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# були — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *були* 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: були (1 698). By style: everyday 951 · biblical 747.

## were

Used about 1 010 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 575 · biblical ≈ 436).

- Ми **були** тут вчора.
  We **were** here yesterday.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumo and marloncori · checked, community translation · [\#770135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/770135) [\#2426764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2426764))

- А послані **були** з Фарисеїв.
  The ones who had been sent **were** from the Pharisees.
  ([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 · JOH 1:24)

- Ми обидві **були** п'яні.
  We both **were** drunk.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Ergulis · checked, community translation · [\#8786157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8786157) [\#5752978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752978))

- І всї віруючі **були** вкупі, і все було в них спільне;
  All who believed **were** together, and had all things in common.
  ([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 · ACT 2:44)

- Ми обидві **були** п'яні.
  Both of us **were** drunk.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Ergulis · checked, community translation · [\#8786158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8786158) [\#5752978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752978))

## been

Used about 119 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 119).

- Думаю, ми **були** ввічливі.
  I think we've **been** polite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6090812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6090812) [\#6281137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281137))

- Де ви **були** весь тиждень?
  Where have you **been** all week?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2892816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2892816) [\#10678282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10678282))

- Ви колись **були** в Бостоні?
  Have you ever **been** to Boston?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2448104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2448104) [\#6814273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6814273))

- Скільки разів ви там **були**?
  How many times have you **been** there?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4228296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4228296) [\#7422487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7422487))

- Ми з Томом обидва **були** в Бостоні.
  Tom and I've both **been** to Boston.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6222243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6222243) [\#6736638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6736638))

## had

Used about 95 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 79 · biblical ≈ 16).

- У Тома **були** блакитні очі.
  Tom **had** blue eyes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3170639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3170639) [\#7943406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7943406))

- А під крильми в їх із чотирьох боків **були** людські руки; й обличчя у них і крила в них — у всїх чотирьох.
  They **had** the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
  ([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 · EZE 1:8)

- Ми **були** змушені усипити Кукі.
  We **had** to put Cookie to sleep.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#10496988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10496988) [\#10497150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10497150))

- У нас **були** свої злети і падіння.
  We've **had** our ups and downs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10150973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10150973) [\#10154105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10154105))

- Раніше, коли в нас **були** гульдени, усе було дешевше, ніж зараз із євро.
  Before, when we still **had** guilders, everything was much cheaper than now with the euro.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Dorenda · checked, community translation · [\#391628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391628) [\#414847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/414847))

## our

Used about 78 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 78).

- і мовляєте: Коли б ми **були** за часів батьків наших, не **були** б спільниками їх у крові пророків.
  and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of **our** fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
  ([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 23:30)

- Щоб ми **були** рівня иншим народам, і нехай царь наш судить нас, і гетьманує над нами, і воює в наших війнах.
  that we also may be like all the nations; and that **our** king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
  ([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 · 1SA 8:20)

- Щоб сини наші **були**, як висадки, зрощені в їх молодостї; дочки наші стрункі, як тесані стовпи угольні збудованої палати;
  Then **our** sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  ([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 144:12)

- Щоб засїки наші **були** повні, всяким хлїбом багаті; щоб скотина наша тисячма множилась, десятки тисяч по вертепах наших;
  **Our** barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
  ([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 144:13)

- Післав же я братів, щоб похвала наша, що єсть про вас, не зробилась марна в сьому случаї, щоб, яко ж казав я, ви **були** готові,
  But I have sent the brothers so that **our** boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
  ([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 · 2CO 9:3)

## we

Used about 55 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 · biblical ≈ 16). Meaning: [we in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/we/).

- Ми з Томом колись **були** друзями.
  **We** used to be friends with Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5189283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5189283) [\#5920085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920085))

- Тодї у вас — веселощі та радощі **були**; ви кололи бики, різали овець та попивали вино; їжмо — мовляли — та пиймо, бо й так завтра будемо мертві!
  and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow **we** will die.”
  ([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 22:13)

- Ви пам'ятаєте час, коли ми **були** в Парижі?
  Do you remember the time **we** went to Paris?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CN · checked, community translation · [\#1127733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1127733) [\#11063090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11063090))

## More sentences

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

- Тому потрібні **були** гроші на операцію.
  Tom needed money for the surgery.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#12222200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12222200) [\#12222376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12222376))

- Двері **були** замкнені зсередини.
  The door was locked from within.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#39062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/39062) [\#513654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513654))

- Ви хіба раніше не **були** вчителькою?
  Didn't you use to be a teacher?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3506854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3506854) [\#9029062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9029062))

## 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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