| Example in Greek | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Μην αρχινάς! | - Mary, don't start. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ابتدأ,بدأ, طفق | Catalan | començar |
| Danish | børje | Dutch | aanvangen, aanvatten |
| English | begin | Estonian | algama, alustama |
| Faroese | byrja | Finnish | alkaa, ruveta |
| French | commencer, mettre | German | anfangen, antreten, beginnen |
| Hungarian | elkezd, elkezdődik, kezd, kezdődik, megkezd, megkezdődik | Icelandic | byrja |
| Italian | cominciare, incominciare, iniziare, principiare | Japanese | 開幕, 仕掛ける, 始まる, 始める |
| Latvian | sākt, uzsākt | Lithuanian | pradėti, prasidėti |
| Macedonian | почнува | Maltese | beda |
| Maori | tīmata | Norwegian | begynne, byrja |
| Persian | آغاز شدن, آغاز کردن, شروع کردن | Polish | rozpocząć, rozpoczynać, zacząć, zaczynać |
| Quechua | qallariy, qallay, tiksiy | Russian | начать, начаться, начинать, начинаться, почать, починать, приступать |
| Spanish | comenzar, iniciar, principiar | Swedish | anträda, antvarda, begynna, börja, inleda, inlemma, inmundiga, påbörja |
| Thai | เริ่ม, เริ่มต้น | Vietnamese | bắt đầu |