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# earlier — English to Ukrainian

How English *earlier* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: earlier (98). By style: everyday 97 · biblical 1.

## раніше

Used about 95 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 95).

- We should have set off **earlier**.
  Варто було піти **раніше**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#30411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/30411) [\#9518946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9518946))

- We should have come **earlier**.
  Ми мали би прийти **раніше**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and rozmaita · checked, community translation · [\#8763377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8763377) [\#494689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494689))

- Should we get up **earlier**?
  Нам потрібно встати **раніше**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#262875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/262875) [\#8093305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8093305))

- Why didn't you come **earlier**?
  Чому ви не прийшли **раніше**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shishir and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1244700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1244700) [\#7703073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7703073))

- Why didn't you come **earlier**?
  Чому ти не прийшов **раніше**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shishir and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1244700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1244700) [\#7703071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7703071))

## More sentences

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

- For some reason the microphone didn't work **earlier**.
  Мікрофон з якоїсь причини до цього не працював.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#328546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328546) [\#5035131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5035131))

- (In **earlier** times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come! Let’s go to the seer;” for he who is now called a prophet was before called a seer.)
  Колись казано так в Ізраїлї, як йшли питати в Бога: Ходїмо до ворожбита: Бо тих, що тепер звуться пророками, звано в давнину віщунами.
  ([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 9:9)

## 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/).

## About these examples

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