| Example in Quechua | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Unqusqa runa kani. | I am a man that is always sick. |
| Arí, warmiyuq kani. | Yes, I am married. |
| Sombi kani. | I am a zombie! |
| "Hayk'a watayuqmi kanki?" "Chunka suqtayuq watayuqmi kani." | "How old are you?" "I'm 16 years old." |
| "Hayk'a watayuqmi kanki?" "16 watayuqmi kani." | "How old are you?" "I'm 16 years old." |
| Doloresqa tawa ñañankunayuq kan. | Dolores has four sisters. |
| Juanitoqa tawa paninkunayuq kan. | Juanito has four sisters. |
| Chayqa mana hatun wasiychu kan. | That is not my big house. |
| Lliw runakunam paqarisqanchikmantapacha qispisqa kanchik, lliw chayaqinchikpipas kaqllataqmi sapakamanchikpa kanan. Yuyayniyuq kasqanchikraykum hawkalla aylluntinhina kawsayta atinanchik llapa runakunawan. | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wees | Albanian | jam |
| Arabic | اتسخ,احدودب, استوى, انتفخ, بان, برج, برد, بطؤ, بطل, تصور, عم, عمق, عمي, غاب, قر, قوي, كان, كبر, كرم, مرض | Azeri | olmaq |
| Basque | egon, izan | Catalan | ésser, ser |
| Danish | ske, være | Dutch | verkeren, wezen, zijn |
| English | be | Estonian | olema |
| Faroese | vera | Finnish | aristaa, hankautua, jaksella, monistua, olla |
| French | être, trouver | German | sein |
| Greek | αφυπηρετώ, βρίσκομαι, βρομίζω, βροντοκοπώ, βροντοφωνάζω, είμαι | Hebrew | היה, קטון |
| Hungarian | abajgat, van | Indonesian | berada |
| Italian | intarlare, intarlarsi, rappresentare | Japanese | だ |
| Latvian | būt | Lithuanian | būti, buvoti, tebebūti |
| Macedonian | мрзи, се паѓа, сум | Malay | berada |
| Norwegian | finnes, vera, være | Persian | گم شدن |
| Polish | być, stać, wynosić | Portuguese | estar, ser |
| Romanian | fi | Russian | бывать, быть, иметься, ломиться, обстоять, помещаться, пребывать, пребыть |
| Spanish | estar, hallarse, quedar, ser, tenerse | Swedish | framgå, framhärda, föreligga, ses, skämmas, tillhöra, tillintetgöra |
| Thai | คือ, เป็น, อยู่ | Vietnamese | bị, là, ở |