Monday, June 25, 2007

THE 100 MOST COMMON WORDS

A tip when learning a new language



Tony Buzan, in his book ‘Use Your Perfect Memory: Dramatic New Techniques for Improving Your Memory; Third Edition,’ points out that just 100 words comprise 50% of all words used in conversation in (most) languages. Learning this core 100 words gets you a long way towards being able to speak in that language, albeit at a basic level.

The 100 basic words used in conversation are listed below:

1. A/an

2. After

3. Again

4. All

5. Almost

6. Also

7. Always

8. And

9. Because

10. Before

11. Big

12. But

13. (I) can

14. (I) come

15. Either/or

16. (I) find

17. First

18. For

19. Friend

20. From

21. (I) go

22. Good

23. Good-bye

24. Happy

25. (I) have

26. He

27. Hello

28. Here

29. How

30. I

31. (I) am

32. If

33. In

34. (I) know

35. Last

36. (I) like

37. Little

38. (I) love

39. (I) make

40. Many

41. One

42. More

43. Most

44. Much

45. My

46. New

47. No

48. Not

49. Now

50. Of

51. Often

52. On

53. One

54. Only

55. Or

56. Other

57. Our

58. Out

59. Over

60. People

61. Place

62. Please

63. Same

64. (I) see

65. She

66. So

67. Some

68. Sometimes

69. Still

70. Such

71. (I) tell

72. Thank you

73. That

74. The

75. Their

76. Them

77. Then

78. There is

79. They

80. Thing

81. (I) think

82. This

83. Time

84. To

85. Under

86. Up

87. Us

88. (I) use

89. Very

90. We

91. What

92. When

93. Where

94. Which

95. Who

96. Why

97. With

98. Yes

99. You

100. Your

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