давай — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian давай 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: давай (260). By style: everyday 240 · biblical 20.

let

Used about 211 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 205 · biblical ≈ 6). Meaning: let in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Давай підемо в кіно.

  Let's go to a movie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · #388684 #506400

• Не пожадай вроди її в серцї твойму, й не давай себе принадити морганнєм її;

  Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 6:25

• Давай зіграємо в шахи.

  Let's play chess.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · #2007845 #5128562

• Кожен (давай), яко ж постановляє в серцї, не з жалю або з примусу; веселого бо дателя любить Бог.

  Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 9:7

• Давай грати у футбол.

  Let's play football.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and sundown · checked, community translation · #10529606 #10537135

keep

Used about 13 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 3). Meaning: keep in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Не давай обіцянок, яких не можеш додержати.

  Don't make promises you can't keep.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CK · checked, community translation · #1477100 #586649

• Не давай їм з очей твоїх зникнути; заховай їх у самій серединї в серцї твойму.

  Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 4:21

• Не давай обіцянок, яких не можеш додержати.

  Don't make promises that you can't keep.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5228975 #586649

• Здержуй ноги твої, щоб не витоптували обуви, не давай горлу твому томитись спрагою. Ти ж кажеш: Не надїйсь, нї! бо я вподобала собі чужих (богів), так і бігати му слїдом за ними.

  “Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 2:25

• І каже: Що мушу тобі дати? Каже ж Яков: Не давай менї нїчогісїнько, аби вчинив, що скажу, знов пасти му вівцї твої й доглядати му.

  Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 30:31

More sentences

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

• Не давай Тому мій телефон.

  Don't give Tom my number.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · #3921490 #7955879

• Давай, не будь дурним!

  Come on, don't be silly.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and al_ex_an_der · checked, community translation · #282403 #504527

• Не давай нікому грошей.

  Don't give money to anyone.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by User55521 and tokzyk · checked, community translation · #10696164 #10697326

Grammar

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