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# давай — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *давай* 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: давай (260). By style: everyday 240 · biblical 20.

## let

Used about 211 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 205 · biblical ≈ 6). Meaning: [let in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/let/).

- **Давай** підемо в кіно.
  **Let**'s go to a movie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#388684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/388684) [\#506400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506400))

- Не пожадай вроди її в серцї твойму, й не **давай** себе принадити морганнєм її;
  Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither **let** her captivate you with her eyelids.
  ([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 · PRO 6:25)

- **Давай** зіграємо в шахи.
  **Let**'s play chess.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2007845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2007845) [\#5128562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5128562))

- Кожен (**давай**), яко ж постановляє в серцї, не з жалю або з примусу; веселого бо дателя любить Бог.
  **Let** each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
  ([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 9:7)

- **Давай** грати у футбол.
  **Let**'s play football.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10529606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10529606) [\#10537135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10537135))

## keep

Used about 13 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 3). Meaning: [keep in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/keep/).

- Не **давай** обіцянок, яких не можеш додержати.
  Don't make promises you can't **keep**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1477100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1477100) [\#586649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/586649))

- Не **давай** їм з очей твоїх зникнути; заховай їх у самій серединї в серцї твойму.
  Let them not depart from your eyes. **Keep** them in the center of your heart.
  ([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 · PRO 4:21)

- Не **давай** обіцянок, яких не можеш додержати.
  Don't make promises that you can't **keep**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5228975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5228975) [\#586649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/586649))

- Здержуй ноги твої, щоб не витоптували обуви, не **давай** горлу твому томитись спрагою. Ти ж кажеш: Не надїйсь, нї! бо я вподобала собі чужих (богів), так і бігати му слїдом за ними.
  “**Keep** your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
  ([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 · JER 2:25)

- І каже: Що мушу тобі дати? Каже ж Яков: Не **давай** менї нїчогісїнько, аби вчинив, що скажу, знов пасти му вівцї твої й доглядати му.
  Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and **keep** 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 · GEN 30:31)

## More sentences

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

- Не **давай** Тому мій телефон.
  Don't give Tom my number.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3921490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3921490) [\#7955879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7955879))

- **Давай**, не будь дурним!
  Come on, don't be silly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and al\_ex\_an\_der · checked, community translation · [\#282403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282403) [\#504527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/504527))

- Не **давай** нікому грошей.
  Don't give money to anyone.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by User55521 and tokzyk · checked, community translation · [\#10696164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10696164) [\#10697326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10697326))

## Grammar

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