| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Istrimu bicara bahasa Jerman, dan namanya Broomhilda Von Shaft ? | Your slave wife speaks German and her name is Broomhilda Von Shaft? |
| Aku tidak bicara dengannya. | I didn't speak with him |
| Berpikir mereka akhirnya bisa belajar bicara bahasa Amerika. | Think they'd at least learn to speak American. |
| Aku bicara dengan kapten "aku tidak tahu siapa". | I was speaking to Captain l-don't-know-what. |
| Aku ingin bicara tentang dukunganmu. Mungkin besok. | I would speak to you of support, perhaps tomorrow.. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أعجم,تحدث, كلم | Basque | mintzatu |
| Catalan | parlar | Dutch | praaien, spreken |
| English | speak | Esperanto | ekparoli |
| Estonian | kõnelema, rääkima | Faroese | mæla, spráka, spreka, tala |
| Finnish | bamlata, sanailla, virkkaa | French | parler |
| German | reden, sprechen, zusprechen | Greek | αγριομιλώ, αγυρντίζω, μιλάω, μιλώ |
| Hawaiian | ʻōlelo | Hebrew | דיבר |
| Hungarian | beszél, szól, szólal | Icelandic | mæla |
| Indonesian | berbicara, bicara | Italian | alitare, favellare |
| Latvian | runāt | Lithuanian | kalbėti, pakalbėti, šnekėti |
| Macedonian | збори, зборува | Maltese | tkellem |
| Maori | kōrero | Norwegian | snakke |
| Persian | سخن گفتن | Polish | mówić, odezwać, odzywać, przemawiać, przemówić, rozmawiać |
| Portuguese | dizer, falar | Quechua | parlay, rimay |
| Romanian | vorbi | Russian | балакать, басить, баять, говорить, разговаривать |
| Spanish | chistar, hablarse, parlar | Swedish | prata, prägla, pränta, tala |
| Thai | ดำรัส, ตรัส, พูด | Turkish | konuşmak, siymek |
| Vietnamese | ăn nói, cất tiếng, ngôn, nói, phát ngôn, rằng |