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# перш — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *перш* 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: перш (129). By style: everyday 50 · biblical 79.

## before

Used about 87 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 46). Meaning: [before in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/before/).

- Думай, **перш** ніж говорити.
  Think **before** you speak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and jeanne · checked, community translation · [\#460299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460299) [\#8610849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8610849))

- Він єсть **перш** усього, і все в Ньому стоїть.
  He is **before** all things, and in him all things are held together.
  ([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 · COL 1:17)

- Думайте, **перш** ніж говорити.
  Think **before** you speak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and jeanne · checked, community translation · [\#460299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460299) [\#8610850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8610850))

- Каже до Него царський: Господи, йди **перш**, нїж умре дитина моя.
  The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down **before** my child dies.”
  ([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 · JOH 4:49)

- Зачішися, **перш** ніж йти надвір.
  Comb your hair **before** you go out.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21859) [\#6590700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6590700))

## first

Used about 28 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 23). Meaning: [first in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/first/).

- Я повинен був **перш** за все запитати Тома.
  I should've asked Tom **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2392870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2392870) [\#5739124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5739124))

- Трудящому ратаєві **перш** подобає овощу скоштувати.
  The farmer who labors must be the **first** to get a share of the crops.
  ([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 · 2TI 2:6)

- Я повинен був **перш** за все запитати Тома.
  I should have asked Tom **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CC · checked, community translation · [\#6868135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6868135) [\#5739124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5739124))

- Тільки **перш** не духовне (було), а душевне, духовне ж потім.
  However, that which is spiritual isn’t **first**, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
  ([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 15:46)

- **Перш** за все, ми проаналізуємо факти.
  **First** of all, we'll analyze the facts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2781183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2781183) [\#6583488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6583488))

## More sentences

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

- **Перш** за все, будь терплячим.
  Above all, be patient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CK · checked, community translation · [\#24789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24789) [\#11064870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064870))

- Об'єктно-орієнтоване програмування — це, **перш** за все, непряма адресація.
  Object-oriented programming is all about indirection.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and vlad · checked, community translation · [\#2748040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2748040) [\#6034147](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6034147))

- **Перш** за все, будь терплячою.
  Above all, be patient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ahha and CK · checked, community translation · [\#24789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24789) [\#11064871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064871))

## 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/).

## About these examples

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