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# спочатку — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *спочатку* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: спочатку (110). By style: everyday 110.

## first

Used about 101 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 101). Meaning: [first in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/first/).

- **Спочатку** жінки та діти!
  Women and children **first**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#1958243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1958243) [\#5928458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5928458))

- **Спочатку** я не зрозуміла.
  I didn't understand at **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9204054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9204054) [\#9204258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9204258))

- Він **спочатку** був сором'язливим.
  He was shy at **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#244054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244054) [\#9173721](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9173721))

- Поїхали **спочатку** до Бостона.
  Let's go to Boston **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6268958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6268958) [\#8429519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8429519))

- **Спочатку** я йому не вірила.
  I didn't believe him at **first**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#244051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244051) [\#6056272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6056272))

## More sentences

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

- **Спочатку** думай, потім говори.
  Make your brain work before talking!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmdas and Despear · checked, community translation · [\#2081422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2081422) [\#5068669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5068669))

- **Спочатку** Христос був гарбузом, допоки його не оживила хресна Попелюшки.
  Jesus was originally a pumpkin until he was brought to life by Cinderella's fairy godmother.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#8894164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8894164) [\#8895714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8895714))

- Я занадто старий, щоб починати все **спочатку**.
  I'm too old to start over.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2544644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544644) [\#2812397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2812397))

## 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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