Indonesian
| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Orang Afrika menginginkan kesetaraan diseluruh Afrika Selatan. | Africans want a just share in the whole of South Africa. |
| ..aku menginginkan sesuatu untuk ditunjukkan kepadanya.. ..kapanpun dia siap untuk menarik pelatuknya. | I wanted to have something to throw in her face whenever she wanted to pull the trigger. |
| Kau menginginkan ini lebih dari apa pun. | You wanted this more than anything. |
| Sang penguasa menginginkan dirimu. | The master wants you. |
| Asal kau tahu, Gigantor, mereka tak menginginkan kita lagi. | In case you forgot, Gigantor, they don't want us there anymore. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wil | Albanian | dua |
| Arabic | أراد | Basque | nahi izan |
| Catalan | voler | Dutch | willen |
| English | want | Esperanto | voli |
| Finnish | haluta, hotsittaa, tahtoa | Greek | θέλω |
| Hawaiian | makemake | Hebrew | רצה |
| Hungarian | akar | Italian | volere |
| Japanese | 欲する | Latvian | gribēt |
| Lithuanian | norėti, norėtis | Macedonian | сака |
| Malay | mahu, mau | Maltese | ried |
| Maori | hiahia | Norwegian | vilja |
| Persian | خواستن | Polish | chcieć |
| Portuguese | pretender, querer | Quechua | munay |
| Romanian | vrea | Russian | захотеться, хотеть, хотеться |
| Thai | ต้องราชประสงค์, อยาก | Turkish | istemek |
| Vietnamese | muốn |