Yoruba — top 238 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 — 238 rows · 2 sources · no MT recorded
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| # | Yoruba | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello / how are you? | |
| 2 | hello (respectful) | |
| 3 | good morning | |
| 4 | good afternoon | |
| 5 | good evening | |
| 6 | are you well? | |
| 7 | I'm fine | |
| 8 | thank you | |
| 9 | thank you very much | |
| 10 | please | |
| 11 | yes | |
| 12 | no | |
| 13 | I'm grateful | |
| 14 | sorry / take it easy | |
| 15 | goodbye | |
| 16 | what is your name? | |
| 17 | my name is … | |
| 18 | person | |
| 19 | woman | |
| 20 | man | |
| 21 | child | |
| 22 | father | |
| 23 | mother | |
| 24 | friend | |
| 25 | house / home | |
| 26 | water | |
| 27 | food | |
| 28 | meat | |
| 29 | bread | |
| 30 | milk | |
| 31 | money | |
| 32 | work / job | |
| 33 | school | |
| 34 | book | |
| 35 | car / vehicle | |
| 36 | day | |
| 37 | night | |
| 38 | today | |
| 39 | tomorrow | |
| 40 | yesterday | |
| 41 | to eat | |
| 42 | to drink | |
| 43 | to go | |
| 44 | to come | |
| 45 | to want / love | |
| 46 | to know | |
| 47 | to speak | |
| 48 | to see | |
| 49 | to hear / understand | |
| 50 | what? | |
| 51 | who? | |
| 52 | where? | |
| 53 | when? | |
| 54 | why? | |
| 55 | how many? | |
| 56 | good | |
| 57 | bad | |
| 58 | big | |
| 59 | small | |
| 60 | I love you | |
| 61 | I don't understand | |
| 62 | do you speak English? | |
| 63 | thank you (honorific, or to multiple people) | |
| 64 | person, one | |
| 65 | child | |
| 66 | teacher, professor, instructor | |
| 67 | student, learner | |
| 68 | neighbour | |
| 69 | mother, mom | |
| 70 | father, dad | |
| 71 | husband | |
| 72 | wife | |
| 73 | maternal grandmother | |
| 74 | paternal grandfather | |
| 75 | you (second-person plural object pronoun) | |
| 76 | he/she/it (third-person singular non-honorific personal… | |
| 77 | we (emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun) | |
| 78 | they (third-person plural or honorific personal pronoun) | |
| 79 | this thing/person | |
| 80 | who, whom, whose | |
| 81 | what is? | |
| 82 | how | |
| 83 | one | |
| 84 | two | |
| 85 | three | |
| 86 | four | |
| 87 | five | |
| 88 | eight | |
| 89 | ten | |
| 90 | eleven | |
| 91 | twenty | |
| 92 | first | |
| 93 | body | |
| 94 | head | |
| 95 | face, surface | |
| 96 | ear | |
| 97 | nose | |
| 98 | mouth | |
| 99 | tooth; teeth | |
| 100 | tongue | |
| 101 | neck | |
| 102 | arm | |
| 103 | hand | |
| 104 | finger, toe | |
| 105 | abdomen, belly | |
| 106 | back | |
| 107 | foot, leg | |
| 108 | knee | |
| 109 | skin | |
| 110 | bone | |
| 111 | blood | |
| 112 | physical heart | |
| 113 | fish | |
| 114 | egg | |
| 115 | rice | |
| 116 | maize, corn | |
| 117 | sweet potato, potato | |
| 118 | cassava, manioc | |
| 119 | banana, plantain | |
| 120 | fruit | |
| 121 | tomato | |
| 122 | coffee | |
| 123 | beer | |
| 124 | dog | |
| 125 | cat | |
| 126 | goat | |
| 127 | sheep | |
| 128 | pig, swine | |
| 129 | horse | |
| 130 | ass, donkey | |
| 131 | rooster | |
| 132 | bird | |
| 133 | rat, bush rat | |
| 134 | lion | |
| 135 | leopard | |
| 136 | elephant | |
| 137 | giraffe | |
| 138 | crocodile, specifically the Nile crocodile | |
| 139 | hyena | |
| 140 | monkey | |
| 141 | baboon | |
| 142 | snake | |
| 143 | frog (small) | |
| 144 | lizard | |
| 145 | tortoise, turtle | |
| 146 | insect, bug | |
| 147 | mosquito | |
| 148 | bee | |
| 149 | ant | |
| 150 | spider | |
| 151 | butterfly, moth | |
| 152 | owl, specifically the Western barn owl | |
| 153 | star, celestial object, celestial body | |
| 154 | sky | |
| 155 | rain | |
| 156 | air, wind, breeze | |
| 157 | fire, light | |
| 158 | smoke | |
| 159 | rock, stone | |
| 160 | mountain, hill | |
| 161 | river | |
| 162 | pond, lake, pool, any stagnant body of water | |
| 163 | sea, ocean | |
| 164 | island, islet | |
| 165 | tree | |
| 166 | forest, bush, grove | |
| 167 | leaf, foliage | |
| 168 | flower | |
| 169 | desert (barren area) | |
| 170 | light, brightness, glow | |
| 171 | darkness | |
| 172 | door | |
| 173 | window | |
| 174 | bed | |
| 175 | pot (often clay) | |
| 176 | dish, plate | |
| 177 | spoon | |
| 178 | basket | |
| 179 | clothes, dress, garment | |
| 180 | shirt | |
| 181 | letter (written character) | |
| 182 | car | |
| 183 | airplane | |
| 184 | arrow | |
| 185 | key | |
| 186 | needle | |
| 187 | broom | |
| 188 | bucket | |
| 189 | town; city | |
| 190 | church | |
| 191 | hospital | |
| 192 | bridge | |
| 193 | time, occasion, season | |
| 194 | day, dawn | |
| 195 | night (10pm to 12am) | |
| 196 | tomorrow | |
| 197 | week | |
| 198 | year | |
| 199 | red; that which is red | |
| 200 | black; dark; deep green; deep blue | |
| 201 | to be white | |
| 202 | blue | |
| 203 | yellow | |
| 204 | to be hot or heated (in temperature) | |
| 205 | sweetness | |
| 206 | to be far | |
| 207 | to be fat, to be overweight | |
| 208 | to be hard in texture, to be difficult | |
| 209 | to return, to come here, to arrive | |
| 210 | to eat, to consume | |
| 211 | to sit (down) | |
| 212 | to see; to have sight; to have vision | |
| 213 | to ask a question, to make an inquiry | |
| 214 | to read | |
| 215 | to write | |
| 216 | to like; to love or be fond of someone or something | |
| 217 | to fear, to be afraid | |
| 218 | to buy | |
| 219 | to sell something | |
| 220 | to work, to do work | |
| 221 | to laugh | |
| 222 | to finish, to end | |
| 223 | to die | |
| 224 | to send or dispatch a message or errand | |
| 225 | to go out | |
| 226 | to fight, to wrestle, to struggle | |
| 227 | name | |
| 228 | word, phrase, uttering | |
| 229 | language | |
| 230 | song | |
| 231 | question, query, demand | |
| 232 | thing | |
| 233 | death | |
| 234 | good health, peace (often used in salutations) | |
| 235 | war, battle (physical or mental) | |
| 236 | medicine, herbal medicine, drug | |
| 237 | gift, blessing | |
| 238 | number, numeral |