Xhosa — top 173 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
Sources: Mixed sources — 173 rows · 2 sources · no MT recorded
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| # | Xhosa | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello (to one person) | |
| 2 | hello (to several) | |
| 3 | how are you? (one person) | |
| 4 | I'm well | |
| 5 | thank you | |
| 6 | thank you very much | |
| 7 | yes | |
| 8 | no | |
| 9 | please | |
| 10 | excuse me / sorry | |
| 11 | I request / may I have | |
| 12 | go well (goodbye) | |
| 13 | stay well (goodbye) | |
| 14 | okay / it's fine | |
| 15 | what is your name? | |
| 16 | my name is… | |
| 17 | person | |
| 18 | people | |
| 19 | woman / wife | |
| 20 | man / husband | |
| 21 | child | |
| 22 | father | |
| 23 | mother | |
| 24 | friend | |
| 25 | house | |
| 26 | home | |
| 27 | water | |
| 28 | food | |
| 29 | meat | |
| 30 | bread | |
| 31 | milk | |
| 32 | money | |
| 33 | work / job | |
| 34 | school | |
| 35 | book / letter | |
| 36 | car | |
| 37 | day | |
| 38 | night | |
| 39 | today | |
| 40 | tomorrow | |
| 41 | yesterday | |
| 42 | to eat | |
| 43 | to drink | |
| 44 | to go / walk | |
| 45 | to come | |
| 46 | to want | |
| 47 | to know | |
| 48 | to speak | |
| 49 | to see | |
| 50 | to hear / understand | |
| 51 | what? | |
| 52 | who? | |
| 53 | where? | |
| 54 | when? | |
| 55 | why? | |
| 56 | beautiful / good | |
| 57 | bad / ugly | |
| 58 | big | |
| 59 | small | |
| 60 | I love you | |
| 61 | I don't understand | |
| 62 | do you speak English? | |
| 63 | goodbye | |
| 64 | chief, king | |
| 65 | my/our father | |
| 66 | brother | |
| 67 | sister | |
| 68 | son | |
| 69 | daughter | |
| 70 | my/our grandmother | |
| 71 | family | |
| 72 | one | |
| 73 | two | |
| 74 | three | |
| 75 | four | |
| 76 | five | |
| 77 | ten | |
| 78 | head (part of the body) | |
| 79 | eye | |
| 80 | ear | |
| 81 | mouth | |
| 82 | tooth | |
| 83 | hand | |
| 84 | finger | |
| 85 | breast | |
| 86 | stomach | |
| 87 | knee | |
| 88 | blood | |
| 89 | heart | |
| 90 | liver | |
| 91 | egg | |
| 92 | sugar | |
| 93 | rice | |
| 94 | potato | |
| 95 | vegetable | |
| 96 | coffee | |
| 97 | porridge | |
| 98 | wild animal | |
| 99 | dog | |
| 100 | cat | |
| 101 | cow | |
| 102 | goat | |
| 103 | horse | |
| 104 | donkey | |
| 105 | bird | |
| 106 | rat | |
| 107 | lion | |
| 108 | leopard | |
| 109 | elephant | |
| 110 | giraffe | |
| 111 | zebra | |
| 112 | hippopotamus | |
| 113 | rhinoceros | |
| 114 | crocodile | |
| 115 | frog | |
| 116 | mosquito | |
| 117 | bee | |
| 118 | butterfly | |
| 119 | louse | |
| 120 | bear | |
| 121 | fox | |
| 122 | crow | |
| 123 | sun | |
| 124 | moon | |
| 125 | star | |
| 126 | sky | |
| 127 | cloud | |
| 128 | rain | |
| 129 | wind | |
| 130 | fire | |
| 131 | smoke | |
| 132 | mountain | |
| 133 | river | |
| 134 | lake, pond, pool | |
| 135 | sea, ocean | |
| 136 | island | |
| 137 | snow | |
| 138 | tree | |
| 139 | leaf | |
| 140 | flower | |
| 141 | desert (barren area) | |
| 142 | light | |
| 143 | shadow | |
| 144 | door | |
| 145 | window | |
| 146 | spoon | |
| 147 | knife | |
| 148 | hat | |
| 149 | paper | |
| 150 | ship, boat (water craft) | |
| 151 | arrow | |
| 152 | axe | |
| 153 | mirror | |
| 154 | broom (domestic utensil) | |
| 155 | city | |
| 156 | bridge | |
| 157 | time | |
| 158 | summer | |
| 159 | winter | |
| 160 | black | |
| 161 | white | |
| 162 | green, blue | |
| 163 | to sleep | |
| 164 | to listen | |
| 165 | to bring | |
| 166 | to sing | |
| 167 | laugh | |
| 168 | to try | |
| 169 | tongue, language | |
| 170 | song | |
| 171 | death | |
| 172 | war | |
| 173 | gift |