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# почала — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *почала* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: почала (70). By style: everyday 56 · biblical 14.

## started

Used about 32 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32). Forms: start, started.

- Коли ти **почала**?
  When did you **start**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tikan0 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2647793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2647793) [\#4660583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4660583))

- Я **почала** кричати.
  I **started** to scream.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5958415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5958415) [\#5966307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5966307))

- Це ти **почала**.
  You're the one who **started** it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6866151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6866151) [\#6910699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6910699))

- Вона **почала** співати.
  She **started** to sing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Thanuir · checked, community translation · [\#7204299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7204299) [\#7427133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7427133))

- Я **почала** писати книгу.
  I **started** to write a book.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Oleksandr\_Tahayev and cromwellt · checked, community translation · [\#3751689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3751689) [\#7714505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7714505))

## began

Used about 15 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Я **почала** їсти.
  I **began** to eat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5852431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5852431) [\#5866774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5866774))

- І дївчина, побачивши його знов, **почала** казати тим, що стояли: Що сей з них.
  The maid saw him and **began** again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.”
  ([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 14:69)

- Я **почала** пітніти.
  I **began** to sweat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1690475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1690475) [\#5973751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5973751))

- і ставши коло ніг Його ззаду, плачучи, **почала** обмивати ноги Його слїзми, й волоссєм голови своєї обтирати; й цїлувала ноги Його, й мастила миром.
  Standing behind at his feet weeping, she **began** to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  ([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 7:38)

- Вода **почала** кипіти.
  The water **began** to boil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2268642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2268642) [\#6967532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6967532))

## begun

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5).

- Я **почала** цим займатися.
  I've **begun** doing that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6767187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6767187) [\#7590486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7590486))

- Ти **почала** вивчати французьку?
  Have you **begun** studying French?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2451490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2451490) [\#8018689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8018689))

- Данія **почала** знову відкривати школи.
  Denmark has **begun** reopening schools.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#8684131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8684131) [\#8708641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8708641))

- Вона щойно **почала** читати книжку, коли хтось постукав до дверей.
  She'd just **begun** to read the book when someone knocked on the door.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1396387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1396387) [\#7121021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7121021))

## conceived

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4).

- Ось бо я в беззаконню родився, і в грісї **почала** мене мати моя.
  Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother **conceived** me in 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 · PSA 51:5)

- Не тільки ж (се); а й Ревека, що **почала** за одним разом од Ісаака, отця нашого;
  Not only so, but Rebekah also **conceived** by one, by our father Isaac.
  ([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 · ROM 9:10)

- І ввійшов до Агари, і завагонїла. Як же почулась вона, що завагонїла, **почала** зневажати господиню свою.
  He went in to Hagar, and she **conceived**. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
  ([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 16:4)

- Бо мати їх блудувала, соромом окривала себе та, що їх **почала**; бо казала: Пійду за полюбовниками моїми; вони ж дають менї хлїб і воду й вовну й лен, оливу й напій.
  For their mother has played the prostitute. She who **conceived** them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
  ([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 · HOS 2:5)

## learning

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

- Коли ти **почала** вчити німецьку?
  When did you begin **learning** German?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CN · checked, community translation · [\#16849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16849) [\#6639571](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6639571))

- Коли ти **почала** вивчати німецьку?
  When did you begin **learning** German?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CN · checked, community translation · [\#16849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16849) [\#6639569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6639569))

- Коли ти **почала** вивчати французьку?
  When did you start **learning** French?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2451369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2451369) [\#6950040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6950040))

## More sentences

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

- Вона **почала** втрачати терпіння.
  She was becoming impatient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5842280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5842280) [\#5843830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5843830))

- Я **почала** займатися спортом.
  I took up sports.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and frpzzd · checked, community translation · [\#13703627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13703627) [\#13706076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13706076))

- Я тебе **почала**.
  I heard you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Trailsend · checked, community translation · [\#885698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/885698) [\#5948707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5948707))

## 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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