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# чому — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *чому* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: чому (4 099). By style: everyday 4 004 · biblical 95.

## why

Used about 3 460 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 420 · biblical ≈ 40). Meaning: [why in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/why/).

- Мені все одно **чому**.
  I don't care **why**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by quez and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2271823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2271823) [\#3014838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3014838))

- **Чому** мають казати народи: Де ж їх Бог?
  **Why** should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
  ([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 115:2)

- **Чому** ви не спите?
  **Why** aren't you asleep?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2646166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2646166) [\#6290827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6290827))

- **Чому**, Господи, стоїш оддалеки, ховаєшся у час тїсноти?
  **Why** do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
  ([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 10:1)

- Ось **чому** я збрехала.
  That's **why** I lied.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3565031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3565031) [\#7076258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7076258))

## should

Used about 85 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 83 · biblical ≈ 2).

- Дай мені хоч одну причину, **чому** мені слід це зробити.
  Give me one reason I **should** do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6037983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6037983) [\#6038777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6038777))

- а остальнї, — хто на дошках, а хто на **чому** з корабля. І сталось так, що всї спаслись на землю.
  and the rest **should** follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
  ([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 · ACT 27:44)

## don

Used about 83 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 83). Meaning: [don in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/don/).

- Яка справжня причина, **чому** ти не хочеш поїхати до Австралії?
  What's the real reason you **don**'t want to go to Australia?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7155345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7155345) [\#8053253](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8053253))

## t

Used about 10 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 10). Meaning: [t in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/).

- **Чому** я не слухав голосу вчителїв моїх, не нахиляв уха мого до наставників моїх;
  I haven’**t** obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
  ([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 · PRO 5:13)

- Ви кланяєтесь, а **чому** — не знаєте; ми кланяємось, і **чому** — знаємо, бо спасеннє від Жидів.
  You worship that which you don’**t** know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from 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 · JOH 4:22)

- нї від рук чоловічих служеннє приймає, дознаючи нужду в **чому**; сам бо дає всїм життє, і диханнє, і все;
  He isn’**t** served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
  ([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 · ACT 17:25)

- Сорок років харчував ти їх у пустинї; вони нї в **чому** не мали недостачі, одежа їх не ставала стара, й ноги їх не пухли.
  “Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’**t** grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
  ([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 · NEH 9:21)

- Я полюбив вас, говорить Господь. Ви питаєте: У **чому** показалась любов твоя до нас? — Хиба ж Езав не брат Яковів? говорить Господь? а однакже я полюбив Якова,
  “I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’**t** Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;
  ([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 · MAL 1:2)

## me

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8).

- Навчіте мене, а я замовкну, укажіть, у **чому** я провинен.
  “Teach **me**, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
  ([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 · JOB 6:24)

- От **чому** я говорю. Тим то вислухайте мене, виповім і я те, що знаю.
  Therefore I said, ‘Listen to **me**; I also will show my opinion.’
  ([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 · JOB 32:10)

- У **чому** й працюю, воюючи силою Його, що орудує в менї потужно.
  for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in **me** mightily.
  ([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 1:29)

- Про все, в **чому** винують мене Жиди, царю Агриппо, вважаю себе за щасливого, маючи відповідати сьогоднї перед тобою,
  “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things the Jews accuse **me** of,
  ([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 · ACT 26:2)

## does

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- А хто кривдить, прийме у **чому** скривдив, і нема вважання на лице (в Бога).
  But he who **does** wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
  ([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 3:25)

## More sentences

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

- А цього разу в **чому** проблема?
  What's the problem this time?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3479663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3479663) [\#7422730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7422730))

- Питання ось у **чому**.
  Wherein lies the question.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and Serhiy · checked, community translation · [\#749335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749335) [\#522967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/522967))

- Гадаю, ми багато **чому** навчилися.
  I think we've learned a lot.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7136671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7136671) [\#10844336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10844336))

## 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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