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# могли — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *могли* 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: могли (345). By style: everyday 312 · biblical 33.

## could

Used about 204 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 189 · biblical ≈ 15).

- Як ви **могли** не знати?
  How **could** you not know?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3096824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3096824) [\#5910420](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5910420))

- Входять вони в господу, і знов сходить ся народ, так що не **могли** анї хлїба зʼїсти.
  The multitude came together again, so that they **could** not so much as eat bread.
  ([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 3:20)

- Як би ми **могли** це зробити?
  How **could** we do that?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6108763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6108763) [\#6279709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279709))

- Прийшла ж тодї до Него мати й брати Його, та й не **могли** зійтись із Ним за народом.
  His mother and brothers came to him, and they **could** not come near him for the crowd.
  ([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 8:19)

- Ми **могли** би зробити салат.
  We **could** make a salad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5782099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5782099) [\#5782131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5782131))

## please

Used about 46 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46). Meaning: [please in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/please/).

- Ви не **могли** би зупинитися, будь ласка?
  Would you **please** stop?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3409129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3409129) [\#7066162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7066162))

- Ви не **могли** би секунду зачекати?
  Would you **please** hold on a second?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5326108](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5326108) [\#7145143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7145143))

- Ви не **могли** би мені допомогти, будь ласка?
  Would you **please** help me?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6074375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6074375) [\#6308312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6308312))

- Ви **могли** би говорити повільніше, будь ласка?
  Can you speak more slowly, **please**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6099085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099085) [\#6099986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099986))

- Ви не **могли** би зателефонувати лікарю, будь ласка.
  Can you call a doctor, **please**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6102312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6102312) [\#6283616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6283616))

## would

Used about 14 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Ви не **могли** б відповісти на кілька запитань?
  **Would** you answer a few questions?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6064166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6064166) [\#6065227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6065227))

- А підкупили його на те, щоб я злякався і зробив так, і согрішив, та щоб про мене пішла недобра слава, щоб вони **могли** мене гудити.
  He was hired so that I **would** be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
  ([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 · NEH 6:13)

- Чи не **могли** би ви бути настільки люб'язні дати мені склянку води?
  **Would** you be so kind as to give me a glass of water?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and soweli\_Elepanto · checked, community translation · [\#1719934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1719934) [\#5876998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5876998))

## able

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 5). Meaning: [able in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/able/).

- Том та Мері не **могли** допомогти мені зробити це.
  Tom and Mary weren't **able** to help me do that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6123129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6123129) [\#6279019](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279019))

- І многими такими приповістями глаголав їм слово, скільки **могли** слухати.
  With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were **able** to hear 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 · MAR 4:33)

- І не **могли** вони схопити Його на слові перед народом; і, дивуючись одповіддю Його, мовчали.
  They weren’t **able** to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
  ([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 20:26)

- Бо ще опасуємось, щоб не обвинувачено нас за сегоднїшню бучу, не маючи жадної причини, котрою **могли** б оправдити се збіговище.
  For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be **able** to give an account of this commotion.”
  ([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 19:40)

- І вирік тодї Елїезер Додабенко з Мареші пророцтво на Йосафата, кажучи: За те, що ти пристав до спілки з Охозією, ударемнить Господь дїло твоє. — І розбились кораблї, й не **могли** плисти у Тарсис.
  Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not **able** to go to Tarshish.
  ([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 · 2CH 20:37)

## More sentences

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

- Чи **могли** б ви мені сказати, як добратися до Линкольн Центру?
  Can you tell me how to get to Lincoln Center?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by leyla and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29659) [\#584735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/584735))

- Ми не **могли** цього зробити.
  We couldn't do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5791120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5791120) [\#6635580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6635580))

- Ми їмо для того, щоб ми **могли** жити.
  We eat so we can live.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Shadd · checked, community translation · [\#22860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22860) [\#1650017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1650017))

## 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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