Cape Verdean Creole — top 115 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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| # | Cape Verdean Creole | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello | |
| 2 | good morning | |
| 3 | good afternoon | |
| 4 | good night | |
| 5 | how are you? | |
| 6 | is everything okay? | |
| 7 | I'm fine | |
| 8 | all good | |
| 9 | thank you (m/f) | |
| 10 | yes | |
| 11 | no | |
| 12 | please | |
| 13 | sorry / excuse me | |
| 14 | you're welcome | |
| 15 | see you later | |
| 16 | see you afterwards | |
| 17 | welcome | |
| 18 | what's your name? | |
| 19 | my name is ... | |
| 20 | I / me | |
| 21 | you (sing.) | |
| 22 | he / she | |
| 23 | we | |
| 24 | you (plural) | |
| 25 | they | |
| 26 | man | |
| 27 | woman | |
| 28 | child | |
| 29 | mother | |
| 30 | father | |
| 31 | son | |
| 32 | daughter | |
| 33 | brother | |
| 34 | sister | |
| 35 | grandparent | |
| 36 | friend | |
| 37 | family | |
| 38 | water | |
| 39 | to eat | |
| 40 | food | |
| 41 | bread | |
| 42 | fish | |
| 43 | meat | |
| 44 | rice | |
| 45 | milk | |
| 46 | coffee | |
| 47 | sugar | |
| 48 | salt | |
| 49 | cachupa (national dish) | |
| 50 | wine | |
| 51 | one | |
| 52 | two | |
| 53 | three | |
| 54 | four | |
| 55 | five | |
| 56 | six | |
| 57 | seven | |
| 58 | eight | |
| 59 | nine | |
| 60 | ten | |
| 61 | twenty | |
| 62 | hundred | |
| 63 | thousand | |
| 64 | to be (state) | |
| 65 | to have | |
| 66 | to go | |
| 67 | to come | |
| 68 | to say | |
| 69 | to speak | |
| 70 | to see | |
| 71 | to hear | |
| 72 | to know | |
| 73 | to want | |
| 74 | to be able | |
| 75 | to drink | |
| 76 | to sleep | |
| 77 | to read | |
| 78 | to write | |
| 79 | to work | |
| 80 | to live | |
| 81 | to like | |
| 82 | to know (a person) | |
| 83 | to give | |
| 84 | good | |
| 85 | bad | |
| 86 | big | |
| 87 | small | |
| 88 | hot | |
| 89 | cold | |
| 90 | beautiful | |
| 91 | new | |
| 92 | old | |
| 93 | right / fine | |
| 94 | what? | |
| 95 | who? | |
| 96 | where? | |
| 97 | when? | |
| 98 | how? | |
| 99 | how much? | |
| 100 | why? | |
| 101 | and | |
| 102 | with | |
| 103 | but | |
| 104 | today | |
| 105 | tomorrow | |
| 106 | yesterday | |
| 107 | now | |
| 108 | here | |
| 109 | there | |
| 110 | house | |
| 111 | sea | |
| 112 | sun | |
| 113 | rain | |
| 114 | longing / saudade | |
| 115 | Cape Verdean hospitality |