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Saturday, July 7, 2007

Survival Spanish with 175 basic words!


This is called
survival Spanish. Yes, you don’t need to mug away heavy dictionaries in order to be able to get by in Spanish. This applies as much to Spanish, as to any other language. For a survival conversation, all you need is a vocabulary of the following 175 Spanish words!

ARTICLES (etc.)

de of, from, by
la the
el the
a to, at
los the
un a, an, one
las the
del of the, from the, by the
una a, an, one
al to the, at the
dos two
uno a, an, one
cada each
tres three
unos some, a few

CONJUNCTIONS

que that, than
y and
o or
como as, like
pero but
si if
porque because
cuando when
ni nor, neither
donde where
e and
aunque although, even though
sino but, except
mientras while

PREPOSITIONS

en in, on, into
por through, for (means), along, by
con with
para in order to, for (ends)
sin without
sobre about, above, on top of
entre between, among
hasta until
desde from, since
durante during, for (time)
contra against
hacia toward
según according to

PRONOUNS

se himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, themselves
lo him, you
su his, her, your
me me
le him, her, you
sus his, her, your, their
yo I
qué what
mi my
nos us, ourselves
te you
eso that
él he, him
nada nothing
esto this
ella she, her
usted you
cómo how
les them, you
algo something
ellos they, them
me
nosotros we, us
tu your

ADVERBS

no no, not
más more
ya already, now, soon
muy very
también also
yes
así so
bien well
sólo (solamente) only
ahora now
siempre always
tan so
entonces then
después after, later
menos less
aquí here
antes before, earlier
hoy today
luego then, later
además besides, in addition
casi almost
nunca never

VERBS

es is, are
ha has, have
son are
está is, are
hay there is, there are
ser to be
era was, were
había there was, there were
tiene has, have
fue was, were
puede can
han has, have
hacer to make, to do
hace make(s), do(es)
decir to say
va go(es)
estaba was, were
sea (might) be
ver to see
están are
sido been
dijo said
he I have
creo I believe
tienen have
tenía had
dice says, say
vamos we go, we are going
tener to have
parece seems, seem
poder to be able to
pueden can

ADJECTIVES

este this
todo all
esta this
todos all, everyone
ese that
mismo same
otro other, another
esa that
bueno good
otra other, another
tanto so much
otros other, others
poco little (not much)
mucho much
gran great
estos these
general general
todas all, everyone
mayor bigger, older
mejor better
toda all
tal such, such a
otras other, others
estas these
primera first
algunos some
los años years
la vez time (una vez once)
la parte part
la vida life
el tiempo time, weather
el día day
el mundo world
el estado state, status
el gobierno government
la casa house
el hombre man
el país country
la forma way
el año year
el caso case
el hecho fact, act
el momento moment
las cosas things
España Spain
el trabajo work
los días days
la política policy, politics
las veces times
la gente people
el lugar place
el ejemplo example
las personas people
la mujer woman

INTERJECTIONS

pues well

Tomas P said...

Thanks for the words :) I have also read that one needs like a 100 basic words to have a basic (really....really basic) level of comprehension - this goes further. One of the best tips on memorising weekdays was association with Latin planet names. I actually created an additional association: Lunes being Monday is never a happy day - you are not "on track" after the weekend, so as the Moon - bleak, some light and no warmth :) Tuesday is the most productive day, so as the war god Martes. Then we have a mid-week, which is Mercury=Miercoles, sort of rock, almost a planet but not really - somewhere in the midle. Then we have a tribute to the largest planet Jupiter and then Friday is a happy day of fun and love - Venus :) Saturday is from Sabbath and Sunday for me personally was known from an old song "Santo domingo" :)

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