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# ought — English to Ukrainian

How English *ought* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ought (171). By style: everyday 122 · biblical 49.

## сказати

Used about 31 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31).

- You **ought** to tell Tom to do that.
  Ви маєте **сказати** Тому, щоб він це зробив.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6102339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6102339) [\#6281768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281768))

- You **ought** to have told me that before.
  Вам потрібно було це мені раніше **сказати**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#41795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41795) [\#7545111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7545111))

- You **ought** to have told me that before.
  Тобі потрібно було це мені раніше **сказати**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#41795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41795) [\#7545110](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7545110))

- You **ought** to have told me that before.
  Тобі потрібно було мені це раніше **сказати**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#41795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41795) [\#7545109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7545109))

- You **ought** to tell Tom not to do that.
  Ви маєте **сказати** Тому, щоб він цього не робив.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6099551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099551) [\#6281778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281778))

## слід

Used about 28 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28).

- Do you think I **ought** to go?
  Думаєш, мені **слід** піти?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6104290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6104290) [\#6279875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279875))

- Don't you think we **ought** to go in?
  Думаєш, нам **слід** увійти?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6099075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099075) [\#6283539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6283539))

- Don't you think we **ought** to go in?
  Ви думаєте, нам **слід** увійти?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6099075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099075) [\#6283540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6283540))

- I **ought** to go there, but I won't.
  Мені **слід** піти туди, та я не буду.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#241093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241093) [\#506043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506043))

- I think you **ought** to do that today.
  Гадаю, тобі **слід** це зробити сьогодні.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6085817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6085817) [\#6475162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6475162))

## треба

Used about 22 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 14).

- I really **ought** to go.
  Мені дійсно **треба** йти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2390877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2390877) [\#6799588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6799588))

- But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he **ought** to know.
  Коли ж хто думає, що він знає що, то нїколи ще нїчого не знав, як **треба** знати.
  ([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 8:2)

- I think you **ought** to go.
  Думаю, тобі **треба** йти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6105915](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6105915) [\#6279754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279754))

- They **ought** to have been here before you and to make accusation if they had anything against me.
  котрим би **треба** перед тебе прийти й винувати, коли б що мали проти мене.
  ([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 24:19)

- I think you **ought** to forgive us.
  Я думаю, тобі **треба** нас пробачити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5831982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5831982) [\#5832444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5832444))

## тому

Used about 16 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 1).

- I think you **ought** to give Tom a call.
  Я думаю, тобі треба зателефонувати **Тому**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3734332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3734332) [\#5716231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5716231))

- Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you **ought** to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
  Дальше ж благаємо вас, браттє, і напоминаємо в Господї Ісусї, яко ж прийняли від нас, як подобає вам ходити й угождати Богові, так щоб більш (у **тому**) достаткували.
  ([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 4:1)

- You **ought** to let Tom know that Mary will do that.
  Ти маєш повідомити **Тому**, що Мері це зробить.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6096919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6096919) [\#6281780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281780))

- You **ought** to let Tom know Mary is going to do that.
  Ти маєш повідомити **Тому**, що Мері це зробить.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7507003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7507003) [\#6281780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281780))

- You **ought** to let Tom know that Mary is going to do that.
  Ти маєш повідомити **Тому**, що Мері це зробить.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6096350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6096350) [\#6281780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281780))

## плануєте

Used about 15 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15).

- You **ought** to tell Tom that you're planning to do that.
  Ви маєте сказати Тому, що **плануєте** це зробити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6083859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6083859) [\#6281770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281770))

- You **ought** to tell Tom you aren't planning to swim.
  Вам слід сказати Тому, що ви не **плануєте** плавати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6772409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6772409) [\#7128447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128447))

- You **ought** to tell Tom you aren't planning on swimming.
  Вам слід сказати Тому, що ви не **плануєте** плавати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6772408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6772408) [\#7128447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128447))

- You **ought** to tell Tom that you aren't planning to swim.
  Вам слід сказати Тому, що ви не **плануєте** плавати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6772406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6772406) [\#7128447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128447))

- You **ought** to tell Tom that you aren't planning on swimming.
  Вам слід сказати Тому, що ви не **плануєте** плисти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6772407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6772407) [\#7128449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128449))

## маєте

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

- You **ought** to let Tom know that Mary will do that.
  Ви **маєте** повідомити Тому, що Мері це зробить.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6096919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6096919) [\#6281781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281781))

## More sentences

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

- I **ought** to go there, but I won't.
  Я не піду туди, хоч і мав би.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and older · checked, community translation · [\#241093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241093) [\#4936638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4936638))

- There **ought** to be a better bus service.
  Там має бути краще автобусне сполучення.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#35335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35335) [\#497894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497894))

- You **ought** to listen to your mother.
  Тобі варто було б прислухатись до своєї мати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#399178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/399178) [\#399182](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/399182))

## 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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