| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Nah, daripada memetik ceri nice piece yang aneh, | Well, rather than cherry-pick the odd nice piece, |
| Pokoknya, kita akan mencoba memetik keadaan dan memulai lagi. | Anyway, we're gonna try to pick things up and start over. |
| Kenapa kau tidak pernah mencoba merek ini dari memetik, Luther? | How come you don't never try this brand of picking Luther? |
| Dan anda bisa memetik pecan seharga 40 sen segantang di Selma Landing. | And you can pick pecans for 40 cents a bushel at Selma Landing. |
| Mari kita memetik! | Let's get picking! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قطف,نكأ | Catalan | collir, optar, seleccionar, triar |
| Dutch | oppikken, peuteren, pluizen, plukken, plunderen | English | pick |
| Faroese | pilka | Finnish | napsia, plokata, poimia |
| French | recoller | German | abpflücken, stochern |
| Hawaiian | hiku | Hebrew | קטף |
| Hungarian | piszkál, szakaszt | Icelandic | kroppa, tína |
| Italian | cogliere, piluccare | Japanese | 採取, 摘み取る |
| Latvian | lasīt | Lithuanian | išrinkti, rankyti |
| Norwegian | plukke | Persian | چیدن |
| Polish | dłubać, wydłubać, wyłowić | Romanian | scobi |
| Russian | сорвать, срывать | Spanish | cogerse, mondarse |
| Swedish | hacka, haffa, hafva, hafwa, utvälja | Thai | แคะ |
| Turkish | yolmak | Vietnamese | kiếm chuyện, nhóng, xỉa |