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# мало — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *мало* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: мало (334). By style: everyday 266 · biblical 68.

## almost

Used about 94 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 89 · biblical ≈ 6). Meaning: [almost in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/almost/).

- Я **мало** не вбила Тома.
  I **almost** killed Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5859875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5859875) [\#5862962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5862962))

- **Мало**, що не знищили мене на землї; я ж не покинув заповідей твоїх.
  They had **almost** wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
  ([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 119:87)

- Ви мене **мало** не вбили.
  You **almost** killed me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2821630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2821630) [\#6997743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6997743))

- А я — **мало** що ноги мої не зійшли з дороги; **мало** що не поховзлись стопи мої.
  But as for me, my feet were **almost** gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
  ([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 73:2)

- Мене **мало** не збила машина.
  I was **almost** hit by a car.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#388649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/388649) [\#505528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/505528))

## few

Used about 64 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 14). Meaning: [few in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/few/).

- У мене **мало** книжок.
  I have **few** books.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#258651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/258651) [\#6817753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6817753))

- Багато бо званих, **мало** ж вибраних.
  For many are called, but **few** chosen.”
  ([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 22:14)

- У них **мало** книжок.
  They have **few** books.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#322068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322068) [\#7247237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7247237))

- Рече тодї ученикам своїм: Жнива багато, робітника ж **мало**.
  Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are **few**.
  ([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 9:37)

- **Мало** хто зі студентів знав його ім'я.
  **Few** students knew his name.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#287661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287661) [\#7455218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7455218))

## little

Used about 61 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 11). Meaning: [little in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/little/).

- У мене дуже **мало** грошей.
  I have very **little** money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3737270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3737270) [\#8664426](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8664426))

- Агриппа ж каже до Павла: О **мало** не вговорив єси мене бути Християнином.
  Agrippa said to Paul, “With a **little** persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
  ([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 26:28)

- Том має дуже **мало** грошей.
  Tom has very **little** money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1177572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1177572) [\#6779804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6779804))

- Сим радуйте ся, **мало** нинї (коли треба), смуткуючи у всяких напастях,
  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a **little** while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,
  ([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 1:6)

- У склянці **мало** молока.
  There is **little** milk in the glass.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#61452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61452) [\#472694](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/472694))

## much

Used about 29 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [much in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/much/).

- У мене **мало** часу.
  I don't have **much** time.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67690) [\#516933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/516933))

- Инше ж упало на каменистому, де не **мало** землї багато, й зараз посходило, бо не **мало** глибокої землї;
  Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have **much** soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
  ([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 13:5)

- У нас було **мало** часу.
  We didn't have **much** time.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7114634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7114634) [\#7948246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7948246))

- Я **мало** чого знаю про твою родину.
  I don't know **much** about your family.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#1632113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1632113) [\#7422441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7422441))

- Том **мало** чого знає про Індонезію.
  Tom doesn't know **much** about Indonesia.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1026098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1026098) [\#7128029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128029))

## More sentences

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

- Це не **мало** сенсу.
  It didn't make sense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2272025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2272025) [\#6582744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6582744))

- Це не **мало** до мене жодного відношення.
  It had nothing to do with me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3286953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3286953) [\#6686256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6686256))

- Це **мало** мене налякати?
  Was that supposed to scare me?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4014477](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4014477) [\#7490460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7490460))

## 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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