| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | pet·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | petas |
| Past tense | petis |
| Future tense | petos |
| Conditional mood | |
| petus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| petu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | petanta | petata |
| Past tense | petinta | petita |
| Future tense | petonta | petota |
| Afrikaans | vra; vra vir |
|---|---|
| Albanian | kërkoj |
| Catalan | demanar |
| Danish | bede |
| Dutch | aanvragen; inroepen; verzoeken; vragen; vragen om; aanzoeken |
| English | apply; apply for; ask; ask for; beg; bid; request; seek |
| English (Old English) | biddan |
| Faeroese | biðja; biðja um |
| Finnish | pyytää |
| French | demander; prier |
| German | bitten; ersuchen |
| Greek | αιτώ |
| Greek (Old Greek) | αἰτέω |
| Icelandic | biðja; biðja um |
| Italian | chiedere |
| Jamaican Patois | kaal; aks |
| Latin | petere; rogare |
| Papiamento | suplicá |
| Polish | prosić |
| Portuguese | pedir |
| Romanian | cere |
| Saterland Frisian | anhoolde; bidje |
| Spanish | pedir; rogar |
| Sranan | begi |
| Swahili | ‐omba |
| Swedish | anmoda; ansöka; bedja |
| Thai | ขอ; ชวน |
| West Frisian | fersykje |
| Yiddish | בעטן |