадто **складно** для мене.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#42106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42106) [\#4403770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4403770))

- Tom said that it'll be **difficult**.
  Том сказав, що це буде **складно**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7179187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7179187) [\#7495186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7495186))

## питання

Used about 19 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19).

- That's a pretty **difficult** question.
  Це досить складне **питання**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6698790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6698790) [\#8169054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8169054))

- "Did Tom solve the geometry problem?" "He said he didn't manage to. The question was too **difficult** for him, as well."
  "Том вирішив задачу з геометрії?" "Він сказав, що не зміг. **Питання** теж виявилось заважким для нього."
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and oromashka · checked, community translation · [\#6147826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6147826) [\#6149704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6149704))

## More sentences

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

- Nothing that we asked Tom to do will be **difficult** for him to do.
  Ніщо з того, що ми попросили Тома зробити, не буде для нього складним для виконання.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9502825](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9502825) [\#9502851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9502851))

- Doing that was a lot more **difficult** than I thought it would be.
  Зробити це було набагато важче, ніж здавалося.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6226346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6226346) [\#6768503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6768503))

- He is such a **difficult** boy.
  Він — така важка дитина.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#292083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292083) [\#2627397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2627397))

## 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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