Esperanto - Basic Vocabulary
This is a collection of basic vocabulary for the Esperanto language, including around 200 words.
1. Numbers
Learn to count and express quantities with basic numerals, cardinal and ordinal numbers, and numerical expressions
0
nul
zero
1
unu
one
2
du
two
3
tri
three
4
kvar
four
5
kvin
five
6
ses
six
7
sep
seven
8
ok
eight
9
naลญ
nine
10
dek
ten
11
dek unu
eleven
12
dek du
twelve
13
dek tri
thirteen
14
dek kvar
fourteen
15
dek kvin
fifteen
16
dek ses
sixteen
17
dek sep
seventeen
18
dek ok
eighteen
19
dek naลญ
nineteen
20
dudek
twenty
30
tridek
thirty
40
kvardek
forty
50
kvindek
fifty
60
sesdek
sixty
70
sepdek
seventy
80
okdek
eighty
90
naลญdek
ninety
100
cent
hundred
1K
mil
thousand
1M
miliono
million
2. Colors
Explore basic and advanced colors, shades, and descriptive terms for talking about the visual world around you
โช
blanka
white
โซ
nigra
black
๐ด
ruฤa
red
๐ต
blua
blue
๐ก
flava
yellow
๐ข
verda
green
๐ฃ
purpura
purple
๐ค
bruna
brown
๐
oranฤa
orange
๐ธ
rozkolora
pink
โญ
ora
gold
๐
arฤenta
silver
โ๏ธ
griza
grey
3. Animals
Discover vocabulary for domestic pets, farm animals, wild creatures, and exotic species from around the world
๐ถ
hundo
dog
๐ฑ
kato
cat
๐ด
ฤevalo
horse
๐ฎ
bovino
cow
๐ท
porko
pig
๐ฆ
birdo
bird
๐
fiลo
fish
๐ญ
muso
mouse
๐ฆ
vulpo
fox
๐
kuniklo
rabbit
๐ป
urso
bear
๐ผ
pando
panda
๐จ
koalo
koala
๐
elefanto
elephant
๐ข
testudo
turtle
๐ฆ
ฤirafo
giraffe
๐ฆ
anaso
duck
๐ท๏ธ
araneo
spider
4. People
Learn words for immediate and extended family members, relationships, and terms for describing different types of people
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
familio
family
๐ง
viro
man
๐ฉ
virino
woman
๐ฆ
knabo
boy
๐ง
knabino
girl
๐ถ
infano
child
๐จโ๐ฆณ
patro
father
๐ฉโ๐ฆณ
patrino
mother
๐ด
avo
grandfather
๐ต
avino
grandmother
๐งโ๐ฆฐ
frato
brother
๐ฉโ๐ฆฑ
fratino
sister
๐ง
amiko
friend
๐ฅ
homoj
people
๐
persono
person
5. Objects
Build vocabulary for everyday items, household objects, tools, and common things you encounter in daily life
๐
domo
house
๐ข
konstruaฤตo
building
๐ซ
lernejo
school
๐ช
vendejo
store
๐ฃ๏ธ
vojo
road
๐
urbo
city
๐ณ
arbo
tree
๐ง
akvo
water
โ๏ธ
suno
sun
โ๏ธ
nubo
cloud
๐
libro
book
๐๏ธ
plumo
pen
๐ฑ
telefono
phone
๐
ลlosilo
key
๐
aลญto
car
6. Food
Master vocabulary for meals, snacks, beverages, cooking ingredients, and different types of cuisine from various cultures
๐
pomo
apple
๐
banano
banana
๐
pano
bread
๐ง
fromaฤo
cheese
๐ฅฉ
viando
meat
๐ฅ
lakto
milk
โ
kafo
coffee
๐ต
teo
tea
๐ง
akvo
water
๐บ
biero
beer
๐ท
vino
wine
๐ฝ๏ธ
manฤaฤตo
food
๐ณ
ovo
egg
๐
rizo
rice
๐ฅ
legomoj
vegetables
7. Time
Learn to express time concepts including days of the week, months, seasons, clock times, and temporal expressions
โ๏ธ
tago
day
๐
nokto
night
โฐ
horo
hour
๐๏ธ
semajno
week
๐
monato
month
๐๏ธ
jaro
year
๐๏ธ
lundo
Monday
๐๏ธ
mardo
Tuesday
๐๏ธ
merkredo
Wednesday
๐๏ธ
ฤตaลญdo
Thursday
๐๏ธ
vendredo
Friday
๐๏ธ
sabato
Saturday
๐๏ธ
dimanฤo
Sunday
๐
mateno
morning
๐
vespero
evening
๐
nun
now
๐
baldaลญ
soon
๐
tempo
time
8. Verbs
Essential action words and verbs for describing activities, states of being, and both physical and mental actions
๐ฃ๏ธ
paroli
to speak
๐ถ
promeni
to walk
๐
kuri
to run
๐ฝ๏ธ
manฤi
to eat
๐ท
trinki
to drink
๐ด
dormi
to sleep
๐
legi
to read
โ๏ธ
skribi
to write
๐
vidi
to see
๐
aลญdi
to hear
๐ญ
pensi
to think
๐ค
scii
to know
โค๏ธ
ami
to love
๐
ลati
to like
๐
veni
to come
๐ช
malfermi
to open
๐
fermi
to close
๐ก
lerni
to learn
โ
doni
to give
๐ธ
aฤeti
to buy
9. Adjectives
Expand your descriptive vocabulary with words for qualities, characteristics, emotions, and properties of things
๐
feliฤa
happy
๐ข
malฤoja
sad
๐
kolera
angry
๐
bona
good
๐
malbona
bad
โฌ๏ธ
granda
big
โฌ๏ธ
malgranda
small
๐
nova
new
๐ฐ๏ธ
malnova
old
๐ฏ
multaj
many
๐ค
malmultaj
few
๐ฅต
varma
hot
๐ฅถ
malvarma
cold
๐ช
forta
strong
๐ถ
malforta
weak
โจ
bela
beautiful
๐น
malbela
ugly
โ
ฤusta
correct
โ
malฤusta
wrong
โก
rapida
fast
10. Connectors
Master conjunctions, transitions, and linking expressions to connect ideas and create more complex, flowing sentences
โ
kaj
and
โก๏ธ
sed
but
๐
aลญ
or
๐ค
ฤar
because
๐
do
so
๐คจ
tamen
however
๐ค
tial
therefore
โ
ankaลญ
also
๐
kiam
when
๐ค
se
if
๐
antaลญ
before
๐
post
after
๐
ekde
since
๐
dum
while
11. Professions
Learn vocabulary for various careers, occupations, and professional roles across different industries and sectors
๐จโ๐ซ
instruisto
teacher
๐งโโ๏ธ
kuracisto
doctor
๐ฉโ๐ป
inฤeniero
engineer
๐จโ๐ณ
kuiristo
chef
๐งโ๐พ
farmisto
farmer
๐ฎ
policisto
police officer
๐งโ๐จ
artisto
artist
๐งโ๐ผ
oficeja laboristo
office worker
๐ฌ
sciencisto
scientist
๐
vendisto
salesperson
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