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# може — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *може* 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: може (2 015). By style: everyday 1 834 · biblical 181.

## can

Used about 1 019 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 917 · biblical ≈ 102). Meaning: [can in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/can/).

- Том **може** сісти тут.
  Tom **can** sit here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7538452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7538452) [\#7684333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7684333))

- Казали ж ті, що чули: То хто ж **може** спастись?
  Those who heard it said, “Then who **can** be saved?”
  ([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 18:26)

- Том не **може** говорити.
  Tom **can**'t speak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2236155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2236155) [\#5149068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5149068))

- Хто **може** сказати: Серце я очистив, — я чистий від гріха мого?
  Who **can** say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
  ([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 · PRO 20:9)

- Том **може** швидко бігати.
  Tom **can** run fast.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#37069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37069) [\#6714300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6714300))

## might

Used about 309 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 306 · biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [might in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/might/).

- Том **може** мати рацію.
  Tom **might** be right.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1868030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1868030) [\#6557770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6557770))

- Боюсь за вас, що **може** марно працював коло вас.
  I am afraid for you, that I **might** have wasted my labor for 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 · GAL 4:11)

- Ми боялися, що це **може** трапитися.
  We were afraid this **might** happen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5559163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5559163) [\#6372444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6372444))

- Я думав, що це **може** вам сподобатися.
  I thought you **might** like that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Anjy and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5090060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5090060) [\#7323137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7323137))

- Том **може** знати, де народилася Мері.
  Tom **might** know where Mary was born.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6222314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6222314) [\#6883580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6883580))

## could

Used about 229 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 229).

- Це **може** статися з будь-ким.
  This **could** happen to anybody.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5440944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5440944) [\#6934594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6934594))

- Я певен, що Том **може** нам допомогти.
  I'm sure Tom **could** help us.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by older and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2544080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544080) [\#6478097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6478097))

- Хто сказав, що Том **може** приєднатися до команди?
  Who said Tom **could** join the team?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6437200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6437200) [\#7752416](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7752416))

- Том сказав, що, на його думку, він **може** це зробити.
  Tom said he thought he **could** do that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6250993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6250993) [\#6300423](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6300423))

- Ти не думала, що Том **може** це зробити, чи не так?
  You didn't think Tom **could** do that, did you?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6236797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6236797) [\#6360248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6360248))

## may

Used about 172 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 153 · biblical ≈ 19). Meaning: [may in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/may/).

- Завтра **може** бути запізно.
  Tomorrow **may** be too late.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5052144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5052144) [\#8014119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8014119))

- А він нахиляє уста свої в порох, та й думає: **може** бути, ще є надїя;
  Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there **may** be hope.
  ([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 · LAM 3:29)

- Це **може** бути применшенням.
  That **may** be an understatement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5134406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5134406) [\#7051588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7051588))

- Рече ж пан виноградника: Що робити? пішлю сина мого любого: **може**, того побачивши, посоромлять ся.
  The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It **may** be that seeing him, they will respect him.’
  ([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 20:13)

- Тому **може** бути потрібна допомога.
  Tom **may** need help.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3434315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3434315) [\#8093688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8093688))

## be

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8). Meaning: [be in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/be/).

- Не квап оддалятись од його; не будь упрямим в ледачому дїлї; бо він, що схоче, все **може** зробити.
  Don’t **be** hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
  ([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 8:3)

- Слухайте ж, мужі мудрі, мене! Не **може** бути в Бога неправди, у Вседержителя — несправедливого суду,
  “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far **be** it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
  ([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 · JOB 34:10)

## no

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8). Meaning: [no in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/no/).

- Чи то ж чоловік **може** поробити собі боги, хоч вони не боги?
  Should a man make to himself gods which yet are **no** gods?”
  ([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 16:20)

- Чого ж так у голос тепер голосиш? **Може** того, що в тебе не стало царя? або — що нема в тебе порадника, що тебе аж болї схопили, мов ту породїлю?
  Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there **no** king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?
  ([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 · MIC 4:9)

## how

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [how in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/how/).

- Як бо ти знаєш, жінко, що **може** спасеш чоловіка? Або як ти знаєш, чоловіче, що **може** жінку спасеш?
  For **how** do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
  ([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 · 1CO 7:16)

## More sentences

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

- Том сказав, що не **може** зрозуміти мою французьку.
  Tom said that he couldn't understand my French.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6655160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6655160) [\#6773095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6773095))

- Том сказав, що не **може** цього зробити.
  Tom said that he isn't able to do that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6220889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6220889) [\#6595345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6595345))

- **Може** бути, я просто божевільний.
  Maybe I'm just crazy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3636286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3636286) [\#7725912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7725912))

## 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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