| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Beraninya kau bercanda akan membunuh anakku? | You dare to joke around about killing my son? |
| Ini bercanda, kan? | This is some kind of a joke, right? |
| Dia bercanda.dia adalah-- seorang pelawak | He jokes. He's a -- he's a jokester. |
| Itu hanya bercanda. | It was just a joke. |
| Oh, kau bercanda? | Oh, you got jokes? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | دعب,مزح | Danish | spøge |
| English | joke | Esperanto | ŝerci |
| Estonian | naljatama, naljatlema | Finnish | pilailla, velmuilla, vitsailla |
| French | blaguer, blaireauter, plaisanter | German | schäkern, scherzen, spaßen |
| Greek | αστειεύομαι | Hungarian | viccel |
| Icelandic | djóka | Italian | motteggiare, scherzare |
| Latvian | jokot | Lithuanian | pajuokauti, pokštauti |
| Macedonian | се пошегува, се шегува | Polish | dowcipkować, drwinkować, pożartować, zażartować, żartować |
| Portuguese | motejaar | Romanian | glumi |
| Russian | пошутить, стебаться, шутить | Spanish | chunguearse, embromar, guasearse |
| Swedish | skalkas, skalla, skoja, skämta, skända | Thai | ตลก |
| Turkish | şaka kaldırmak | Vietnamese | đùa, nói đùa |