Basic List

Yes
No

Maybe

I know
I do not know

Good
Bad

OK / Well / Fine

Come

Go
Stop

Hello
Good bye

Good luck

Cheers

Please
Thank you

Welcome

Congratulations

Sorry

Emergency
Danger

Help

Fire (fire)
Police

Lost

Toilet

Food
Drink

Eat

Hungry
Thirsty

Tired
Sleep
Wake up
I love
I like
I hate

Good morning
Good day
Good evening
Good night

You’re welcome

Excuse me
Pardon me

I am lost
We are lost

How are you?

I am OK / fine

Pleased to meet you

My name is
What is your name?
Who are you?

Do you speak (language)?

I do not speak (language)?

Do you understand?

I understand
I don’t understand

Speak slowly

Please write it down

Please repeat

What do you do?

What's your profession?
I am a…

Where do you live?

I live…

Where are you from?

I'm from...
Personal Pronouns
He
She
It

I
You
We
They

Thing
This
That

Location
Here
There
Over there

Direction
Top
Bottom

Up
Down

Side

Front
Back

Inside
Outside

Left
Right

Straight

Cardinal Points
North
South

East
West

Investigation
Question
Answer

Mistake

True / Correct
False / Wrong

Who
What
When
Where
How

Senses
See / Look
Hear / Listen
Taste
Touch
Feel
Speak / Talk / Say / Tell / Call / Call (phone)
Day
Morning
Day
Evening
Night

Weekdays
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Moment
Before
After

Now
Later

Time
Second
Minute
Hour

Day
Month
Year

Ordinal Numbers
First
Second
Third
Fourth

Cardinal Numbers
0 Zero
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
5 Five
6 Six
7 Seven
8 Eight
9 Nine
10 Ten

11 Eleven
12 Twelve
13 Thirteen
14 Fourteen
15 Fifteen
16 Sixteen
17 Seventeen
18 Eighteen
19 Nineteen

20 Twenty
30 Thirty
40 Forty
50 Fifty
60 Sixty
70 Seventy
80 Eighty
90 Ninety

100 Hundred
1000 Thousand
Verbs
Be
Have
Do

Use
Make
Work
Try

See / To look
Say / To Tell / To Call
Feel

Come
Go
Leave

Give
Take

Get
Find

Know
Think

Ask
Need
Want

Become

Seem

Did
Will
Can
Would
Adjectives Opposites
Old
New

Dirty
Clean

More
Less

Before
After

Next
Last

Now
Later

Until
Then

Start
Finish

Open
Close

Enter
Exit

Arrive
Depart / Leave

Come
Come back

Go / Leave
Go away

Long
Short

Big
Small

Few
Many

Fast
Slow

Weak
Strong

Wide
Narrow

Good
Bad

Want
Don’t want

Have
Don’t have

With
Without

Always
Never

Easy
Hard