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# shorter — English to Ukrainian

How English *shorter* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: shorter (78). By style: everyday 77 · biblical 1.

## нижчий

Used about 66 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 66). Forms: нижча, нижчий, нижчі, ніж.

- I'm **shorter** than you.
  Я **нижча**, ніж ти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2713643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2713643) [\#6711379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6711379))

- I'm **shorter** than you.
  Я **нижчий**, ніж ви.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2713643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2713643) [\#6711382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6711382))

- I am **shorter** than you.
  Я **нижча** від вас.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#252891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252891) [\#6711374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6711374))

- I'm **shorter** than you.
  Я **нижчий**, ніж ти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2713643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2713643) [\#6711377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6711377))

- I am **shorter** than you.
  Я **нижчий**, ніж ти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#252891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252891) [\#6711377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6711377))

## коротшим

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10). Forms: коротший, коротшим.

- I know a **shorter** route.
  Я знаю **коротший** шлях.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2375836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2375836) [\#10834105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10834105))

- I know a **shorter** route.
  Я знаю **коротший** маршрут.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2375836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2375836) [\#10834106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10834106))

- It was **shorter** than he expected.
  Він був **коротшим**, ніж він очікував.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and brambury · checked, community translation · [\#1627223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1627223) [\#14044375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044375))

- It was **shorter** than he expected.
  Воно було **коротшим**, ніж він очікував.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and brambury · checked, community translation · [\#1627223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1627223) [\#14044379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044379))

- Make this sentence a little **shorter**.
  Зробіть це речення трохи **коротшим**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#57233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57233) [\#7128443](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128443))

## More sentences

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

- I should have chosen a **shorter** username.
  Мені слід було вибрати коротше ім'я користувача.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6868903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6868903) [\#7144432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7144432))

- Now the upper rooms were **shorter**; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.
  Верхні сьвітлицї вузші, тим що ганки забрали у їх дещо проти нижніх і середніх сьвітлиць сієї будівлї.
  ([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 · EZE 42:5)

## 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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