| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aku harus bicara dengan Earl Ingstad ! | - I must speak to Earl Ingstad! |
| Dia bicara dengan seorang pria. | She's speaking with a man. |
| Kau mau menemuinya, atau bicara padanya? | Wouldn't you like to see her, or speak to her? |
| Kapten, aku mau bicara dengannya dalam keadaan hidup. | - Captain. - I need to speak with this man alive. |
| Biarkan aku bicara. | Let me speak. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أعجم,تحدث, كلم | Basque | mintzatu |
| Catalan | parlar | Dutch | praaien, spreken |
| English | speak | Esperanto | ekparoli |
| Estonian | kõnelema, rääkima | Faroese | mæla, spráka, spreka, tala |
| Finnish | bamlata, sanailla, virkkaa | French | parler |
| German | reden, sprechen, zusprechen | Greek | αγριομιλώ, αγυρντίζω, μιλάω, μιλώ |
| Hawaiian | ʻōlelo | Hebrew | דיבר |
| Hungarian | beszél, szól, szólal | Icelandic | mæla |
| Italian | alitare, favellare | Latvian | runāt |
| Lithuanian | kalbėti, pakalbėti, šnekėti | Macedonian | збори, зборува |
| Malay | bicara | Maltese | tkellem |
| Maori | kōrero | Norwegian | snakke |
| Persian | سخن گفتن | Polish | mówić, odezwać, odzywać, przemawiać, przemówić, rozmawiać |
| Portuguese | dizer, falar | Quechua | parlay, rimay |
| Romanian | vorbi | Russian | балакать, басить, баять, говорить, разговаривать |
| Spanish | chistar, hablarse, parlar | Swedish | prata, prägla, pränta, tala |
| Thai | ดำรัส, ตรัส, พูด | Turkish | konuşmak, siymek |
| Vietnamese | ăn nói, cất tiếng, ngôn, nói, phát ngôn, rằng |