| Example in French | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Peux-tu deviner qui est derrière toi ?" | "Can you guess who's behind you?" |
| "Qui veut deviner le sexe du bébé ?" | Who wants to guess if it's a boy or a girl?" |
| "Sache ce que je pense, sans deviner | I want you to know what I think Don't want you to guess anymore |
| "sur un papier et tu as droit à 20 questions "pour deviner ce que c'est." | "and you get 20 questions to guess what it be." |
| (voix normale) Laisse moi deviner... elle est en colère contre toi. | (Normal voice) Let me guess... she's mad at you. |
| "Ce que le cœur a perçu, l'âme deviné | "What heart heard of, ghost guessed: |
| "Mais si tu n'as pas deviné, "tu dois savoir que papa me viole depuis que j'ai 12 ans. | But if you haven't guessed you should know that Dad has been raping me, since I was 12. |
| "T' as deviné, gros malin !" | I say, "You guessed it, Blue's Clues." |
| 'Vous l'avez peut-être deviné bien que vous ne le croiriez pas. | 'You might have guessed it although you may not believe it. |
| - Alors vous l'auriez deviné. | - Then you'd have guessed it anyway. |
| "Chérie, je me baladais dans un asile abandonné, "la bite à l'air, j'ai glissé et devine où elle a fini ?" | Well, gee, honey, I was just walking through this abandoned mental hospital and my weenie was hanging out and I tripped and fell and guess where it ended up? |
| "En fait, devine quoi? | "In fact, guess what? |
| "Hey, Mia, devine quoi. | "Hey, Mia, guess what. |
| "Hé Bubba J, devine qui d'autre est en retard!" | "He Bubba J, guess who else is late!" |
| "Hé, devine qui fait pipi quand elle rit ?" | "Hey, guess who pees when she laughs." |
| "J'ai une vie misérable, les enfants, alors devinez quoi... je vais vous faire sombrer avec moi !" | "My life is miserable. children. so guess what-- I'm takin' you down with me!" |
| "Les gars, devinez quoi... | "You guys, guess what... |
| "Les mecs, devinez combien de Newton mètres il faut pour écraser le crâne d'un chaton ?" | "Hey, guys, guess how many pounds per square inch it takes to crush a kitten's skull?" |
| - Alors devinez. | - Then guess. |
| - Blithe, Skinny, devinez quoi. | - Blithe, Skinny, guess what. |
| "décrier qui que je sois en devinant". | "disparage anybody by guessing." |
| En devinant chaque mot qui allait sortir de sa bouche ? | Second-guessing every word that comes out of his mouth? |
| En devinant, c'est du 50/50. | Just by guessing, you should get at least half right. |
| Les gars, je veux un conseil de gens devinant l'avenir ? | Guys, do I want advice of people guessing at the future? |
| Toujours devinant le futur et faisant le passé. | Forever guessing the future and fabricating the past. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | خمن | Catalan | endevinar |
| Danish | ane | Dutch | gissen,raden |
| English | guess | Esperanto | konjekti |
| Estonian | mõistatama | Finnish | arvailla, arvata, veikata |
| German | erraten, vermuten | Greek | υποθέτω |
| Hebrew | ניחש | Hungarian | kitalál, tippel |
| Icelandic | giska | Indonesian | menduga, menebak, menerka, tebak, terka |
| Italian | indovinare, presumere | Japanese | 憶測, 察する, 推察 |
| Latvian | minēt | Lithuanian | atspėti, nuspėti, spėlioti |
| Polish | domyślić, odfrunąć, odgadnąć, odgadywać, wymiarkować, zgadnąć | Portuguese | adivinhar |
| Romanian | crede, ghici | Russian | догадаться, догадываться, отгадать, отгадывать, угадать, угадывать |
| Spanish | adivinar, conjeturar | Swedish | gissa, gissla |
| Thai | เดา | Vietnamese | dự đoán, đoan, đoán, đoán mò, phỏng đoán |