| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kamu tak perlu jawab saya sekarang. | You don't need to answer me now. |
| Jadi, aku tak dapat jawab pertanyaan itu. | So I can't answer that question. |
| Oh, ya, itu benar. sulap. jawab saja, oke, sok tahu. | Oh, yes, that's right. Magic. Just answer the question, okay, smartass. |
| Kamu belum jawab pertanyaanku. kau juga tak menjawab pertanyaanku, jadi... | You didn't answer my question. You don't answer any of mine, so... |
| Aku jawab sperti ini aja. | Let me answer it this way. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | antwoord | Azeri | cavab vermək |
| Danish | svare | Dutch | beantwoorden |
| English | answer | Esperanto | respondi |
| Estonian | piisama,reageerima | Faroese | svara |
| Finnish | vastata | French | répondre, répouser |
| German | antworten, beantworten | Hawaiian | pane |
| Hebrew | ענה | Hungarian | felel |
| Indonesian | menjawab | Italian | rispondere, rispondersi |
| Japanese | 応える, 回答, 返答 | Macedonian | одговара, одговори |
| Norwegian | besvare | Persian | جواب دادن |
| Portuguese | atender, responder | Quechua | kutichiy |
| Russian | ответить, отвечать, отзываться | Spanish | replicar, responder |
| Thai | จำเลย, ตอบ | Turkish | cevap vermek, cevaplamak, cevaplandırmak, karşılık vermek, yanıt vermek, yanıtlamak, yanıtlanmak |
| Vietnamese | trả lời |