Basic 135 English words so someone can communicate in English.
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Basic 135 English words so someone can communicate in English.
This is a list of 135 words that once learnt, perhaps at the rate of five or ten a day, will let someone be able to make themselves understood in English, albeit speaking "pidgin" English.
Sentences are structured along the lines of "I want eat now", "you sick go home now".
You can obviously add words but these will cover most circumstances.
I've found it useful when teaching totally illiterate Khmers, using flash cards. They can remember enough words to speak very basic English, without having to write anything down as they learn.
Basic 135 Words
I, you, he, she, we, they, it
eat, want, go, do, give, come, buy, like, help, sleep, know, have, work, love, understand, see, take, tell, sell, ask, wash
yes, no, not, ok, can
please, thank you, hello, goodbye
where, when, what, why, now, already, but
morning, afternoon, evening, night, time, today, tomorrow, yesterday, week, month
this, then, there, here, and
good, bad, problem, price, dollar
money, food, water, rice, clothes
clean, dirty, big, small, hot, cold, open, shut
red, yellow, green, blue, white, black
house, home, shop, school, place, toilet, car, moto, bus
name, left, right, up, down
happy, unhappy, angry, scared, sick, hungry, beautiful
father, mother, brother, sister, child,
husband, wife, family, friend, people, man, woman
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
hundred, thousand
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety
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Sentences are structured along the lines of "I want eat now", "you sick go home now".
You can obviously add words but these will cover most circumstances.
I've found it useful when teaching totally illiterate Khmers, using flash cards. They can remember enough words to speak very basic English, without having to write anything down as they learn.
Basic 135 Words
I, you, he, she, we, they, it
eat, want, go, do, give, come, buy, like, help, sleep, know, have, work, love, understand, see, take, tell, sell, ask, wash
yes, no, not, ok, can
please, thank you, hello, goodbye
where, when, what, why, now, already, but
morning, afternoon, evening, night, time, today, tomorrow, yesterday, week, month
this, then, there, here, and
good, bad, problem, price, dollar
money, food, water, rice, clothes
clean, dirty, big, small, hot, cold, open, shut
red, yellow, green, blue, white, black
house, home, shop, school, place, toilet, car, moto, bus
name, left, right, up, down
happy, unhappy, angry, scared, sick, hungry, beautiful
father, mother, brother, sister, child,
husband, wife, family, friend, people, man, woman
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
hundred, thousand
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety
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Can't we round it up to 150 words ?? There are clearly many basic everyday words missing.
+ fuck, shit, piss, cunt, arse/ass
...only 10 words left to make up the ton and a half.
I wonder if 150 suffices.
+ fuck, shit, piss, cunt, arse/ass
...only 10 words left to make up the ton and a half.
I wonder if 150 suffices.
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Two years ago it was 100 words:
Speak English in 100 words... suggestions wanted
Inflation, I guess.
Speak English in 100 words... suggestions wanted
Inflation, I guess.
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I'm surprised that youngwill100's list has the word "buy" but not "me" and "drink."
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It is 10,000 words for me, but 3,000 words should be enough to set in motion to learn the rest, even up to over 1 million words as it is already existed in the English language.
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I have read the book called the Urantia Book, cover-to-cover twice. It contains over 2000 pages and the best English literature I have ever read.
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Is that the book whose publisher claims it was written by aliens?Savuth wrote:I have read the book called the Urantia Book, cover-to-cover twice. It contains over 2000 pages and the best English literature I have ever read.
Who wrote the Urantia Book?
There is much detailed speculation and conjecture on the origin, organization, and method of reception of the Urantia Papers, but how they actually were obtained constitutes an amazing mystery about which little is truly known or understood.
The authors are listed in the Table of Contents and at the end of each of the 196 Papers (chapters) comprising The Urantia Book. The authors identify themselves as a diverse group of heavenly beings who were commissioned to bring to our world the next in a series of revelations intended to restore to humankind an understanding of the true nature of God, of our origin, history, and destiny, and to provide us with a cosmic perspective of who we are and how we fit into the greater flow of cosmic events.
