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# колись — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *колись* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: колись (849). By style: everyday 795 · biblical 54.

## used

Used about 349 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 348 · biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [used in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/used/).

- Я **колись** був копом.
  I **used** to be a cop.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2548858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2548858) [\#6991106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6991106))

- мене, що був **колись** хулителем і гонителем і знущателем, та помилувано мене; бо, невідаючи, робив я в невірстві.
  although I **used** to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  ([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 · 1TI 1:13)

- Я **колись** жив із Томом.
  I **used** to live with Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3521957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3521957) [\#9794670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9794670))

- Все не так, як **колись**.
  Nothing is as it **used** to be.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · [\#1678807](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1678807) [\#6149187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6149187))

- Я **колись** любив плавати.
  I **used** to like swimming.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7337698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7337698) [\#8168738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8168738))

## ever

Used about 331 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 331). Meaning: [ever in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ever/).

- Я **колись** їм брехав?
  Have I **ever** lied to them?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6063885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6063885) [\#6067810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6067810))

- Ти **колись** бачив ДТП?
  Have you **ever** seen a car accident?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#953300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953300) [\#6956754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6956754))

- Ти **колись** чув цю мову?
  Have you **ever** heard that language?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6046793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6046793) [\#6097500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6097500))

- Ти **колись** жив за кордоном?
  Have you **ever** lived abroad?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6139022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6139022) [\#6143671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6143671))

- Ти **колись** бачила веселку?
  Have you **ever** seen a rainbow?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6545241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6545241) [\#6545252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6545252))

## once

Used about 43 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 10). Meaning: [once in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/once/).

- Він вже не такий енергійний, як **колись**.
  He isn't as energetic as he **once** was.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#292552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292552) [\#7891626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7891626))

- між котрими і ви **колись** ходили, як жили між ними.
  You also **once** walked in those, when you lived in 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 · COL 3:7)

- Не бійся мати дивакуваті погляди, адже всі сучасні загальноприйняті погляди **колись** були дивакуватими.
  Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was **once** eccentric.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#411793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411793) [\#506689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506689))

- Я ж **колись** жив окроме закону; як же настала заповідь, гріх ожив, а я вмер.
  I was alive apart from the law **once**, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
  ([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 · ROM 7:9)

- Тепер же в Христї Ісусї ви, що були **колись** далеко, стали близькі кровю Христовою.
  But now in Christ Jesus you who **once** were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  ([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 · EPH 2:13)

## to

Used about 26 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 9). Meaning: [to in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/to/).

- Я **колись** приїду у твою країну.
  I will come **to** your country some day.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CK · checked, community translation · [\#66381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/66381) [\#493004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/493004))

- Так бо **колись** і сьвяті жінки, що вповали на Бога, украшали себе, корячись своїм чоловікам;
  For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection **to** their own husbands.
  ([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 · 1PE 3:5)

- **Колись** буде, що Яков корінь запустит, пустить галузку й зацьвіте Ізраїль, та й наповнить плодами вселенну.
  In days **to** come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
  ([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 27:6)

- І сказав до синів Ізраїля так: Коли ваші сини питати муть **колись** у батьків своїх: Що се за каміннє?
  He spoke **to** the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
  ([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 · JOS 4:21)

- Як же **колись** поспитає в тебе син твій: Що воно сї сьвідчення і встанови й присуди, що Господь, Бог ваш, заповідав вам?
  When your son asks you in time **to** come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you mean?”
  ([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 · DEU 6:20)

## been

Used about 19 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Ти **колись** була за кордоном?
  Have you **been** abroad?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21932) [\#6564184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6564184))

- Приводять його до Фарисеїв, **колись** слїпого.
  They brought him who had **been** blind to 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 9:13)

- Що було **колись**, те буде й знов, і що дїялось, те й дїяти меться, й нема нового нїчого під сонцем.
  That which has **been** is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
  ([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 1:9)

## be

Used about 11 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 11). Meaning: [be in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/be/).

- усе в молитвах моїх молячись, щоб **колись** довелось менї по волї Божій, прийти до вас.
  requesting, if by any means now at last I may **be** prospered by the will of God to come to 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 · ROM 1:10)

- Де ти плавав **колись**, — тую землю наповню я кровю з тебе аж до гір; вона залиє й байраки.
  I will also water the land in which you swim with your blood, even to the mountains. The watercourses will **be** full 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 · EZE 32:6)

- Нема спомину про старовину; так само й потомство не держати ме в памятї того, що **колись** постане.
  There is no memory of the former; neither shall there **be** any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
  ([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 1:11)

- Щоб були вони у вас повсячасним знаменнєм; як питати муть вас **колись** ваші сини: Про що се каміннє в вас?
  that this may **be** a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’
  ([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 · JOS 4:6)

- Так бо говорить Господь Саваот, Бог Ізрайлїв: Будуть **колись** ізнов купуватись доми й поля й виноградники в сїй землї.
  For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards will yet again **be** bought in this 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 · JER 32:15)

## have

Used about 7 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7). Meaning: [have in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/have/).

- Бо, як і ви **колись** противились Богові, тепер же помилувані через непокору сих,
  For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now **have** obtained mercy by their disobedience,
  ([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 · ROM 11:30)

- ви, **колись** і не народ, а тепер народ Божий; непомилувані, а тепер помилувані.
  In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now **have** obtained mercy.
  ([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 · 1PE 2:10)

- Як же ви **колись** нарекати мете на вашого царя, що вибрали собі, тодї Господь не буде слухати вас.
  You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will **have** chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
  ([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 8:18)

- Чували бо про життє моє **колись** у Жидівстві, що без міри гонив я церкву Божу, та руйнував її,
  For you **have** heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged 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 · GAL 1:13)

- Нї! ми тільки дбаючи про те, се вчинили, щоб не сталось так, що ваші потомки промовили б **колись** до наших потомків: Що вам таке Господь Бог Ізрайлів?
  “If we **have** not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
  ([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 · JOS 22:24)

## More sentences

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

- Як ти думаєш, люди **колись** колонізують Місяць?
  Do you think mankind will someday colonize the Moon?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Internecivus and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#2144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2144) [\#379436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/379436))

- Я мрію **колись** відвідати Австралію з родиною.
  I dream of visiting Australia someday with my family.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10148896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10148896) [\#10154016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10154016))

- Том вже мабуть **колись** викладав французьку.
  Tom has probably taught French before.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6249414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6249414) [\#6312956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6312956))

## Grammar

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