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# можу — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *можу* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: можу (1 900). By style: everyday 1 874 · biblical 26.

## can

Used about 1 773 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 757 · biblical ≈ 16). Meaning: [can in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/can/).

- Я **можу** це зробити.
  I **can** do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#254742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254742) [\#5948642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5948642))

- А знов другий сказав: Я одруживсь, тому й не **можу** прийти.
  “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I **can**’t come.’
  ([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 14:20)

- Я не **можу** перемогти.
  I **can**'t win.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and gustonrankin · checked, community translation · [\#4928208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4928208) [\#5957860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5957860))

- І наказав Еремія Варухові так: Мене заперто і не **можу** пійти в дом Господень;
  Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted. I **can**’t go into the LORD’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 · JER 36:5)

- Я не **можу** відмовити.
  I **can**'t refuse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5852376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5852376) [\#5866819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5866819))

## i

Used about 124 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 117 · biblical ≈ 7). Meaning: [i in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/).

- Я **можу** позичити вашу лінійку?
  Could **I** borrow your ruler?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2545021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545021) [\#11047349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11047349))

- Радуюсь оце, що у всьому **можу** звіритись вам.
  **I** rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning 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 · 2CO 7:16)

- Як я **можу** проігнорувати таку слушну нагоду?
  How could **I** pass up an opportunity like this?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5848382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5848382) [\#5891642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5891642))

- Спитай себе: чи **можу** я бути чистим із невірною вагою, з невірним у саквах ваговим каміннєм?
  Shall **I** tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
  ([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 6:11)

- Я вважаю, сьогодні буде дощ, але я **можу** помилятися.
  **I** think it might rain today, but I could be wrong.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by uaspeaker and CK · checked, community translation · [\#243010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243010) [\#472425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/472425))

## give

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3). Meaning: [give in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/give/).

- І сказав Господь Гедеонові: Людей в тебе надто багацько, так що я не **можу** подати Мадиянїїв у руки їх, а то б Ізраїль пишався передо мною та казав би: Моя рука вирятувала мене.
  The LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to **give** the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved 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 · JDG 7:2)

- Відказав їй: Оце я розмовляв із Езреелїєм Наботом та й кажу йому: Поступись менї твоїм виноградником за гроші, або, коли схочеш, дам тобі за його другий, а він каже: Не **можу** поступитись тобі моїм виноградником.
  He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘**Give** me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
  ([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 · 1KI 21:6)

- І вернувсь Ахаб у свою палату сумний й гнївний через відповідь, що дав йому Езреелїй Набот словами: Не **можу** поступитись тобі наслїддєм батьків моїх. І лїг він на постїль свою, одвернув лице й не схотїв нїчого їсти.
  Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not **give** you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no 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 · 1KI 21:4)

## 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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