| Example in Lithuanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Negaliu nė apsakyti, kaip didžiavausi tavimi paskutinėmis savaitėmis. | I can't even begin to tell you how proud of you I've been these past weeks. |
| Negaliu nė apsakyti, kaip jaučiuosi tau tai sakydamas. | I can't tell you how sorry I am to tell you this. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حكا,حكى, روى | Azeri | söyləmək |
| Danish | fortælle | Dutch | vertellen |
| English | tell | Esperanto | rakonti |
| Faroese | fortelja | Finnish | kertoa |
| French | conter, dire, raconter | Hebrew | סיפר |
| Hungarian | megmond | Indonesian | bercerita, kirim, menyuruh |
| Italian | narrare, raccontare | Japanese | 告げる |
| Latvian | izstāstīt, pastāstīt, stāstīt | Macedonian | каже, кажува, раскаже, раскажува |
| Malay | kirim | Norwegian | fortelja |
| Polish | opowiedzieć, oznajmić, powiadać, powiedzieć, stwierdzić, wmówić, zdradzić | Russian | поведать, рассказать, рассказывать |
| Spanish | relatar | Swedish | berätta, förtälja |
| Thai | กราบทูล, บอก | Turkish | tellemek |
| Vietnamese | bảo, kể |