Many lists of the Top 100 English words are available on the internet. For example, the http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists list provides an useful source. These lists are compiled by analysing a large body of text (called a corpus). Unfortunately such a corpus does not yet exist for Bangla. I had to find a different way to derive such list for Bangla Words.
I came across a site called wordcount.org. It is described this way.
WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.Since it was analysing 100 million words, I decided it would be useful to start with the top words it found in English as a basis of setting up the top words in Bangla.
WordCount data currently comes from the British National Corpus®, a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent an accurate cross-section of current English usage. WordCount includes all words that occur at least twice in the BNC®. In the future, WordCount will be modified to track word usage within any desired text, website, and eventually the entire Internet.
This approach has a few drawbacks.
With the above in mind, and since I was deriving these words for English speakers trying to learn Bangla, I have used the following process.
Rnk | Word | POS | Rnk | Word | POS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | the | det. | 51 | when | adv. | ||
2 | be | v. | 52 | make | v. | ||
3 | to | prep. | 53 | can | v. | ||
4 | of | prep. | 54 | like | prep. | ||
5 | and | conj. | 55 | time | n. | ||
6 | a | det. | 56 | no | n. | ||
7 | in | prep. | 57 | just | adv. | ||
8 | that | det. | 58 | him | pr. | ||
9 | have | v. | 59 | know | v. | ||
10 | I | pr. | 60 | take | v. | ||
11 | it | pr. | 61 | people | n. | ||
12 | for | prep. | 62 | into | prep. | ||
13 | not | adv. | 63 | year | n. | ||
14 | on | prep. | 64 | your | det. | ||
15 | with | prep. | 65 | good | adj. | ||
16 | he | pr. | 66 | some | adj. | ||
17 | as | prep. | 67 | could | v. | ||
18 | you | pr. | 68 | them | pr. | ||
19 | do | v. | 69 | see | v. | ||
20 | at | prep. | 70 | other | adj. | ||
21 | this | det. | 71 | than | prep. | ||
22 | but | conj. | 72 | then | adv. | ||
23 | his | det. | 73 | now | adv. | ||
24 | by | prep. | 74 | look | v. | ||
25 | from | prep. | 75 | only | adv. | ||
26 | they | pr. | 76 | come | v. | ||
27 | we | pr. | 77 | its | det. | ||
28 | say | v. | 78 | over | prep. | ||
29 | her | pr. | 79 | think | v. | ||
30 | she | pr. | 80 | also | adv. | ||
31 | or | conj. | 81 | back | prep. | ||
32 | an | det. | 82 | after | prep. | ||
33 | will | v. | 83 | use | v. | ||
34 | my | pr. | 84 | two | adj. | ||
35 | one | det. | 85 | how | adv. | ||
36 | all | det. | 86 | our | adj. | ||
37 | would | v. | 87 | work | v. | ||
38 | there | adv. | 88 | first | adj. | ||
39 | their | adj. | 89 | well | adv. | ||
40 | what | adv. | 90 | way | n. | ||
41 | so | conj. | 91 | even | adj. | ||
42 | up | prep. | 92 | new | adj. | ||
43 | out | adv. | 93 | want | v. | ||
44 | if | conj. | 94 | because | conj. | ||
45 | about | prep. | 95 | any | adj. | ||
46 | who | adj. | 96 | these | det. | ||
47 | get | v. | 97 | give | v. | ||
48 | which | conj. | 98 | day | n. | ||
49 | go | v. | 99 | most | adj. | ||
50 | me | pr. | 100 | us | pr. |
These 214 words in Bangla, derived from the process described above, are MUST LEARN words for anyone learning to speak conversational Bangla.
