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# кажи — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *кажи* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: кажи (138). By style: everyday 122 · biblical 16.

## tell

Used about 85 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 84 · biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [tell in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/tell/).

- Лише не **кажи** йому.
  Just don't **tell** him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3908605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3908605) [\#6388095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6388095))

- І рече до него Ісус: Гледи ж, не **кажи** нїкому, а йди та покажись священикові, й принеси дар, який повелїв Мойсей на сьвідкуваннє їм.
  Jesus said to him, “See that you **tell** nobody; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to 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 · MAT 8:4)

- Не **кажи** моїй мамі.
  Don't **tell** my mother.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3822223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3822223) [\#7315054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7315054))

- Не **кажи** мені цього.
  Don't **tell** me that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2009001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2009001) [\#6036113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6036113))

- Не **кажи** їй про це.
  Don't **tell** her about it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ascolto and CK · checked, community translation · [\#308867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/308867) [\#936872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/936872))

## say

Used about 40 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · biblical ≈ 9). Meaning: [say in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/say/).

- Не **кажи** ані слова.
  Don't **say** a word.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2270529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2270529) [\#6314865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6314865))

- **Кажи** ж, що ти менї сестра, щоб добре менї було задля тебе.
  Please **say** that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
  ([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 12:13)

- Нікого цього їй не **кажи**.
  Don't ever **say** that to her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3905919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3905919) [\#5197136](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5197136))

- Не **кажи**: Чому то давні часи були лучші теперешніх? бо не мудрість надихає тебе сим питаннєм.
  Don’t **say**, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about 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 · ECC 7:10)

- Ох, будь ласка, не **кажи** цього.
  Oh, please don't **say** that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2396310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2396310) [\#7468805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7468805))

## lie

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

- Не **кажи** їм неправди.
  Don't **lie** to them.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3907180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3907180) [\#7333970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7333970))

## More sentences

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

- Якщо ти сказав "А", **кажи** "Б".
  In for a penny, in for a pound.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#1637406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1637406) [\#6138122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6138122))

- Не **кажи** йому правди.
  Don't let him know the truth.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1991027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1991027) [\#7960942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7960942))

- Увійди й **кажи** Фараонові, цареві Египецькому, щоб одпустив сини Ізрайлеві із землї своєї.
  “Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
  ([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 · EXO 6:11)

## Grammar

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