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# хочу — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *хочу* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: хочу (2 471). By style: everyday 2 410 · biblical 61.

## want

Used about 2 271 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 259 · biblical ≈ 11). Meaning: [want in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/want/).

- Я **хочу** це зробити.
  I **want** to do this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2011369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2011369) [\#5730305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5730305))

- Про духовне ж, браттє, не **хочу**, щоб ви не знали.
  Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t **want** you to be ignorant.
  ([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 12:1)

- Я не **хочу** спати.
  I don't **want** to sleep.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2275762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275762) [\#6134742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6134742))

- Хиба ж не вільно менї робити, що **хочу**, з добром моїм? Чи того твоє око лихе, що я добрий?
  Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I **want** to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
  ([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 · MAT 20:15)

- Я **хочу** тебе бачити.
  I **want** to see you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#257078](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/257078) [\#504176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/504176))

## to

Used about 100 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 100). Meaning: [to in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/to/).

- Я **хочу** поговорити з Томом французькою.
  I wanted **to** speak in French with Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2451339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2451339) [\#6874430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6874430))

- Я могла би зробити це, якби хотіла, але я не **хочу**.
  I could do that if I wanted **to**, but I don't.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6912577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6912577) [\#7870529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7870529))

## i

Used about 73 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 23). Meaning: [i in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/).

- Я дуже **хочу** пити.
  **I**'m very thirsty.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#255235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/255235) [\#6532866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6532866))

- Серце нечестиве нехай обминає мене, злого не **хочу** знати.
  A perverse heart will be far from me. **I** will have nothing to do with evil.
  ([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 101:4)

- Він же, озвавшись, сказав: Не **хочу**; опісля ж, одумавшись, пійшов.
  He answered, ‘**I** will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
  ([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 · MAT 21:29)

- Огонь прийшов я кинути на землю; і чого **хочу**? — тільки щоб запалав уже.
  “**I** came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
  ([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 12:49)

- І відказав Йоаб: Далеке се від мене. Не **хочу** я нї руйнувати, нї бурити!
  Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that **I** should swallow up or destroy.
  ([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 · 2SA 20:20)

## desire

Used about 27 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 27). Meaning: [desire in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/desire/).

- Коли ж, чого не **хочу**, те роблю, то хвалю закон, що добрий.
  But if what I don’t **desire**, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
  ([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 7:16)

- Оце ж знаходжу закон, що, коли **хочу** робити добре, передо мною лежить лихе.
  I find then the law that, while I **desire** to do good, evil is present.
  ([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 7:21)

- Бо доброго, що **хочу**, не роблю, а чого не **хочу**, лихого, те роблю.
  For the good which I **desire**, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
  ([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 7:19)

- Я бо милостї **хочу**, не жертви, а знаннє Бога любійше менї над всепалення.
  For I **desire** mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  ([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 6:6)

- Візьми своє, та й іди: я ж **хочу** й сьому останньому дати, що й тобі.
  Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my **desire** to give to this last just as much as to you.
  ([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 · MAT 20:14)

## Grammar

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