| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kami, Sajiki bersaudara. tak ada yg kami keluhkan jika kami bisa membunuh dan menghasilkan uang. | We, Sajiki brothers, have nothing to complain about if we can kil and make some money. |
| Aku tidak mengerti apa yg sedang kau keluhkan. | I don't see what you got to complain about. |
| Kemanusiaan yang selama ini kuajarkan, kenapa justru aku keluhkan. | The humanity I sought stands before me, my complaints are groundless |
| Hal yang kau keluhkan sebelumnya | The other day when you complained... |
| Saya tak menarik ...apa pun yg terjadi menjadi apa yg anda keluhkan. | I didn't attract...whatever it happens to be that you're complaining about. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تذمر,شكأ, شكا | Catalan | queixar-se |
| Danish | anke, klage | Dutch | beklagen, klagen |
| English | complain | Esperanto | plendi |
| Estonian | hädaldama, kaebama | Faroese | klaga |
| Finnish | valitella | French | clamer, moufter, se plaindre, se plaire, se planquer |
| German | beklagen, raunzen, reklamieren, zetern | Greek | διαμαρτύρομαι, παραπονιέμαι, παραπονούμαι, παραστρατίζω, παρατιμονιάζω, παραφωνάζω, παραχειμάζω, παραχοντραίνω |
| Icelandic | kvarta | Italian | condolersi, lagnarsi, piatire |
| Latvian | sūdzēties, žēloties | Lithuanian | pasiskųsti |
| Macedonian | се жали, се побуни, се пожали | Norwegian | klage |
| Persian | شکایت کردن | Polish | labiedzić, narzekać, naskarżyć, ponarzekać, stęknąć, uskarżać, żalić |
| Portuguese | queixar, reclamar | Russian | жаловаться, пожаловаться, проохать |
| Spanish | dolerse, quejar, rechistar, renegar | Swedish | beklaga, bekläda, bekosta, klaga, klampa, klandra |
| Thai | ร้องทุกข์ | Turkish | şikâyet etmek, şikâyette bulunmak, yakınmak |
| Vietnamese | khiếu nại, phàn nàn, than phiền |