| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Enmebaragesi bilang dia melihatmu di taman. | Enmebaragesi says he saw you in the garden. |
| Mereka bilang, manteranya Mampu mempengaruhi pikiran orang lain. | They say his spells have the power to cloud minds. |
| Aku tidak bisa mendengar apa2 diluar mulutmu, jadi jika kau dalam masalah, kau harus bilang. | but I can't hear anything outside your mouth. So, if you get in trouble, you have to say so. |
| - Pat bilang "Hai". | - Pat says "Hi". |
| ...kau bilang kau percaya alien? | ...you're saying you believe in aliens? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sê | Albanian | them |
| Arabic | قال,قل | Azeri | demək |
| Basque | erran, esan | Catalan | dir |
| Danish | sige, udtale | Dutch | zeggen |
| English | say | Estonian | ütlema |
| Faroese | siga | Finnish | lausua, sanoa, virkkoa |
| French | dédire | German | dazusagen, sagen |
| Greek | λέω | Hawaiian | ʻī |
| Hebrew | אמר | Hungarian | mond |
| Icelandic | kveða | Italian | dire |
| Japanese | おっしゃる, 仰っしゃる, 言う, 言える, 申し上げる, 申す | Latvian | pateikt, sacīt, teikt |
| Lithuanian | išsakyti, sakyti | Macedonian | вели, искаже, рече |
| Malay | bilang | Maltese | qal |
| Norwegian | seia, seie, si | Persian | گفتن |
| Polish | dopowiadać, mawiać, rzec, rżeć, wyjęzyczać | Quechua | ñiy |
| Romanian | cuvânta, spune, zice | Russian | вымолвить, гласить, говаривать, молвить, пробасить, проговаривать, проговорить, промолвить, сказать |
| Spanish | decir | Swedish | säg, säga, säja, säkerhetskopiera, säkerställa |
| Thai | กล่าว, ว่า | Turkish | demek, söylemek |