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# будь — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *будь* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: будь (2 440). By style: everyday 2 387 · biblical 53.

## please

Used about 2 039 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 039). Meaning: [please in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/please/).

- **Будь** ласка, не плач.
  **Please** don't cry.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Internecivus and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1521) [\#337743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337743))

- Голосуй за мене, **будь** ласка.
  **Please** vote for me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7765066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7765066) [\#8610816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8610816))

- Зачекай на мене, **будь** ласка.
  **Please** wait for me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4090002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4090002) [\#10282949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10282949))

- Зачиніть двері, **будь** ласка.
  **Please** close the door.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#495838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/495838) [\#6030511](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6030511))

- Зроби тихіше, **будь** ласка.
  Turn down the volume, **please**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#25380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25380) [\#6489053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6489053))

## don

Used about 164 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 149 · biblical ≈ 14). Meaning: [don in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/don/).

- Не **будь** такою напруженою.
  **Don**'t be so tense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and karloelkebekio · checked, community translation · [\#3605496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3605496) [\#8473140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8473140))

- Боже, **будь** не далеко від мене, поспіши менї на поміч!
  God, **don**’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
  ([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 71:12)

- Не **будь** настільки дурним.
  **Don**'t be so silly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by quez and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1209940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1209940) [\#3014887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3014887))

- Не опусти мене, Господи, Боже мій, **будь** недалеко від мене.
  **Don**’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.
  ([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 38:21)

- Я не люблю позичати гроші **будь**-кому.
  I **don**'t like to lend money to anybody.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6337671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6337671) [\#6467392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6467392))

## me

Used about 57 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 8).

- Ти не міг би, **будь** ласка, зробити мені бутерброд?
  Would you mind making **me** a sandwich?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2623430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2623430) [\#8881722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8881722))

- Благословен **будь**, Господи! Навчи мене уставів твоїх!
  Blessed are you, LORD. Teach **me** your statutes.
  ([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 119:12)

- З цїлого серця благав я тебе; **будь** милостивий для мене, по слову твому!
  I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to **me** according to your word.
  ([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 119:58)

- Нахили до мене ухо твоє, спаси мене скоро! **Будь** менї баштою, домом оборонним, щоб спасти мене!
  Bow down your ear to **me**. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
  ([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 31:2)

- **Будь** менї скеля на домівку, де б менї мож було завсїди ходити! Ти звелїв спасти мене, ти бо єси моя скеля і моя твердиня.
  Be to **me** a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
  ([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 71:3)

## take

Used about 54 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/).

- Бери **будь**-який, який хочеш.
  **Take** whichever you want.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#37992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37992) [\#6853293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6853293))

- Вповай на Господа! **Будь** потужен, і май одвагу в серцї, і дожидай помочі від Господа.
  Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart **take** courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.
  ([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 27:14)

- Гляди ж: коли Господь вибрав тебе, щоб збудував дом сьвятинний, то **будь** постійний й роби.
  **Take** heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
  ([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 · 1CH 28:10)

- І хапати ме за полу брата брат, у родинї батька свого: В тебе є жупан про сьвято, **будь** над нами князем, — нехай буде сей розпадок під рукою в тебе;
  Indeed a man shall **take** hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.”
  ([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 · ISA 3:6)

- І заклинати ме сьвященник її, і казати ме жінцї: Коли не лежав нїхто з тобою, і коли ти, бувши за чоловіком твоїм, не спроневірилась мужові нечистотою, то **будь** не пошкоджена від сієї води гіркої, що наводить прокляттє;
  The priest shall cause her to **take** an oath and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
  ([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 · NUM 5:19)

## so

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [so in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/so/).

- Рече ж і сьому: І ти **будь** над пятьма городами.
  “**So** he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
  ([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 19:19)

## More sentences

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

- Найболючіше, ніж **будь**-який клинок.
  More painful than any wedge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DeSha and DeSha · checked, community translation · [\#738577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/738577) [\#738709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/738709))

- **Будь**-яке спостереження — це інтерпретація.
  Every observation is an interpretation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and scrungus · checked, community translation · [\#6392448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6392448) [\#7051458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7051458))

- **Будь** чуйний, і утверджуй инше, що має вмерти, бо не знайшов я, щоб дїла твої були скінчені перед Богом.
  Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
  ([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 · REV 3:2)

## 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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