Novial — top 318 words

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#	Novial	English
1		I — 1st-person singular
2		you (singular)
3		he; she; it — 3rd-person singular
4		we
5		you (plural)
6		they
7		this
8		that
9		here
10		there
11		who
12		what
13		where
14		when
15		how; as
16		not
17		all; every
18		many, much
19		some, a few
20		few, little
21		other
22		one; a (indefinite article)
23		two
24		three
25		four
26		five
27		big, large
28		long
29		wide, broad
30		thick
31		heavy; serious
32		small, little
33		short
34		narrow
35		thin
36		woman
37		man (adult male)
38		human being, person
39		child
40		wife
41		husband
42		mother
43		father
44		animal
45		fish
46		bird
47		dog
48		louse
49		snake
50		worm
51		tree
52		forest
53		stick
54		fruit
55		seed
56		leaf
57		root
58		bark (of a tree)
59		flower
60		grass
61		rope, cord
62		skin
63		meat, flesh
64		blood
65		bone
66		fat (noun)
67		egg
68		horn
69		tail
70		feather
71		hair
72		head
73		ear
74		eye
75		nose
76		mouth
77		tooth
78		tongue
79		fingernail
80		foot
81		leg
82		knee
83		hand
84		wing
85		belly
86		guts, intestines
87		neck
88		back
89		breast, chest
90		heart
91		liver
92		to drink
93		to eat
94		to bite
95		to suck
96		to spit
97		to vomit
98		to blow
99		to breathe
100		to laugh
101		to see
102		to hear
103		to know (a fact)
104		to know (a person), be acquainted with
105		to think
106		to smell
107		to fear, be afraid
108		to sleep
109		to live, be alive
110		to die
111		to kill
112		to fight
113		to hunt
114		to hit, strike
115		to cut
116		to split
117		to stab, prick
118		to scratch
119		to dig
120		to swim
121		to fly
122		to walk
123		to come
124		to lie (as in a bed)
125		to sit
126		to stand
127		to turn (intransitive)
128		to fall
129		to give
130		to hold
131		to squeeze
132		to rub
133		to wash
134		to wipe
135		to pull
136		to push
137		to throw
138		to tie, bind
139		to sew
140		to count
141		to say, tell
142		to sing
143		to play
144		to float
145		to flow
146		to freeze
147		to swell, inflate
148		sun
149		moon
150		star
151		water
152		rain
153		river
154		lake
155		sea
156		salt
157		stone
158		sand
159		dust
160		earth; ground
161		cloud
162		fog
163		sky; heaven
164		wind
165		snow
166		ice
167		smoke
168		fire
169		ash
170		to burn
171		road, way
172		mountain
173		red
174		green
175		yellow
176		white
177		black
178		night
179		day
180		year
181		warm
182		cold
183		full
184		new
185		old
186		good
187		bad
188		rotten
189		dirty
190		straight
191		round
192		sharp (as a knife)
193		dull, blunt
194		smooth
195		wet
196		dry
197		correct, right
198		near, close
199		far
200		right (side)
201		left (side)
202		at
203		in, inside
204		with (accompaniment)
205		and
206		if
207		because
208		name
209		zero
210		six
211		seven
212		eight
213		nine
214		ten
215		eleven
216		twelve
217		twenty
218		thirty
219		hundred
220		thousand
221		million
222		first
223		second
224		third
225		she
226		it; neuter 3rd-person
227		one, people (generic pronoun)
228		we (Lexike variant)
229		you (plural; Lexike variant)
230		they; the (definite plural article)
231		-self (reflexive, all persons)
232		my
233		your (singular)
234		his
235		her
236		our
237		your (plural)
238		their
239		mine
240		this; these
241		that; those
242		same
243		the (definite article)
244		to be
245		is, am, are (present of esser)
246		to have
247		to do, make
248		to go
249		to speak, talk
250		to love
251		to understand
252		to read
253		to write
254		to become / passive auxiliary
255		(future auxiliary) will
256		(perfect auxiliary) have
257		on, upon
258		under
259		to, toward
260		of, from
261		out of
262		for
263		about, concerning
264		by means of, through
265		through
266		before, in front of
267		after, behind
268		during, while
269		between, among
270		without
271		until, up to
272		beside, next to
273		according to
274		yes
275		no
276		already
277		still, yet
278		only
279		even
280		very
281		too (excessively)
282		almost
283		however, yet
284		there (guide variant)
285		now
286		then
287		always
288		never
289		today
290		yesterday
291		tomorrow
292		which
293		how much, how many
294		language
295		book
296		house
297		city, town
298		country
299		world
300		friend
301		morning
302		evening
303		night
304		time
305		thank you
306		thanks, gratitude
307		hello, greeting
308		happy
309		ill, sick
310		ready
311		good (bare form)
312		big (bare form)
313		new (bare form)
314		beautiful
315		strong
316		weak
317		fast, rapid
318		slow