I make it a habit to friend people from other countries and have found that I can communicate with people despite our language barriers through the instant translation feature. Also, Google has a wonderful, free program called Google Translate that I'm using frequently to help understand
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But now, I'm trying a new method of learning three languages simultaneously. I'm studying Latin, Spanish and French and I'm starting with English most frequency word lists. My idea is that since these words are the ones most spoken and read in the English language, I should begin by understanding these same words in foreign languages. Since many of the Latin root words are the foundation of either the English, Spanish and French (more so Spanish and French), I'm finding that studying them all at once or simultaneously isn't as difficult as one might think.
One feature I love about Google Translate is that you can type in a word in English then with a touch of the button not only read the word in your preferred language, but hear it spoken as well. This helps me comprehend much more.
Here are some of the English most frequency words I'm beginning with according to various lists such as "Dolch Sight Words and Fry's Sight Word List."
- the
- of
- and
- a
- to
- in
- is
- you
- that
- it
- he
- was
- for
- on
- are
- as
- with
- his
- they
- I
- at
- be
- this
- have
- from
- or
- one
- had
- by
- word
- but
- not
- what
- all
- were
- we
- when
- your
- can
- said
- there
- use
- an
- each
- which
- she
- do
- how
- their
- if
- will
- up
- other
- about
- out
- many
- then
- them
- these
- so
- some
- her
- would
- make
- like
- him
- into
- time
- has
- look
- two
- more
- write
- go
- see
- number
- no
- way
- could
- people
- my
- than
- first
- water
- been
- call
- who
- oil
- its
- now
- find
- long
- down
- day
- did
- get
- come
- made
- may
- part
- over
- new
- sound
- take
- only
- little
- work
- know
- place
- year
- live
- me
- back
- give
- most
- very
- after
- thing
- our
- just
- name
- good
- sentence
- man
- think
- say
- great
- where
- help
- through
- much
- before
- line
- right
- too
- mean
- old
- any
- same
- tell
- boy
- follow
- came
- want
- show
- also
- around
- form
- three
- small
- set
- put
- end
- does
- another
- well
- large
- must
- big
- even
- such
- because
- turn
- here
- why
- ask
- went
- men
- read
- need
- land
- different
- home
- us
- move
- try
- kind
- hand
- picture
- again
- change
- off
- play
- spell
- air
- away
- animal
- house
- point
- page
- letter
- mother
- answer
- found
- study
- still
- learn
- should
- America
- world
- high
- every
- near
- add
- food
- between
- own
- below
- country
- plant
- last
- school
- father
- keep
- tree
- never
- start
- city
- earth
- eye
- light
- thought
- head
- under
- story
- saw
- left
- don't
- few
- while
- along
- might
- close
- something
- seem
- next
- hard
- open
- example
- begin
- life
- always
- those
- both
- paper
- together
- got
- group
- often
- run
- important
- until
- children
- side
- feet
- car
- mile
- night
- walk
- white
- sea
- began
- grow
- took
- river
- four
- carry
- state
- once
- book
- hear
- stop
- without
- second
- later
- miss
- idea
- enough
- eat
- face
- watch
- far
- Indian
- really
- almost
- let
- above
- girl
- sometimes
- mountain
- cut
- young
- talk
- soon
- list
- song
- being
- leave
- family
- It's
- body
- music
- color
- stand
- sun
- questions
- fish
- area
- mark
- dog
- horse
- birds
- problem
- complete
- room
- knew
- since
- ever
- piece
- told
- usually
- didn't
- friends
- easy
- heard
- order
- red
- door
- sure
- become
- top
- ship
- across
- today
- during
- short
- better
- best
- however
- low
- hours
- black
- products
- happened
- whole
- measure
- remember
- early
- waves
- reached
- listen
- wind
- rock
- space
- covered
- fast
- several
- hold
- himself
- toward
- five
- step
- morning
- passed
- vowel
- rue
- hundred
- against
- pattern
- numeral
- table
- north
- slowly
- money
- map
- farm
- pulled
- draw
- voice
- seen
- cold
- cried
- plan
- notice
- south
- sing
- war
- ground
- fall
- king
- town
- I'll
- unit
- figure
- certain
- field
- travel
- wood
- fire
- upon
- done
- English
- road
- halt
- ten
- fly
- gave
- box
- finally
- wait
- correct
- oh
- quickly
- person
- became
- shown
- minutes
- strong
- verb
- stars
- front
- feel
- fact
- inches
- street
- decided
- contain
- course
- surface
- produce
- building
- ocean
- class
- note
- nothing
- rest
- carefully
- scientists
- inside
- wheels
- stay
- green
- known
- island
- week
- less
- machine
- base
- ago
- stood
- plane
- system
- behind
- ran
- round
- boat
