| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | kant·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | kantas |
| Past tense | kantis |
| Future tense | kantos |
| Conditional mood | |
| kantus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| kantu | |
| Active participles | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | kantanta |
| Past tense | kantinta |
| Future tense | kantonta |
| Afrikaans | sing |
|---|---|
| Albanian | këndoj |
| Catalan | cantar |
| Chinook Jargon | sing |
| Czech | pět; zpívat |
| Danish | synge |
| Dutch | zingen |
| English | sing |
| English (Old English) | singan |
| Faeroese | syngja |
| Finnish | laulaa |
| French | chanter |
| German | singen; zwitschern; schlagen |
| Greek (Old Greek) | ᾄδω |
| Hungarian | énekel |
| Italian | cantare |
| Jamaican Patois | sing |
| Latin | canere; cantare; canturire |
| Low German | singen |
| Luxemburgish | sangen |
| Malay | nyanyi; menyanyi; bernyanyi |
| Norwegian | synge |
| Papiamento | kanta |
| Polish | śpiewać |
| Portuguese | cantar |
| Romanian | cânta |
| Russian | петь; спеть; распевать |
| Saterland Frisian | sjunge |
| Scottish Gaelic | gabh; seinn |
| Spanish | cantar |
| Sranan | singi |
| Swedish | sjunga |
| Thai | ร้องเพลง |
| Welsh | canu |
| West Frisian | sjonge |
| Yiddish | זינגען |