| Example in Faroese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Eg havi nógvan fepur. | I have a high temperature. |
| Tá ið teir komu av útróðri, ella hvar teir so høvdu verið, plagdu teir at syngja ein sálm. | When they returned from fishing, or from wherever they had been, they were wont to sing a hymn. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | hê | Albanian | kam |
| Catalan | haver,tenir | Danish | have |
| Dutch | hebben, laten | English | have |
| Esperanto | disponi, havi | Estonian | võtma |
| Finnish | astuttaa, harmahtaa, laskettaa, maalauttaa, omata, sairastaa | French | avoir |
| German | haben, verunfallen | Greek | έχω |
| Hungarian | birtokol, rendelkezik | Indonesian | memiliki, mempunyai, miliki, punya |
| Italian | avere, essere | Japanese | ある, 所持, 対話, 有する, 擁する |
| Lithuanian | turėti | Macedonian | има |
| Maltese | għand | Norwegian | ha, hava, have |
| Polish | mieć, posiadać, wywrzeć | Portuguese | ter |
| Romanian | avea | Russian | иметь |
| Spanish | desayunar, haber, tener | Swedish | ha |
| Thai | มี |