Interlingua — top 297 words
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| # | Interlingua | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I — 1st-person singular subject | |
| 2 | you (singular) — subject | |
| 3 | he; also 'that' (m.) — subject/demonstrative | |
| 4 | she — 3rd-person feminine subject | |
| 5 | it — 3rd-person neuter subject | |
| 6 | we; us — 1st-person plural | |
| 7 | you (plural) — subject/object | |
| 8 | they (masc./mixed) — subject | |
| 9 | they (feminine) — subject | |
| 10 | me — 1st-person singular object | |
| 11 | you — 2nd-person singular object | |
| 12 | him — object; also the (article) | |
| 13 | her — 3rd-person feminine object | |
| 14 | -self — reflexive pronoun | |
| 15 | one, people (in general) — indefinite pronoun | |
| 16 | my — short possessive | |
| 17 | his/her/its — possessive | |
| 18 | our — possessive | |
| 19 | your (pl.) — possessive | |
| 20 | their — possessive | |
| 21 | a/an; one — indefinite article & numeral | |
| 22 | this — demonstrative | |
| 23 | that — demonstrative | |
| 24 | all, whole — quantifier | |
| 25 | every, each — quantifier | |
| 26 | much, many | |
| 27 | little, few | |
| 28 | other, another | |
| 29 | some, any | |
| 30 | each — distributive | |
| 31 | who — interrogative/relative (persons) | |
| 32 | what; that — interrogative/relative | |
| 33 | where | |
| 34 | when | |
| 35 | how; as | |
| 36 | because; why | |
| 37 | which, what kind | |
| 38 | how much/many | |
| 39 | (question particle — introduces yes/no questions) | |
| 40 | not — negator | |
| 41 | yes; if | |
| 42 | and | |
| 43 | or | |
| 44 | but | |
| 45 | with | |
| 46 | without | |
| 47 | in | |
| 48 | to, at | |
| 49 | of, from | |
| 50 | for | |
| 51 | by, through | |
| 52 | on, above | |
| 53 | under | |
| 54 | before | |
| 55 | after | |
| 56 | between, among | |
| 57 | against | |
| 58 | during | |
| 59 | now | |
| 60 | today | |
| 61 | tomorrow | |
| 62 | yesterday | |
| 63 | always | |
| 64 | never | |
| 65 | here | |
| 66 | there | |
| 67 | well | |
| 68 | badly; bad | |
| 69 | so much | |
| 70 | too much | |
| 71 | enough | |
| 72 | also, even | |
| 73 | still, yet, again | |
| 74 | already | |
| 75 | zero — 0 | |
| 76 | two — 2 | |
| 77 | three — 3 | |
| 78 | four — 4 | |
| 79 | five — 5 | |
| 80 | six — 6 | |
| 81 | seven — 7 | |
| 82 | eight — 8 | |
| 83 | nine — 9 (also 'new') | |
| 84 | ten — 10 | |
| 85 | eleven — 11 | |
| 86 | twenty — 20 | |
| 87 | thirty — 30 | |
| 88 | forty — 40 | |
| 89 | hundred — 100 | |
| 90 | thousand — 1000 | |
| 91 | first — ordinal | |
| 92 | second — ordinal | |
| 93 | third — ordinal | |
| 94 | to be | |
| 95 | to have | |
| 96 | to do, to make | |
| 97 | to go | |
| 98 | to come | |
| 99 | to be able, can | |
| 100 | to want | |
| 101 | must, to owe | |
| 102 | to know (a fact) | |
| 103 | to know (be acquainted with) | |
| 104 | to say, to tell | |
| 105 | to speak, to talk | |
| 106 | to ask | |
| 107 | to answer | |
| 108 | to see | |
| 109 | to hear | |
| 110 | to listen | |
| 111 | to read | |
| 112 | to write | |
| 113 | to understand | |
| 114 | to think | |
| 115 | to love | |
| 116 | to live | |
| 117 | to work | |
| 118 | to study | |
| 119 | to play | |
| 120 | to eat | |
| 121 | to drink | |
| 122 | to sleep | |
| 123 | to buy | |
| 124 | to sell | |
| 125 | to cost | |
| 126 | to pay | |