- game
- force
- brought
- understand
- warm
- common
- bring
- explain
- dry
- through
- language
- shape
- deep
- thousands
- yes
- clear
- equation
- yet
- government
- filled
- heat
- full
- hot
- check
- object
- am
- rule
- among
- noun
- power
- cannot
- able
- six
- size
- dark
- ball
- material
- special
- heavy
- fine
- pair
- circle
- include
- built
- can't
- matter
- square
- syllables
- perhaps
- bill
- felt
- suddenly
- test
- direction
- center
- farmers
- ready
- anything
- divided
- general
- energy
- subject
- Europe
- moon
- region
- return
- believe
- dance
- members
- picked
- simple
- cells
- paint
- mind
- love
- cause
- rain
- exercise
- eggs
- train
- blue
- wish
- drop
- developed
- window
- difference
- distance
- heart
- sit
- sum
- summer
- wall
- forest
- probably
- legs
- sat
- main
- winter
- wide
- written
- length
- reason
- kept
- interest
- arms
- brother
- race
- present
- beautiful
- store
- job
- edge
- past
- sign
- record
- finished
- discovered
- wild
- happy
- beside
- gone
- sky
- glass
- million
- west
- lay
- weather
- root
- instruments
- meet
- third
- months
- paragraph
- raised
- represent
- soft
- whether
- clothes
- flowers
- shall
- teacher
- held
- describe
- drive
- cross
- speak
- solve
- appear
- metal
- son
- either
- ice
- sleep
- village
- factors
- result
- jumped
- snow
- ride
- care
- floor
- hill
- pushed
- baby
- buy
- century
- outside
- everything
- tall
- already
- instead
- phrase
- soil
- bed
- copy
- free
- hope
- spring
- case
- laughed
- nation
- quite
- type
- themselves
- temperature
- bright
- lead
- everyone
- method
- section
- lake
- consonant
- within
- dictionary
- hair
- age
- amount
- scale
- pounds
- although
- per
- broken
- moment
- tiny
- possible
- gold
- milk
- quiet
- natural
- lot
- stone
- act
- build
- middle
- speed
- count
- cat
- someone
- sail
- rolled
- bear
- wonder
- smiled
- angle
- fraction
- Africa
- killed
- melody
- bottom
- trip
- hole
- poor
- let's
- fight
- surprise
- French
- died
- beat
- exactly
- remain
- dress
- iron
- couldn't
- fingers
- row
- least
- catch
- climbed
- wrote
- shouted
- continued
- itself
- else
- plains
- gas
- England
- burning
- design
- joined
- foot
- law
- ears
- grass
- you're
- grew
- skin
- valley
- cents
- key
- president
- brown
- trouble
- cool
- cloud
- lost
- sent
- symbols
- wear
- bad
- save
- experiment
- engine
- alone
- drawing
- east
- pay
- single
- touch
- information
- express
- mouth
- yard
- equal
- decimal
- yourself
- control
- practice
- report
- straight
- rise
- statement
- stick
- party
- seeds
- suppose
- woman
- coast
- bank
- period
- wire
- choose
- clean
- visit
- bit
- whose
- received
- garden
- please
- strange
- caught
- fell
- team
- God
- captain
- direct
- ring
- serve
- child
- desert
- increase
- history
- cost
- maybe
- business
- separate
- break
- uncle
- hunting
- flow
- lady
- students
- human
- art
- feeling
- supply
- corner
- electric
- insects
- crops
- tone
- hit
- sand
- doctor
- provide
- thus
- won't
- cook
- bones
- tail
- board
- modern
- compound
- mine
- wasn't
- fit
- addition
- belong
- safe
- soldiers
- guess
- silent
- trade
- rather
- compare
- crowd
- poem
- enjoy
- elements
- indicate
- except
- expect
- flat
- seven
- interesting
- sense
- string
- blow
- famous
- value
- wings
- movement
- pole
- exciting
- branches
- thick
- blood
- lie
- spot
- bell
- fun
- loud
- consider
- suggested
- thin
- position
- entered
- fruit
- tied
- rich
- dollars
- send
- sight
- chief
- Japanese
- stream
- planets
- rhythm
- eight
- science
- major
- observe
- tube
- necessary
- weight
- meat
- lifted
- process
- army
- hat
- property
- particular
- swim
- terms
- current
- park
- sell
- shoulder
- industry
- wash
- block
- spread
- cattle
- wife
- sharp
- company
- radio
- we'll
- action
- capital
- factories
- settled
- yellow
- isn't
- southern
- truck
- fair
- printed
- wouldn't
- ahead
- chance
- born
- level
- triangle
- molecules
- France
- repeated
- column
- western
- church
- sister
- oxygen
- plural
- various
- agreed
- opposite
- wrong
- chart
- prepared
- pretty
- solution
- fresh
- shop
- suffix
- especially
- shoes
- actually
- nose
- afraid
- dead
- sugar
- adjective
- fig
- office
- huge
- gun
- similar
- death
- score
- forward
- stretched
- experience
- rose
- allow
- fear
- workers
- Washington
- Greek
- women
- bought
- led
- march
- northern
- create
- British
- difficult
- match
- win
- doesn't
- steel
- total
- deal
- determine
- evening
- nor
- rope
- cotton
- apple
- details
- entire
- corn
- substances
- smell
- tools
- conditions
- cows
- track
- arrived
- located
- sir
- seat
- division
- effect
- underline
- view
