| Example in Latvian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| „Ja Jūs uzdrīkstaties par kaut ko sapņot, tas nozīmē, ka Jūs varat to īstenot.“ | “If you dare to dream about something,you are able to make it come true.” |
| Es reiz mēdzu sapņot, ka satikšu princi, bet, augstais Dievs, | I used to dream that I would meet a prince But, God almighty |
| Dažreiz es karājos, bezmiegā, naktī, un sapņoju, lai man kāds iešpļautu sejā. | I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face. |
| Es sapņoju, ka esmu atgriezies laikā. | I dreamed that I went back in time. |
| Es sapņoju par šo brīdi. | I've dreamed of this moment. |
| Aizvien vēl sapņo. | It's still there now, still dreaming. |
| Kādu sapni tas sapņo? | What kind of dream does the bird dream? |
| Tu šobrīd vēl sapņo... ...betdrīzturedzēsi... | Right now you're in here dreaming, but soon I will show you. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | droom | Albanian | ëndërroj |
| Arabic | حلم,درم | Catalan | somiar |
| Danish | drømme | Dutch | dromen, wegdromen |
| English | dream | Esperanto | sonĝi |
| Estonian | unelema | Faroese | droyma |
| Finnish | haaveilla, haaveksia | French | rêver, songer |
| German | träumen | Greek | ονειρεύομαι |
| Hungarian | álmodik | Indonesian | bermimpi, mengimpi, mengimpikan, mimpi |
| Italian | sognare | Japanese | 夢見る, 夢想 |
| Lithuanian | pasapnuoti, pasvajoti, sapnuoti, sapnuotis, svajoti | Macedonian | се сони, сони, сонува |
| Malay | bermimpi, mimpi | Maltese | ħolom |
| Norwegian | drømme, drøyma, drøyme | Persian | خواب دیدن |
| Polish | marzyć, podumać, pomarzyć, prześnić, śnić, zamarzyć, zaroić | Portuguese | sonhar |
| Quechua | musquy | Romanian | visa |
| Russian | грезить, мечтать, присниться, сниться | Spanish | asonar, soñar |
| Swedish | drömma | Thai | ทรงพระสุบิน, ฝัน |
| Turkish | düş görmek, hayal kurmak, hayallemek | Vietnamese | chiêm bao, giấc, mò, mó, mộ, mơ, mỡ, mớ, mơ màng, mở mang, mơ tưởng, mơ ước, ước mơ |