| Example in Persian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| ,من نميام،دوستان ,دلهاتون رو بردند اما با احترام سخن گفتن .و بازگويي واقعيت | I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts, but to speak with respect, and to recount the truth. |
| دردزبانمرا راهنماييميکندو ....پيشنهاد سخن گفتن ميدهد اما | "...discomfort guides my tongue and bids me speak of nothing but..." |
| من آشکارا با همه سخن گفتم | I have spoken openly to everyone. |
| در زير نور خورشيد نيمروز سينه امواج را ميشکافند و از آن سخن خواهند گفت | "sailing in the noonday sun will speak." |
| اي روح با ما سخن بگو | Spirit... speak to me. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أعجم,تحدث, كلم | Basque | mintzatu |
| Catalan | parlar | Dutch | praaien, spreken |
| English | speak | Esperanto | ekparoli |
| Estonian | kõnelema, rääkima | Faroese | mæla, spráka, spreka, tala |
| Finnish | bamlata, sanailla, virkkaa | French | parler |
| German | reden, sprechen, zusprechen | Greek | αγριομιλώ, αγυρντίζω, μιλάω, μιλώ |
| Hawaiian | ʻōlelo | Hebrew | דיבר |
| Hungarian | beszél, szól, szólal | Icelandic | mæla |
| Indonesian | berbicara, bicara | Italian | alitare, favellare |
| Latvian | runāt | Lithuanian | kalbėti, pakalbėti, šnekėti |
| Macedonian | збори, зборува | Malay | bicara |
| Maltese | tkellem | Maori | kōrero |
| Norwegian | snakke | Polish | mówić, odezwać, odzywać, przemawiać, przemówić, rozmawiać |
| Portuguese | dizer, falar | Quechua | parlay, rimay |
| Romanian | vorbi | Russian | балакать, басить, баять, говорить, разговаривать |
| Spanish | chistar, hablarse, parlar | Swedish | prata, prägla, pränta, tala |
| Thai | ดำรัส, ตรัส, พูด | Turkish | konuşmak, siymek |
| Vietnamese | ăn nói, cất tiếng, ngôn, nói, phát ngôn, rằng |