| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Jenderal Guan Yu, Orang yang bijaksana memilih Tuannya dengan hati2 | General Guan Yu, a wise man chooses his Lord carefully |
| Aku pikir kau tidak dapat memilih keluarga. | I guess you can't choose family. |
| Aku di sini untuk memilih orang tua sempurna, seperti ibumu. | I'm here to choose the perfect parents, like your mommy. |
| Mungkin mereka memilih tak bicara karena perlakuan kalian. | Maybe they choose not to, given the way you treat them. |
| - Jadi kau lebih memilih dia dibanding aku. | - So you choose him over me. - Hell no. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | zgjedh | Arabic | اختار |
| Azeri | seçmək | Basque | aukeratu |
| Catalan | elegir,escollir | Danish | vælge |
| Dutch | kiezen, uitkiezen | English | choose |
| Esperanto | elekti | Estonian | eelistama, otsustama, valima |
| Faroese | kjósa, velja | Finnish | valita |
| French | choisir, déchoisir | German | auserkiesen, erkiesen, erküren, küren, wählen |
| Greek | διαλέγω | Hebrew | בחר |
| Hungarian | megválaszt, választ, válogat | Icelandic | velja |
| Italian | decernere, scegliere | Japanese | 取捨 |
| Latvian | izvēlēties | Lithuanian | išsirinkti, parinkti, pasirinkti |
| Macedonian | избере, избира, одбере, одбира | Malay | memilih |
| Maltese | għażel | Maori | whiriwhiri |
| Norwegian | velge, velja | Persian | انتخاب کردن |
| Polish | dobierać, dobrać, podobierać, wybierać, wybrać | Portuguese | escolher |
| Quechua | akllay | Romanian | alege |
| Russian | выбирать, выбрать, избирать, избрать, облюбовать, облюбовывать, отбирать, отобрать | Spanish | elegir, escoger |
| Thai | เลือก | Turkish | seçim yapmak, seçmek |
| Vietnamese | chọn, chọn lọc, lựa chọn, tuyển |