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# могла — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *могла* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: могла (286). By style: everyday 280 · biblical 6.

## could

Used about 213 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 210 · biblical ≈ 3). Forms: could, couldn.

- Ти **могла** це зробити.
  You **could** do that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2954449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2954449) [\#6281942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281942))

- Іродияда ж лютувала на него, й хотїла його вбити, та не **могла**.
  Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she **couldn**’t,
  ([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 · MAR 6:19)

- Я **могла** би потонути.
  I **could**'ve drowned.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5859868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5859868) [\#5863203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5863203))

- І ось була жінка, маючи духа недуги вісїмнайцять років, і була згорблена, й не **могла** зовсїм випростатись.
  Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and **could** in no way straighten herself up.
  ([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 · LUK 13:11)

- Я нічого не **могла** зробити.
  I **could** do nothing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1582126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1582126) [\#6944821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6944821))

## please

Used about 35 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 35). Meaning: [please in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/please/).

- Ти не **могла** би сісти?
  Will you **please** be seated?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3820924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3820924) [\#8829943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8829943))

- Ти не **могла** би пригальмувати?
  Would you **please** slow down?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4016148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4016148) [\#11679446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11679446))

- Ти не **могла** би зупинитися, будь ласка?
  Would you stop, **please**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546262) [\#7066160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7066160))

- Ти не **могла** би йти швидше, будь ласка?
  Can you walk faster, **please**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3328490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3328490) [\#8848233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8848233))

- Ти не **могла** би сказати "будь ласка", будь ласка?
  Can you **please** say please?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6731754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6731754) [\#7997271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7997271))

## would

Used about 18 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18).

- Ти не **могла** би мені дати адресу Тома?
  **Would** you give me Tom's address?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1023729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1023729) [\#7078559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7078559))

- Навіть дитина **могла** б помітити різницю.
  Even a child **would** notice the difference.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#245809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245809) [\#502561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/502561))

- Ти не **могла** би показати мені, як це робиться?
  **Would** you mind showing me how to do that?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5907685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5907685) [\#6282057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6282057))

## done

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12). Meaning: [done in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/done/).

- Я зробила, що **могла**.
  I have **done** all that I can.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CC · checked, community translation · [\#255060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/255060) [\#749568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749568))

- Вона не **могла** так вчинити.
  She cannot have **done** such a thing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#308074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/308074) [\#7744089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7744089))

## such

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

- Халдеї ж відповіли цареві й промовили: Нема на сьвітї людини, котра б **могла** сказати те, чого вимагає царь, тим то нї один царь, великий і потужний не вимагав такого в жадного віщуна, ворожбита або Халдея;
  The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked **such** a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.
  ([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 · DAN 2:10)

## More sentences

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

- Я була занадто здивована, щоб я **могла** говорити.
  I was too surprised to speak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#18882](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18882) [\#7205720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7205720))

- Хоч вона посаджена була на доброму полі, над великою водою, так що **могла** й без того розпускати віттє й приносити плід і зробитись виноградиною роскішною.
  It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’
  ([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 17:8)

- Уся моя родина не **могла** нїчого ждати від мого пана й царя, як хиба тільки смертї, а ти раба твого прийняв між твої сутрапезники; яке ж іще маю я право жалуватись; чого менї ще допевнятись у царя?
  For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
  ([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 · 2SA 19:28)

## 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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