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# почали — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *почали* 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: почали (126). By style: everyday 60 · biblical 66.

## started

Used about 36 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: start, started.

- Ми **почали** з нуля.
  We **started** from scratch.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4501954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501954) [\#10069453](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10069453))

- І в сьому даю раду: се бо вам на користь, котрі не тільки робити, та й хотїти перш **почали** від торішнього лїта.
  I give advice in this: it is expedient for you who were the first to **start** a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
  ([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 8:10)

- Чому ви **почали** пити?
  Why did you **start** drinking?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6442398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6442398) [\#6442404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6442404))

- Потім ми **почали** плакати.
  Then, we **started** crying.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and heo598 · checked, community translation · [\#6459196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6459196) [\#6460209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6460209))

- Ми сіли і **почали** їсти.
  We sat down and **started** eating.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6258242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6258242) [\#7490414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7490414))

## began

Used about 36 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 25).

- Ми **почали** говорити.
  We **began** to talk.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5758082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5758082) [\#5759478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5759478))

- І **почали** вони просити Його вийти з їх гряниць.
  They **began** to beg him to depart from their region.
  ([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 5:17)

- Ми **почали** цілуватися.
  We **began** to kiss.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2789176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2789176) [\#8381518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8381518))

- та й **почали** витати Його: Радуй ся, царю Жидівський!
  They **began** to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
  ([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 15:18)

- Ми **почали** працювати опівдні.
  We **began** our work at noon.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hectorvk and CK · checked, community translation · [\#248944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/248944) [\#528806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/528806))

## More sentences

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

- Ми **почали** працювати чимдуж.
  We set to work with all our might and main.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ChickenKiev and Mar1L · checked, community translation · [\#22843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22843) [\#497816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497816))

- Ви **почали** 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) [\#8018690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8018690))

- З тієї пори, як ми **почали** носити одяг, ми не знаємо одне одного.
  Ever since we've been wearing clothes, we haven't known one another.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#23105](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23105) [\#502651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/502651))

## 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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