No human being is listed as author of The Urantia Book. The Urantia Book refers to the authorship as a collaborative effort by many superhuman, celestial beings, all of whom brought to this endeavor individual areas of knowledge and expertise. However, they tell us from the beginning that they were mandated to give priority to any human expressions of truth that represented "the highest and most advanced planetary knowledge of spiritual values and universe meanings" as would convey the truth "as they were directed to reveal it" before resorting to their own superior expressions of truth-knowledge. (Foreword:12.11) The various and diverse writings of many human beings were masterfully co-ordinated, enhanced, and improved by the authors responsible for the creation of The Urantia Book. More detailed information can be found on the History page of this website.
It is believed that one human being was utilized as a sort of "sleeping subject" to produce the Urantia teachings, but this person did not want to be known for the phenomenon. Records of the events concerning the origin of the book state that there were six people who knew the identity of this person, but none of them ever revealed the identity. Those who remember some of these events have reported that the authors of The Urantia Book indicated it was best that this person remain anonymous, because the truth and wisdom of the teachings would endure on their own merits without a human personality to authenticate them.
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I would not call them aliens, but I would certainly call them our celestial brothers and sisters. I was called residential alien in the US until I became a US citizen. This book has served me in term of improving my English vocabulary or words. The truths that they contain in the book are very hard to verify. But strong faith is required!
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They are in the special hostess bar edition of the list, which includes other essential words and phrases like hansum man, ladyboy, original girl, have period, happy hour, you big man, pay barfine, mama buffalo sick.gavinmac wrote:I'm surprised that youngwill100's list has the word "buy" but not "me" and "drink."
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A couple of threads are becoming entangled. Let's keep this thread for youngwill's vocabulary; I've moved posts about Savuth's move back to Cambodia to his original thread.
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The problem with many English courses here is that they seem to focus heavily on writing and reading English. That's especially difficult if you are illiterate in Khmer and can't make notes to help you remember grammar structure etc.
We run daily English lessons for our bar staff but they struggle to progress both because many are illiterate and because the emphasis by the teachers always seems to be on learning the ABC, and not on speaking simple phrases. As a result we have a high drop out rate.
I taught for six months at a third-rate university here a few years ago and was amazed that so few of the undergraduates, even in their third year, could speak reasonable English. Yet their written English skills were often quite good. I guess it was largely a lack of opportunity to practise English conversation as well as having Khmer teachers with very poor English pronunciation.
Hence my attempts to put together this list of words so that basic English conversation was possible.
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We run daily English lessons for our bar staff but they struggle to progress both because many are illiterate and because the emphasis by the teachers always seems to be on learning the ABC, and not on speaking simple phrases. As a result we have a high drop out rate.
I taught for six months at a third-rate university here a few years ago and was amazed that so few of the undergraduates, even in their third year, could speak reasonable English. Yet their written English skills were often quite good. I guess it was largely a lack of opportunity to practise English conversation as well as having Khmer teachers with very poor English pronunciation.
Hence my attempts to put together this list of words so that basic English conversation was possible.
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Whenever I taught English to real beginners I tried to group the words. You kind of seem to do so, but not consistently. For instance:youngwill100 wrote:The problem with many English courses here is that they seem to focus heavily on writing and reading English. That's especially difficult if you are illiterate in Khmer and can't make notes to help you remember grammar structure etc.
We run daily English lessons for our bar staff but they struggle to progress both because many are illiterate and because the emphasis by the teachers always seems to be on learning the ABC, and not on speaking simple phrases. As a result we have a high drop out rate.
I taught for six months at a third-rate university here a few years ago and was amazed that so few of the undergraduates, even in their third year, could speak reasonable English. Yet their written English skills were often quite good. I guess it was largely a lack of opportunity to practise English conversation as well as having Khmer teachers with very poor English pronunciation.
Hence my attempts to put together this list of words so that basic English conversation was possible.
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You teach colors: red, yellow, green, blue, white, black
You teach adjectives: clean, dirty, big, small, hot, cold, open, shut, in opposites,
and then there's this strange combination:
this, then, there, here, and
By regrouping and adding some words to your list the learning can be much easier and effective, I think. For instance, when you teach the word 'this', combine it with 'that'. Easy to learn since Khmer uses both words too. 'Here' can be taught with 'there', and the word 'and' has to be put elsewhere in another group, maybe with 'or'?
Making combinations of words, in general, makes the learning easier for the students. If you work with flashcards you might consider using a different color for each group of words.
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I don't like it when the waitresses ask me if i want free penis (peanuts).
I'm just not that kinda guy.
I'm just not that kinda guy.
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
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