| 127 | to give | |
| 128 | to take | |
| 129 | to hold, to keep | |
| 130 | to carry, to wear | |
| 131 | to find | |
| 132 | to search, to look for | |
| 133 | to open | |
| 134 | to close | |
| 135 | to begin | |
| 136 | to finish | |
| 137 | to walk | |
| 138 | to run | |
| 139 | to fall | |
| 140 | to sit | |
| 141 | to stand, to stay | |
| 142 | to die | |
| 143 | to be born | |
| 144 | to burn | |
| 145 | to wash | |
| 146 | to sing | |
| 147 | to count, to tell | |
| 148 | to call, to name | |
| 149 | to help | |
| 150 | to hope, to wait | |
| 151 | to fear | |
| 152 | to laugh | |
| 153 | to swim | |
| 154 | to fly | |
| 155 | to bite | |
| 156 | to breathe | |
| 157 | man, human being; person | |
| 158 | woman | |
| 159 | male, man | |
| 160 | child | |
| 161 | boy | |
| 162 | girl | |
| 163 | father | |
| 164 | mother | |
| 165 | brother | |
| 166 | sister | |
| 167 | son | |
| 168 | daughter | |
| 169 | husband | |
| 170 | wife | |
| 171 | friend | |
| 172 | people | |
| 173 | name | |
| 174 | sir, Mr; lord | |
| 175 | madam, Mrs; lady | |
| 176 | head | |
| 177 | hair | |
| 178 | eye | |
| 179 | ear | |
| 180 | nose | |
| 181 | mouth | |
| 182 | tooth | |
| 183 | tongue; language | |
| 184 | neck | |
| 185 | hand | |
| 186 | foot | |
| 187 | leg | |
| 188 | heart | |
| 189 | blood | |
| 190 | bone | |
| 191 | skin | |
| 192 | belly | |
| 193 | animal | |
| 194 | dog | |
| 195 | cat | |
| 196 | bird | |
| 197 | fish | |
| 198 | snake | |
| 199 | tree | |
| 200 | forest | |
| 201 | flower | |
| 202 | grass | |
| 203 | leaf | |
| 204 | fruit | |
| 205 | seed | |
| 206 | egg | |
| 207 | meat, flesh | |
| 208 | sun | |
| 209 | moon | |
| 210 | star | |
| 211 | sky; heaven | |
| 212 | water | |
| 213 | sea | |
| 214 | river | |
| 215 | lake | |
| 216 | mountain | |
| 217 | stone | |
| 218 | sand | |
| 219 | earth, land | |
| 220 | cloud | |
| 221 | wind | |
| 222 | snow | |
| 223 | ice | |
| 224 | fire | |
| 225 | smoke | |
| 226 | salt | |
| 227 | rain | |
| 228 | day | |
| 229 | night | |
| 230 | morning | |
| 231 | evening | |
| 232 | hour | |
| 233 | time; weather | |
| 234 | year | |
| 235 | week | |
| 236 | month | |
| 237 | house, home | |
| 238 | door | |
| 239 | window | |
| 240 | table | |
| 241 | book | |
| 242 | letter | |
| 243 | word | |
| 244 | bread | |
| 245 | wine | |
| 246 | city | |
| 247 | street, road | |
| 248 | country | |
| 249 | world | |
| 250 | school | |
| 251 | work | |
| 252 | money | |
| 253 | market | |
| 254 | way, road | |
| 255 | thing | |
| 256 | part | |
| 257 | place | |
| 258 | life | |
| 259 | love | |
| 260 | problem | |
| 261 | big, large | |
| 262 | small, little | |
| 263 | long | |
| 264 | short | |
| 265 | wide | |
| 266 | high, tall | |
| 267 | low | |
| 268 | old | |
| 269 | good | |
| 270 | beautiful | |
| 271 | happy | |
| 272 | strong | |
| 273 | weak | |
| 274 | warm, hot | |
| 275 | cold | |
| 276 | full | |
| 277 | dry | |
| 278 | wet, damp | |
| 279 | fast, rapid | |
| 280 | slow | |
| 281 | easy | |
| 282 | difficult | |
| 283 | near, next | |
| 284 | far, distant | |
| 285 | right (side) | |
| 286 | left (side) | |
| 287 | red | |
| 288 | green | |
| 289 | blue | |
| 290 | yellow | |
| 291 | white | |
| 292 | black | |
| 293 | hello!; greeting | |
| 294 | thank you | |
| 295 | please | |
| 296 | excuse me, forgive me | |
| 297 | goodbye (see you again) |