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# буває — Ukrainian to English

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: буває (103). By style: everyday 79 · biblical 24.

## often

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12). Meaning: [often in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/often/).

- Том тут часто **буває**.
  Tom **often** comes here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and marcj794 · checked, community translation · [\#5693969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5693969) [\#8989496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8989496))

- Том часто **буває** вдома.
  Tom is **often** home.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5491101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5491101) [\#7545098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7545098))

- Том часто **буває** в центрі?
  Does Tom go downtown **often**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8837479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8837479) [\#8837505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8837505))

- Том досить часто тут **буває**.
  Tom comes here quite **often**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8015472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8015472) [\#8084592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8084592))

- Його часто не **буває** в школі.
  He is **often** absent from school.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#290094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/290094) [\#6955103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6955103))

## happens

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3).

- Це все ще іноді **буває**.
  It still **happens** sometimes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3820683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3820683) [\#5719872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5719872))

- А як вітер полуденний віє, кажете, що спека буде, й **буває**.
  When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it **happens**.
  ([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 12:55)

- Рече ж і до народу: Як побачите хмару, що виступає від заходу, зараз кажете: Ливень буде, й **буває** так.
  He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it **happens**.
  ([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 12:54)

- Ще ж, **буває** й ось така марнота на землї: Праведних постигає те, що заслуговали б учинки безбожних, а з безбожними дїється таке, що заслуговали б учинки праведних. І сказав я: та й се — марнота!
  There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it **happens** according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
  ([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 · ECC 8:14)

## More sentences

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

- Неравильних відповідей не **буває**.
  There are no wrong answers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4529864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4529864) [\#7829502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7829502))

- У Японії **буває** багато землетрусів.
  We have a lot of earthquakes in Japan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by uaspeaker and CK · checked, community translation · [\#281288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281288) [\#779174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/779174))

- У мене **буває** пронос через апельсиновий сік.
  Orange juice gives me diarrhea.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6796858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6796858) [\#8085484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8085484))

## Grammar

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

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