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# шукаю — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *шукаю* 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: шукаю (128). By style: everyday 120 · biblical 8.

## looking

Used about 119 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 118 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Я не це **шукаю**.
  That isn't what I'm **looking** for.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#321529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/321529) [\#6896934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6896934))

- Він же каже: Браття мого **шукаю**. Повідай, де пасуть.
  He said, “I am **looking** for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
  ([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 37:16)

- Я **шукаю** свою шапку.
  I'm **looking** for my hat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546575) [\#7973081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7973081))

- Я **шукаю** свого кота.
  I'm **looking** for my cat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2745283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2745283) [\#10629565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10629565))

- Я **шукаю** свого кота.
  I am **looking** for my cat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#10629320](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10629320) [\#10629565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10629565))

## seek

Used about 5 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 5). Meaning: [seek in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/seek/).

- Я ж не **шукаю** моєї слави; єсть, хто шукає й судить.
  But I don’t **seek** my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
  ([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 8:50)

- Не то щоб я шукав дару, а **шукаю** овощу, що намножуєть ся на користь вашу.
  Not that I **seek** for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
  ([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 · PHI 4:17)

- Не можу я робити від себе нїчого: як чую, суджу; і суд мій праведний; бо не **шукаю** волї моєї, а волї пославшого мене Отця.
  I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t **seek** my own will, but the will of my Father who sent 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 · JOH 5:30)

- Ось утретє готов я прийти до вас, і не буду важким вам, бо не **шукаю** вашого, а вас; бо не дїтям треба для родителїв скарбувати, а родителям для дїтей.
  Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I **seek** not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
  ([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 12:14)

- Давидова псальма про те, як він був у пустинї Юдейській. Боже, ти єси Бог мій! Тебе **шукаю** пильно! Жадає тебе душа моя, за тобою прагне тїло моє у землї висохлій, прагнущій, безводній,
  A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly **seek** you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
  ([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 63:1)

## More sentences

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

- Я нічого не **шукаю**.
  I'm not searching for anything.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10953792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10953792) [\#10957531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10957531))

- Я, премудрість, пробуваю з розумом і **шукаю** розважливого знання.
  “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
  ([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 8:12)

- Бо чи людей я тепер впевняю (**шукаю**), чи Бога? чи людям **шукаю** вгодити? Бо коли б я ще людям угождав, то не був би слугою Христовим.
  For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
  ([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 · GAL 1:10)

## Grammar

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