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# prison — English to Ukrainian

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: prison (181), prisons (5). By style: everyday 119 · biblical 67.

## язниці

Used about 92 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 92).

- Is Tom in **prison**?
  Том у в'**язниці**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12148491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12148491) [\#12148492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12148492))

- I was in **prison**.
  Я був у в'**язниці**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumi\_alt and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12869885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12869885) [\#5899506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5899506))

- I'm back in **prison**.
  Я знову у в'**язниці**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5975606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5975606) [\#5975968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5975968))

- Is Tom in **prison**?
  Том сидить у в'**язниці**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12148491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12148491) [\#12148493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12148493))

- Tom is now in **prison**.
  Том зараз у в'**язниці**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1164509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1164509) [\#6293280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6293280))

## темницї

Used about 53 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 53). Forms: темницю, темницї.

- for John was not yet thrown into **prison**.
  Ще бо не вкинуто в **темницю** Йоана.
  ([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 3:24)

- and he sent and beheaded John in the **prison**.
  І, пославши, стяв Йоана в **темницї**.
  ([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 · MAT 14:10)

- added this also to them all, that he shut up John in **prison**.
  додав ще й се до всього, й запер Йоана в **темницї**.
  ([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 3:20)

- in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in **prison**,
  в котрому і тим духам, що в **темницї**, прийшовши, проповідував,
  ([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 · 1PE 3:19)

- When did we see you sick or in **prison** and come to you?’
  Коли ж бачили тебе недужим, або в **темницї**, та й прийшли до тебе?
  ([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 · MAT 25:39)

## сидить

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5).

- Tom has been in **prison** since 2013.
  Том **сидить** з 2013 року.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6259161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6259161) [\#8771068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8771068))

- I wonder how long Tom has been in that **prison**.
  Цікаво, скільки вже Том там **сидить**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#9802078](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9802078) [\#9802071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9802071))

## More sentences

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

- This **prison** is a disgrace.
  Ця в'язниця — це ганьба.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and oromashka · checked, community translation · [\#6090636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090636) [\#6090709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090709))

- How did he end up in **prison**, son?
  Як він опинився в тюрмі, сину?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by artemlyubchenko and Lonely\_cup\_noodle · checked, community translation · [\#13336476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13336476) [\#8724154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8724154))

- There used to be a **prison** here.
  Раніше тут була в'язниця.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#61792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61792) [\#1653247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1653247))

## 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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