| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Воин не промолвил ни слова, так как его рот был полон. | The warrior said nothing for his mouth was full. |
| Наконец, княэь промолвил: | At last, the Prince said: |
| Пока еще не промолвил ни слова. | Still hasn't said a word, sir. |
| Итак, они сели на первый лифт, затем пересели на второй, который оочень быстр, как ракета. И так они поднялись на вершину Empire State building. Посмотрев вниз, Русалочка промолвила: | So he got on the first elevator and then on the second elevator that's as fast as a space rocket, and they got to the top of the Empire State building and the Little Mermaid was looking down and she said |
| Мико, ты не промолвила ни словечка. | Miko, you haven't said a word since we took off. |
| и птичка промолвила... | and the little bird said... |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sê | Albanian | them |
| Arabic | قال,قل | Azeri | demək |
| Basque | erran, esan | Catalan | dir |
| Danish | sige, udtale | Dutch | zeggen |
| English | say | Estonian | ütlema |
| Faroese | siga | Finnish | lausua, sanoa, virkkoa |
| French | dédire | German | dazusagen, sagen |
| Greek | λέω | Hawaiian | ʻī |
| Hebrew | אמר | Hungarian | mond |
| Icelandic | kveða | Indonesian | bilang, mengatakan, mengucapkan |
| Italian | dire | Japanese | おっしゃる, 仰っしゃる, 言う, 言える, 申し上げる, 申す |
| Latvian | pateikt, sacīt, teikt | Lithuanian | išsakyti, sakyti |
| Macedonian | вели, искаже, рече | Malay | bilang |
| Maltese | qal | Norwegian | seia, seie, si |
| Persian | گفتن | Polish | dopowiadać, mawiać, rzec, rżeć, wyjęzyczać |
| Quechua | ñiy | Romanian | cuvânta, spune, zice |
| Spanish | decir | Swedish | säg, säga, säja, säkerhetskopiera, säkerställa |
| Thai | กล่าว, ว่า | Turkish | demek, söylemek |