| Example in French | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Je suis paumé. | What's happened? |
| J'étais paumé, et alors c'est arrivé | It was real glary. Very confusing, and that's when it happened, sir. |
| Pourquoi il est aussi paumé ? | What do you think happened to make him so messed up? |
| Tu te souviens quand il a paumé sont chapeau en Inde? | Remember the kak that happened in India when he lost his legs. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حدث,حصل | Catalan | passar, succeir |
| Danish | foregå, forekomme | Dutch | gebeuren, geschieden, overkomen, toegaan, voorvallen |
| English | happen | Faroese | henda |
| Finnish | sattua, tapahtua | German | begeben, erfolgen, geschehen, gestalten, vorfallen, vorgehen |
| Greek | συμβαίνω, τυχαίνω | Hebrew | קרה |
| Hungarian | adódik, előfordul, játszódik, történik | Indonesian | terjadi |
| Italian | accadere, avvenire, capitare, contingere, intravenire | Japanese | 起こる |
| Latvian | notikt | Lithuanian | atsitikti, įvykti, nutikti |
| Macedonian | бидне, се случи, се случува | Norwegian | hende, inntreffe, skje |
| Polish | przydarzyć, wydarzyć, zdarzać, zdarzyć | Portuguese | acontecer, suceder |
| Quechua | tukuy | Romanian | întâmpla, nimeri |
| Russian | приключаться, приключиться, свершаться, свершиться, совершаться, совершиться | Spanish | acaecer, acontecer, devenir, ocurrir, producirse, suceder, supervenir |
| Swedish | försiggå, hända, inträffa, pågå, ske | Vietnamese | xảy ra |