Ainu — top 40 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
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| # | Ainu | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello (lit. let me gently touch your heart) | |
| 2 | thank you (also: iyayiraykere) | |
| 3 | beautiful / good / fine | |
| 4 | small / little | |
| 5 | big / large / many | |
| 6 | person / human being | |
| 7 | woman / female | |
| 8 | man / male | |
| 9 | child (lit. small person) | |
| 10 | grandfather / elder / respected old man | |
| 11 | water | |
| 12 | fire | |
| 13 | mountain / highland / forest | |
| 14 | river (many Hokkaido place names contain -pet) | |
| 15 | land / country / world (Ainu mosir = land of the Ainu) | |
| 16 | mountain (solitary peak; cf. Noboribetsu) | |
| 17 | god / spirit / divine being | |
| 18 | village / settlement / home place | |
| 19 | house / home | |
| 20 | bird | |
| 21 | bear (lit. mountain god) | |
| 22 | killer whale (lit. offshore god) | |
| 23 | I / me | |
| 24 | you (singular) | |
| 25 | I (subject prefix in verbs) | |
| 26 | you (subject prefix) | |
| 27 | like this / in this way | |
| 28 | I'm sorry / excuse me | |
| 29 | who? | |
| 30 | what? | |
| 31 | how? / what kind of? | |
| 32 | how many? | |
| 33 | to eat / food | |
| 34 | to walk / to travel | |
| 35 | to say / to speak | |
| 36 | to come | |
| 37 | to go | |
| 38 | to have / to hold / to possess | |
| 39 | self / oneself | |
| 40 | that / those (over there) |