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# наче — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *наче* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: наче (206). By style: everyday 24 · biblical 182.

## like

Used about 83 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 68). Meaning: [like in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/like/).

- Ми **наче** родина.
  We're **like** family.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2240606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240606) [\#6740355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6740355))

- Хто відказує по правдї, **наче** в уста цїлує.
  An honest answer is **like** a kiss on the lips.
  ([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 24:26)

- Том **наче** родина.
  Tom is **like** family.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2273265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2273265) [\#6769886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6769886))

- І мали волоссє, як волоссє жіноче; а зуби їх, **наче** левині,
  They had hair **like** women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
  ([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 · REV 9:8)

- Ми були **наче** родина.
  We were **like** family.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5482208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5482208) [\#5743858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5743858))

## as

Used about 69 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 61). Meaning: [as in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/as/).

- Її шкіра біла **наче** сніг.
  Her skin is **as** white as snow.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by anastasishko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#309623](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309623) [\#494016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494016))

- Став проти мене, **наче** ведмедем у засїдцї, — левом у сховищу;
  He is to me **as** a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
  ([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 3:10)

- Він виглядає, **наче** він хворів.
  He looks **as** if he had been ill.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#292976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292976) [\#5741714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5741714))

- І ввихаллись животини сюди й туди, **наче** блискавиця мигає.
  The living creatures ran and returned **as** the appearance of a flash of lightning.
  ([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 1:14)

- Ви так говорите, **наче** все знаєте.
  You talk **as** if you knew everything.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#32332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32332) [\#6771154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6771154))

## More sentences

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

- Том **наче** не був дуже сердитим.
  Tom didn't seem to be very mad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tikan0 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6350718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350718) [\#6401500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6401500))

- Як же було соньце на западї та згусла темрява тодї, **наче** піч задимувала, і поломя огняне пройшло між розтятими частинами.
  It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
  ([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 · GEN 15:17)

- Проте я вчиню щось нове; воно, **наче** б уже сталось; чи вже ж ви й сього не схочете знати? Я пробю дорогу в пустинї, на степах пролию ріки.
  Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  ([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 · ISA 43:19)

## 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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