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# shouldn — English to Ukrainian

How English *shouldn* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: shouldn (284). By style: everyday 262 · biblical 22.

## слід

Used about 153 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 153).

- You **shouldn**'t go.
  Тобі не **слід** іти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#405481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/405481) [\#6908484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6908484))

- You **shouldn**'t go.
  Вам не **слід** їхати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#405481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/405481) [\#6908488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6908488))

- I **shouldn**'t be here.
  Мені не **слід** бути тут.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#1887667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887667) [\#3873991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3873991))

- You **shouldn**'t eat here.
  Не **слід** тобі тут їсти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#70119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70119) [\#6886408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6886408))

- You **shouldn**'t wait here.
  Тобі не **слід** тут чекати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#405520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/405520) [\#6786663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6786663))

## варто

Used about 22 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22).

- You **shouldn**'t be alone.
  Тобі не **варто** бути одним.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#2208437](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2208437) [\#9572037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9572037))

- You **shouldn**'t have signed a confession.
  Тобі не **варто** було підписувати зізнання.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3825596](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3825596) [\#5772522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5772522))

- I **shouldn**'t have gone to Tom's house.
  Мені не **варто** було ходити до будинку Тома.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3733512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3733512) [\#5913357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5913357))

- Tom **shouldn**'t tell Mary what he did.
  Тому не **варто** було розповідати Мері про те, що він зробив.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and oromashka · checked, community translation · [\#6871304](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6871304) [\#6872745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6872745))

## було

Used about 20 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 4).

- She **shouldn**'t go by herself.
  Не треба **було** їй іти одній.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and fagott · checked, community translation · [\#310103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/310103) [\#3007183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3007183))

- **Shouldn**’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
  чи не слїд **було** й тобі помилувати товариша твого, як і я тебе помилував?
  ([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 18:33)

- This **shouldn**'t have happened.
  Цього не повинно **було** трапитися.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3129915](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3129915) [\#5900447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5900447))

- **Shouldn**’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”
  А менї б то та не жаль **було** Ниневії, великого городу, що в йому більш ста й двайцятьох тисяч чоловіка живе, що не вміють розпізнати правицї од лївицї, та й так багато скотини?
  ([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 · JON 4:11)

- I **shouldn**'t have sold my car.
  Мені не треба **було** продавати машину.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#953605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953605) [\#7085153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7085153))

## робити

Used about 11 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11).

- Tom **shouldn**'t have done that.
  Тому не треба було цього **робити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1867907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1867907) [\#7329048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7329048))

- Tom informed Mary that she **shouldn**'t do that.
  Том проінформував Мері, що вона не має цього **робити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6120671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6120671) [\#6279133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279133))

## треба

Used about 11 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11).

- You **shouldn**'t mess with Tom.
  Не **треба** зв'язуватися з Томом.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3405352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3405352) [\#5920026](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920026))

- You **shouldn**'t spend more money than you earn.
  Не **треба** витрачати більше грошей, ніж заробляєш.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3768085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3768085) [\#7106822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7106822))

## бути

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Tom **shouldn**'t have quit his job.
  Том не повинен **бути** звільнятися зі своєї роботи.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6530180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6530180) [\#6674553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6674553))

- “**Shouldn**’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
  Чи вже ж на безлїч слів не треба давати одвіту? Чи вже ж говорун мусить **бути** праведний?
  ([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 11:2)

- I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why **shouldn**’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
  І сказав цареві: Нехай живе царь по вік! Як же не має **бути** смутним лице моє, коли город, місце гробовищ батьків моїх, стоїть опустошене, й ворота його попалені огнем!
  ([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 · NEH 2:3)

## тобі

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Again, whom should I serve? **Shouldn**’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”
  Се одно; а друге: кому ж я маю служити? Чи ж не синові його? Як служив я твойму панотцеві, так служити му й **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 · 2SA 16:19)

- Who **shouldn**’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
  Хто не збоїться тебе, царю народів? Одному **тобі** належиться честь, бо між усїма премудрими в народах і в усїх царствах їх нема рівнї 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 · JER 10:7)

## More sentences

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

- Tom **shouldn**'t have told Mary what John did.
  Том не повинен був говорити Мері про те, що зробив Джон.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1867905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1867905) [\#5794699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5794699))

- A father **shouldn**'t shirk his responsibilities to his children.
  Батько не повинен уникати відповідальності перед власними дітьми.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#696949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/696949) [\#3275041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3275041))

- If I'm angry, **shouldn**'t I let everyone know?
  Якщо я зла, чи не повинна я повідомити про це всім?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9799242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9799242) [\#11061438](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11061438))

## 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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