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# pouvais — French to Ukrainian

How French *pouvais* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the Ukrainian translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pouvais (26). By style: everyday 23 · biblical 3.

## міг

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Je ne **pouvais** pas respirer.
  Я не **міг** дихати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1908344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1908344) [\#6857833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6857833))

- Or, puisque Dieu leur a accordé le même don qu’à nous qui avons cru au Seigneur Jésus-Christ, **pouvais**-je, moi, m’opposer à Dieu?
  Коли ж рівний дар дав їм Бог, як і нам, що увірували в Господа Ісуса Христа, то хто ж я такий, щоб **міг** заборонити Богові?
  ([Louis Segond 1910 and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · Louis Segond 1910; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 11:17)

- J'ai fait ce que je **pouvais**.
  Я зробив, що **міг**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#572749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/572749) [\#651782](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/651782))

- Il mesura encore mille coudées; c’était un torrent que je ne **pouvais** traverser, car l’eau était si profonde qu’il fallait y nager; c’était un torrent qu’on ne pouvait traverser.
  І ще відміряв тисячу, та тут була вже така течія, що я не **міг** бристи, бо вода була так високо, що треба було плисти, а перебристи сього потоку не було можна.
  ([Louis Segond 1910 and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · Louis Segond 1910; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 47:5)

- Comment **pouvais**-tu l'ignorer ?
  Як ти **міг** не знати?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4856860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4856860) [\#5910419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5910419))

## могла

Used about 7 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7).

- Je ne **pouvais** pas respirer.
  Я не **могла** дихати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1908344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1908344) [\#8671100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8671100))

- Je ne **pouvais** refuser.
  Я не **могла** відмовити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#2187068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2187068) [\#3151018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3151018))

- Je ne **pouvais** pas parler.
  Я не **могла** говорити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5606121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5606121) [\#5843004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5843004))

- J'ai fait ce que je **pouvais**.
  Я зробила, що **могла**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#572749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/572749) [\#749568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749568))

- Comment **pouvais**-tu l'ignorer ?
  Як ти **могла** не знати?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4856860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4856860) [\#5910417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5910417))

## пограти

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

- J'ai demandé à Tom si je **pouvais** jouer de sa guitare.
  Я запитав Тома, чи можна **пограти** на його гітарі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Toynop and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5804380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5804380) [\#5800706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5800706))

- J'ai demandé à Tom si je **pouvais** jouer de sa guitare.
  Я запитала Тома, чи можна **пограти** на його гітарі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Toynop and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5804380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5804380) [\#5800707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5800707))

## можна

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- J'ai fait ce que je **pouvais**.
  Я зробив, що **можна**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#572749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/572749) [\#651786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/651786))

## More sentences

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

- Je ne **pouvais** rien voir.
  Мені нічого не було видно.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#2040934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2040934) [\#4427603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4427603))

- Si seulement je **pouvais** bien chanter.
  Шкода, що я не вмію співати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and uaspeaker · checked, community translation · [\#421757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/421757) [\#468609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468609))

- Si seulement tu **pouvais** être un peu plus tranquille !
  Хотілося би, щоб ти поводився тихіше.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1099749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099749) [\#1637955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1637955))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between French and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/fr-uk/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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