| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Mitä tapahtuu, jos menetätte näkönne ja sokeudutte? | (screaming) What happens if you lose your eyes, become blind. |
| Ilman maustetta navigaattorit sokeutuvat - Bene Gesserit menettää koko mahtinsa - ja suurten talojen kaupankäynti lakkaa! | Without the spice the navigators will become blind the Bene Gesserit will lose all powers and all commerce among the great houses will cease! |
| Itkin mieheni ja lasteni perään päivittäin, sitten sokeuduin. | I cried everyday for my husband and children, then I became blind |
| Kaksi lapsista on sokeutunut. | Right, two children become blind. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | bëhem | Arabic | أصبح,أضحى, أمسى, صار |
| Basque | baserritartu | Catalan | esdevenir |
| Danish | blive, vorde | Dutch | geworden |
| English | become | Estonian | muutuma, saama |
| Faroese | blíva, verða | French | abeausir, abecquer, devenir |
| German | werden, zukommen | Greek | γίνομαι |
| Hungarian | lesz, válik | Icelandic | blífa |
| Italian | divenire, diventare, illeggiadrirsi, rimbecillire | Japanese | なる, 成る |
| Latvian | kļūst, kļūt, tapt | Lithuanian | patapti, tapti, virsti |
| Macedonian | стане | Norwegian | bli, verta, verte |
| Persian | شدن | Portuguese | ficar |
| Quechua | t'ikray | Romanian | deveni |
| Russian | делаться, подобать, сделаться, статься | Spanish | convertirse, tornarse, volverse |
| Swedish | bli, blifva, blinka, bliva, blixtra, glädja | Thai | กลับกลาย, กลาย |
| Turkish | olmak | Vietnamese | hoá, thành, trở nên, trở thành |