| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Minun pitäisi mapittaa nämä laskut, mutta en tiedä... | I've got these invoices to file and I don't know... |
| - Hei. Tulitko mapittamaan? | You're here to finish up your filing? |
| Mene vaikka mapittamaan | Go do some filing. I got some phone calls to make. |
| Kuten tylsä mapittaminen. | Being bored out of your mind while filing-- Well, that's obvious... |
| Lola... pimeässä mapittaminen on paha rikos. | Lola filing in the dark is a serious offence. You're in a lot of trouble. Get up against that wall. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | vijlen | English | file |
| Estonian | kartoteekima | German | abheften,feilen |
| Greek | λιμάρω, λιμνάζω | Hungarian | benyújt |
| Icelandic | sverfa | Italian | archiviare, limare |
| Macedonian | архивира, истурпија | Malay | fail |
| Norwegian | arkivere | Polish | opiłować, zaszlifować |
| Portuguese | limar | Spanish | limar |
| Swedish | arkivera, fila | Vietnamese | giũa |