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# tongue — English to Ukrainian

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: tongue (180), tongues (8). By style: everyday 82 · biblical 106.

## язик

Used about 125 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · biblical ≈ 87). Forms: язик, язика, язики, язиком.

- He has a sharp **tongue**.
  Він гострий на **язик**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#71995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/71995) [\#8060704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8060704))

- I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my **tongue**.
  До него взивав я устами моїми, і величав **язиком** моїм.
  ([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 66:17)

- She has a sharp **tongue**.
  Вона гостра на **язик**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#316029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/316029) [\#8066777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8066777))

- “You give your mouth to evil. Your **tongue** frames deceit.
  Губам твоїм дав ти волю до злого, а **язиком** твоїм ковав зраду.
  ([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 50:19)

- Show me your **tongue**.
  Покажи мені свій **язик**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6049413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6049413) [\#6070444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6070444))

## рідна

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

- What is your mother **tongue**?
  Яка у вас **рідна** мова?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#70402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70402) [\#6327814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6327814))

- My mother **tongue** is Japanese.
  Моя **рідна** мова - японська.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and iceman · checked, community translation · [\#251866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/251866) [\#740690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740690))

- My mother **tongue** is Spanish.
  Моя **рідна** мова - іспанська.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#513160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513160) [\#513191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513191))

- Hungarian is my mother **tongue**.
  Угорська - моя **рідна** мова.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5503970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5503970) [\#5728322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5728322))

- Japanese is my mother **tongue**.
  Японська — моя **рідна** мова.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#931369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/931369) [\#6587176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6587176))

## серце

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

- Therefore my heart is glad, and my **tongue** rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
  Тому радується **серце** моє, і веселиться душа моя, й тїло моє спочине у певнотї.
  ([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 16:9)

## уста

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

- Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our **tongue** with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
  Тодї були **уста** наші повні втїхи, а з губ наших піснї лунали. Тодї між народами казали: Велике дїло сотворив Господь над ними!
  ([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 126:2)

## мова

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

- The official **tongue** of Grenada is English.
  Офіційна **мова** Гренади — англійська.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by XenoKat and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4456533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4456533) [\#6669040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6669040))

## французька

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

- French is her mother **tongue**.
  **Французька** є її рідною мовою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and iceman · checked, community translation · [\#34153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/34153) [\#735636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/735636))

## More sentences

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

- I hate my native **tongue**.
  Я ненавиджу свою рідну мову.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5790400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5790400) [\#5791577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5791577))

- My mother knows lots of riddles and **tongue**-twisters.
  Моя мати знає багато загадок і скоромовок.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by artemlyubchenko and Walentinio · checked, community translation · [\#13336484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13336484) [\#10163860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10163860))

- His name is on the tip of my **tongue**.
  Його ім'я крутиться у мене на язиці.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#287624](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287624) [\#501624](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/501624))

## 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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