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# було — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *було* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: було (3 679). By style: everyday 2 712 · biblical 967.

## was

Used about 1 783 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 300 · biblical ≈ 483).

- Тома не **було** видно.
  Tom **was** out of sight.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3728240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3728240) [\#7086425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7086425))

- **Було** ж близько Жидівське сьвято кучок.
  Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, **was** at 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 · JOH 7:2)

- Це **було** нашою роботою.
  That **was** our job.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2648748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2648748) [\#8098647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8098647))

- Коли я плакав і душа віддалась посту, то й те **було** менї в наругу.
  When I wept and I fasted, that **was** to my reproach.
  ([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 69:10)

- Це **було** доволі весело.
  It **was** quite funny.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1983984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1983984) [\#7545151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7545151))

## had

Used about 653 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 452 · biblical ≈ 201).

- Тому не **було** де жити.
  Tom **had** no place to live.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2644922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2644922) [\#6694896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6694896))

- **Було** ж більш сорока, що сю клятьбу зробили.
  There were more than forty people who **had** made this conspiracy.
  ([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 23:13)

- У нас **було** лише трохи води.
  We only **had** a little water.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7812823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7812823) [\#7812867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7812867))

- І в кожного **було** чотирі обличчя, і в кожного — четверо крил.
  Everyone **had** four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
  ([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 1:6)

- У мене не **було** друзів, окрім Тома.
  I **had** no friends except for Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5418140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5418140) [\#7125616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7125616))

## were

Used about 286 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 226 · biblical ≈ 60).

- Якби ж це **було** настільки легко.
  If only it **were** that easy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6049213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6049213) [\#6051520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6051520))

- **Було** ж усїх до дванайцяти чоловік.
  They **were** about twelve men in all.
  ([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 19:7)

- Я б хотів, аби **було** більше таких людей як ти.
  I wish there **were** more people like you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by older and ulyssemc1 · checked, community translation · [\#1063656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1063656) [\#5971691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5971691))

- А тих, що їли хлїби, **було** з пять тисяч чоловіка.
  Those who ate the loaves **were** five thousand men.
  ([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 · MAR 6:44)

- На обкладинці книги **було** декілька чорнильних плям.
  There **were** some ink spots on the book jacket.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ChickenKiev and Luornu · checked, community translation · [\#43951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43951) [\#527675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/527675))

## days

Used about 60 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 60).

- Самуїл же суддював ув Ізраїлї поки й віку його **було**,
  Samuel judged Israel all the **days** of his life.
  ([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 7:15)

- О, приверни нас до себе, Господи, а ми привернемось; понови днї наші, як се зпершу **було**!
  Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our **days** as of old.
  ([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 · LAM 5:21)

- Слово Господнє, що надійшло до Михея Морастія за Юдейських царів Йоатама, Ахаза й Езекії, а **було** йому обявлене про Самарию й Ерусалим:
  The LORD’s word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the **days** of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
  ([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 · MIC 1:1)

## hundred

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

- І **було** перелїчених їх по родинах їх дві тисячі сїмсот і пятьдесять.
  Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven **hundred** fifty.
  ([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 4:36)

- І **було** за часів Артаксеркса, — сей Артаксеркс царював над сто двайцятьма сьома країнами від Индиї до Етиопиї, —
  Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one **hundred** twenty-seven provinces),
  ([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 · EST 1:1)

## no

Used about 20 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 20). Meaning: [no in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/no/).

- Нїякого нї в чому не даємо спотикання, щоб не **було** ганене служеннє,
  We give **no** occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
  ([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 6:3)

## More sentences

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

- Йому **було** не легко стримати свою обіцянку.
  It wasn't easy for him to keep his promise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmdas and CH · checked, community translation · [\#284241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/284241) [\#3764586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3764586))

- Тома з нами не **було**.
  Tom wasn't with us.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3736093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3736093) [\#13248790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13248790))

- Це не **було** проблемою.
  It wasn't a problem.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2548185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2548185) [\#6477267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6477267))

## 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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