| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Tidak, kecuali kalau kau nyanyi. | - No, you will be if you sing. |
| Kami lagi nyanyi 'Pritam, come hither' | We are singing 'Pritam, come hither' |
| -Saya dengar awak nyanyi pagi tadi. | I heard you singing this morning. |
| Mari nyanyi bersama | Let's sing together |
| Kau nyanyi lagu apa? | What song are you gonna sing? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sing | Albanian | këndoj |
| Arabic | غنى | Basque | abestu |
| Catalan | cantar | Danish | synge |
| Dutch | bezingen,bezinken, toezingen, zingen | English | sing |
| Esperanto | kanti | Estonian | kumisema, laulma |
| Faroese | syngja | Finnish | laulaa, laulella, lauleskella |
| German | lobsingen, singen | Greek | κελαηδώ, τραγουδώ, ψάλλω, ψέλνω |
| Hawaiian | mele | Hebrew | שר |
| Hungarian | dalol, énekel | Icelandic | syngja |
| Indonesian | bernyanyi, menyanyi, menyanyikan | Italian | cantare, duettare, salmodiare, zirlare |
| Japanese | 歌う, 歌唱 | Latvian | dziedāt |
| Lithuanian | dainuoti, padainuoti | Macedonian | испее, отпее, пее |
| Maltese | kanta | Maori | waiata |
| Norwegian | synge, syngja | Persian | آواز خواندن |
| Polish | dośpiewać, odśpiewać, opiewać, pośpiewać, śpiewać, wyśpiewać, wyśpiewywać, zakolędować, zaśpiewać | Portuguese | cantar, entoar |
| Quechua | takiy | Romanian | cânta |
| Russian | воспевать, воспеть, петь | Spanish | cantar, grillar |
| Swedish | sjunga | Thai | ขับร้อง, ซอ, ร้อง, ร้องเพลง |
| Turkish | şarkı söylemek | Vietnamese | ca, hát, hắt, hất |