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# мали — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *мали* 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: мали (206). By style: everyday 115 · biblical 91.

## had

Used about 78 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 32).

- Ми не **мали** вибору.
  We **had** no choice.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2648640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2648640) [\#6941314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6941314))

- **Мали** ж тодї знаного вязника, на прізвище Вараву.
  They **had** then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
  ([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 27:16)

- Ми **мали** мало води.
  We **had** little water.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#247350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/247350) [\#7812864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7812864))

- І сїм ангелів, що **мали** сїм труб, готовились, щоб трубити.
  The seven angels who **had** the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
  ([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 · REV 8:6)

- Ми **мали** строгі правила.
  We **had** strict rules.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5474290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5474290) [\#6532902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6532902))

## were

Used about 62 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · biblical ≈ 9).

- Томе, ви **мали** рацію.
  You **were** right, Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2647237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2647237) [\#7249235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7249235))

- Рече їм Ісус: Коли б слїпі були, не **мали** б гріха; тепер же кажете: Що бачимо; тим гріх ваш остаєть ся.
  Jesus said to them, “If you **were** blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
  ([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 9:41)

- Ви **мали** рацію, Томе.
  You **were** right, Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2647237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2647237) [\#7249233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7249233))

- Цї чотири началні левіти **мали** собі повірених всїх воротарів; вони були пристановлені до житлів і до скарбівниць дому Божого.
  for the four chief gatekeepers, who **were** Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
  ([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 · 1CH 9:26)

- Ви **мали** рацію раніше.
  You **were** right before.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546878) [\#7073516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7073516))

## More sentences

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

- Ви **мали** змогу поговорити з Томом?
  Did you have a chance to talk to Tom?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3181961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3181961) [\#5906681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5906681))

- Ми не **мали** відповіді.
  We didn't have an answer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5744311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5744311) [\#6168701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6168701))

- Що ви насправді **мали** на увазі?
  What did you really mean?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5366813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5366813) [\#6304171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6304171))

## 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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