| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Екипата сигурно си потпевнува. | You must have that crew humming. |
| Ако г. Холмс почне да потпевнува, само поттурни го. | If Father starts making little humming noises, just give him a little poke. |
| Си ги потпевнуваш Металика? | You're humming Metallica? |
| Можеби треба само да потпевнуваш. | Perhaps you should just hum it. |
| Ти, немој да потпевнуваш. | No humming, you. |
| Се смеевме на него, смеевме но тогаш почнавме да си ја потпевнуваме песната. | We're laughing at it, laughing but then we're humming the songs. It's the rope-a-dope. |
| Што беше тоа што го потпевнуваше? | What was it that you were humming? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | دندن | Dutch | brommen,neuriën |
| English | hum | Estonian | umisema |
| Finnish | hurista, hymistä, hyristä | French | fredonner, vrombir |
| German | summen | Greek | βουίζω, βουλιάζω, βουλίζω |
| Hungarian | dúdol, zsong | Icelandic | raula |
| Italian | canticchiare | Lithuanian | niūniuoti, zysti, zyzti |
| Norwegian | nynne | Polish | bzyknąć, nucić, podśpiewywać, szumieć, zanucić |
| Portuguese | cantarolar | Russian | жужжать, напевать, напеть, прогудеть |
| Spanish | tararear, tatarear, zumbar | Swedish | gnola, gnugga, sorla |
| Turkish | mırıldanmak |