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# life — English to Ukrainian

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: life (1 064). By style: everyday 643 · biblical 421.

## життя

Used about 799 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 563 · biblical ≈ 237). Forms: життя, життям, життє.

- Get out of my **life**!
  Геть з мого **життя**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#280969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/280969) [\#379330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/379330))

- In him was **life**, and the **life** was the light of men.
  У Йому **життє** було: й життє було сьвітлом людям.
  ([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 1:4)

- That changed my **life**.
  Це змінило моє **життя**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8503791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8503791) [\#9021454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9021454))

- They die in youth. Their **life** perishes among the unclean.
  Тим і мруть вони в молодощах, а **життє** їх із блудниками.
  ([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 · JOB 36:14)

- Is there **life** in Europe?
  Чи є **життя** в Європі?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Seael and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7954127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7954127) [\#7955910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7955910))

## душу

Used about 35 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 35).

- Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious **life** from the power of the dog.
  Сохрани від меча **душу** мою вбогу, від лаб собачих;
  ([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 22:20)

- Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his **life** for his friends.
  Більшої сієї любови нїхто не має, як щоб хто **душу** свою положив за другів своїх.
  ([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 15:13)

- For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious **life**.
  Бо задля блудницї убожіють до кусня хлїба, а мужняя жена вловляє дорогу **душу**.
  ([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 · PRO 6:26)

- For whoever desires to save his **life** will lose it, but whoever will lose his **life** for my sake will save it.
  Хто бо хоче **душу** свою спасти, погубить її; хто ж погубить душу свою задля мене, той спасе її.
  ([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 9:24)

## жити

Used about 22 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 9).

- Don't tell me how to live my **life**.
  Не вчіть мене **жити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8059348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8059348) [\#8060762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8060762))

- for they will add to you length of days, years of **life**, and peace.
  Бо з ними **жити** меш на сьвітї довголїтен, і спокій принесуть вони 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 · PRO 3:2)

## More sentences

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

- Water is the essence of **life**.
  Вода - це суть живого.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Prophete and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#2617250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2617250) [\#9485522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9485522))

- He's retired. He had a hard **life**.
  Він пенсіонер. Йому нелегко жилося.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by artemlyubchenko and rozmaita · checked, community translation · [\#13338730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13338730) [\#494674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494674))

- I want to achieve something in **life**.
  Я хочу досягти чогось у житті.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5071550](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5071550) [\#6329564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6329564))

## 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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