Zabanadabi

There are five main parts to the Basic English word list: operators, things

(general), things (pictured), qualities (general), qualities (opposite)

The 100 operators are: 

come

get give go

keep

let

make

put

seem

take

be

do

have

say see send

may

will

about across after against among at

before between by

down

from

in

off on over

through to

under up

with

as

for

of

till than 

a the all any

every

no

other

some

such

that this

I

he

you

who

and

because but

or

if

through

while

how

when

where

why

again

ever

far forward

hear

near now

out

still

there then together

well

almost

enough even

little

much

not

only

quite

so

very

tomorrow

yesterday

north

south

east

west

please

yes

The 400 general things are:

account act addition adjustment advertisement agreement air amount amusement

animal answer apparatus approval argument art attack attempt attention

attraction authority

back balance base behaviour belief birth bit bite blood

blow body brass bread breath brother building burn burst business butter

canvas care cause chalk chance change cloth coal colour comfort committee company comparison competition condition connection control cook copper copy cork cotton cough country cover crack credit crime crush cry current curve

damage danger daughter day death debt decision degree design desire destruction detail development digestion direction discovery discussion disease disgust distance distribution division doubt drink driving dust

earth edge education effect end error event example exchange existence expansion experience expert

fact fall family father fear feeling fiction field fight fire flame flight flower fold food force form friend front fruit

glass gold government grain grass grip group growth guide

harbour harmony hate hearing heat help history hole hope hour humour

ice idea impulse increase industry ink insect instrument insurance

interest invention iron

jelly join journey judge jump

kick kiss knowledge

land language laugh law lead learning leather letter level lift light limit linen liquid list look loss love

machine man manager mark market mass meal measure meat meeting memory metal middle milk mind mine minute mist money month morning mother motion mountain move music

name nation need news night noise note number

observation offer oil operation opinion order organization ornament owner

page pain paint paper part paste payment peace person place plant play pleasure poison point polish porter position powder power price print process produce profit property prose protest pull punishment purpose push

quality question

rain range rate ray reaction reading reason record regret relation religion

representative request respect rest reward rhythm rice river road roll room rub rule run

salt sand scale science sea seat secretary selection self sense

servant sex shade shake shame shock side sign silk silver sister size sky

sleep slip slope smash smell smile smoke sneeze snow soap society son song

sort sound soup space stage start statement steam steel step stitch stone stop story stretch structure substance sugar suggestion summer support surprise swim system

talk taste tax teaching tendency test theory thing thought thunder

time tin top touch trade transport trick trouble turn twist

unit use

value verse vessel view voice

walk war wash waste water wave wax way weather week weight wind wine winter woman wood wool word work wound writing

year

The 200 picturable things are:

angle ant apple arch arm army

baby bag ball band basin basket bath bed bee bell berry bird blade board boat bone book boot bottle box boy brain brake branch brick bridge brush bucket bulb button

cake camera card carriage cart cat chain cheese chest chin church circle clock cloud coat collar comb cord cow cup curtain cushion

dog door drain drawer dress drop

ear egg engine eye

face farm feather finger fish flag floor fly foot fork fowl frame

garden girl glove goat gun

hair hammer hand hat head heart hook horn horse hospital house

island

jewel

kettle key knee knife knot

leaf leg library line lip lock

map match monkey moon mouth muscle

nail neck needle nerve net nose nut

office orange oven

parcel pen pencil picture pig pin pipe plane plate plough pocket pot potato prison pump

rail rat receipt ring rod roof root

sail school scissors screw seed sheep shelf ship shirt shoe skin skirt snake sock spade sponge spoon spring square stamp star station stem stick stocking stomach store street sun

table tail thread throat thumb ticket toe tongue tooth town train tray tree trousers

umbrella

wall watch wheel whip whistle window wing wire worm

The 100 qualities are:

able acid angry automatic

beautiful black boiling bright broken brown

cheap chemical chief clean clear common complex conscious cup

deep dependent

early elastic electric equal

fat fertile first fixed flat free frequent full

general good great grey

hanging happy hard healthy high hollow

important

kind

like living long

male married material medical military

natural necessary new normal

open

parallel past physical political poor possible present private probable

quick quiet

ready red regular responsible right round

same second separate serious sharp smooth sticky stiff straight strong sudden sweet

tall thick tight tired true

violent

waiting warm wet wide wise

yellow young

The 50 opposites are:

awake

bad bent bitter blue

certain cold complete cruel

dark dead dear delicate different dirty dry

false feeble female foolish future

green

ill

last late left loose loud low

mixed

narrow

old opposite

public

rough

sad safe secret short  shut simple slow small soft solid special strange

thin

white wrong

Here is the list of 100 words of the Basic Core Vocabulary, as set out by

Morris Swadesh, from "Archaeology and Language" by Colin Renfrew:

I, you, we, this, that, who, what, not, all, many, one, two, big, long,

small, woman, man, person, fish, bird, dog, louse, tree, seed, leaf, root,

bark, skin, flesh, blood, bone, grease, egg, horn, tail, feather, hair,

head, ear, eye, nose, mouth, tooth, tongue, claw, foot, knee, hand, belly,

neck, breasts, heart, liver, drink, eat, bite, see, hear, know, sleep, die,

kill, swim, fly, walk, come, lie, sit, stand, give, say, sun, moon, star,

water, rain, stone, sand, earth, cloud, smoke, fire, ash, burn, path,

mountain, red, green, yellow, white, black, night, hot, cold, full, new,

good, round, dry, name.

Here is a list of the top 300 words in order of frequency and in groups of

100.

the of and a to in is you that it he for was on are as with his they at be

this from I have or by one had not but what all were when we there can an

your which their said if do will each about how up out them then she many

some so these would other into has more her two like him see time could no

make than first been its who now people my made over did down only way

find use may water long little very after words called just where most know

get through back much before go good new write out used me man too any day

same right look think also around another came come work three word must

because does part even place well such here take why things help put years

different away again off went old number great tell men say small every

found still between name should Mr home big give air line set own under

read last never us left end along while might next sound below saw

something thought both few those always looked show large often together

asked house don't world going want

school important until 1 form food keep children feet land side without

boy once animals life enough took sometimes four head above kind began

almost live page got earth need far hand high year mother light parts

country father let night following 2 picture being study second eyes soon

times story boys since white days ever paper hard near sentence better

best across during today others however sure means knew it's try told

young miles sun ways thing whole hear example heard several change answer

room sea against top turned 3 learn point city play toward five using

himself usually

I am pleased to reproduce the _Poetic Annex to Basic English_ below

as Booth gives it:

angel, arrow

beast, blind, bow, breast, bride, brow, bud

calm, child, cross, crown, curse

dawn, delight, dew, dove, dream

eagle, eternal, evening, evil

fair, faith, fate, feast, flock, flow, fountain, fox

gentle, glad, glory, God, grace, grape, grief, guest

hawk, heaven, hell, hill, holy, honey, honour

image, ivory

joy

lamb, lark, life, lion, lord

meadow, melody, mercy

noble

passion, perfume, pity, pool, praise, prayer, pride, priest, purple

rapture, raven, robe, rock, rose, rush

search, shining, shower, sorrow, soul, spear, spirit, storm, strength, sword

their, tower, travel

valley, veil, vine, violet, virtue, vision

wandering, wealth, weariness, weeping, wisdom, wolf, wonder