English | Bangla | Phonetic English |
---|---|---|
Noun | ||
thing | জিনিস | jinis |
person | মানুষ | manuSh |
man | লোক | lOk |
woman | নারী | narI |
boy | ছেলে | chhele |
girl | মেয়ে | meye |
child | বাচ্চা | bachcha |
public | জনগণ | jonogoN |
body | শরীর | shorIr |
skin | চামড়া | chamoRa |
head | মাথা | matha |
throat | গলা | gola |
hair | চুল | chul |
eye | চোখ | chOkh |
ear | কান | kan |
nose | নাক | nak |
mouth | মুখ | mukh |
cheek | গাল | gal |
chest | বুক | buk |
belly | পেট | peT |
hand | হাত | hat |
leg | পা | pa |
finger | আঙুল | aNgul |
blood | রক্ত | rokto |
time | সময় | somoy |
year | বছর | bochhor |
month | মাস | mas |
week | সপ্তাহ | soptaho |
day | দিন | din |
hour | ঘন্টা | ghonTa |
today | আজ | aj |
tomorrow | আগামিকাল | agamikal |
yesterday | গতকাল | gotokal |
morning | সকাল | sokal |
noon | দুপুর | dupur |
afternoon | বিকাল | bikal |
evening | সন্ধ্যা | sondhYa |
night | রাত্রি | ratri |
way | পথ | poth |
road | রাস্তা | rasta |
world | পৃথিবী | prrithibI |
sun | সূর্য | sUrJo |
moon | চাঁদ | chan^d |
ocean | সাগর | sagor |
north | উত্তর দিক | uttor dik |
south | দক্ষিণ দিক | dokShiN dik |
east | পূর্ব দিক | pUrbo dik |
west | পশ্চিম দিক | poshchim dik |
colors | রং | rong |
cat | বিড়াল | biRal |
dog | কুকুর | kukur |
cow | গরু | goru |
goat | ছাগল | chhagol |
sheep | ভেড়া | bheRa |
horse | ঘোড়া | ghORa |
monkey | বাঁদর | ban^dor |
deer | হরিণ | horiN |
jackal | শিয়াল | shiyal |
bear | ভালুক | bhaluk |
lion | সিংহ | singho |
tiger | বাঘ | bagh |
egg | ডিম | Dim |
chicken | মুরগি | murogi |
crow | কাক | kak |
owl | প্যাঁচা | pYan^cha |
eagle | ঈগল | Igol |
potato | আলু | alu |
onion | পেঁয়াজ | pen^yaj |
cauliflower | ফুলকপি | phulokopi |
cabbage | বাঁধাকপি | ban^dhakopi |
carrot | গাজর | gajor |
eggplant | বেগুন | begun |
mango | আম | am |
orange | কমলা লেবু | komola lebu |
apple | আপেল | apel |
grape | আঙুর | aNgur |
pineapple | আনারস | anaros |
banana | কলা | kola |
guava | পেয়ারা | peyara |
cloud | মেঘ | megh |
sky | আকাশ | akash |
grass | ঘাস | ghas |
hat | টুপি | Tupi |
rose | গোলাপ | gOlap |
shoes | জুতো | jutO |
house | বাড়ি | baRi |
home | বাড়ি | baRi |
pictures | ছবি | chhobi |
rice | ভাত | bhat |
sari | শাড়ি | shaRi |
zero 0 | শূন্য ০ | shUnYo 0 |
one 1 | এক ১ | ek 1 |
two 2 | দুই ২ | dui 2 |
three 3 | তিন ৩ | tin 3 |
four 4 | চার ৪ | char 4 |
five 5 | পাঁচ ৫ | pan^ch 5 |
six 6 | ছয় ৬ | chhoy 6 |
seven 7 | সাত ৭ | sat 7 |
eight 8 | আট ৮ | aT 8 |
nine 9 | নয় ৯ | noy 9 |
ten 10 | দশ ১০ | dosh 10 |
Pronoun | ||
I | আমি | ami |
you | তুমি | tumi |
he/she | ও | O |
it | ওটা | OTa |
me | আমাকে | amake |
you | তোমাকে | tOmake |
him/her | ওকে | Oke |
that | ওটাকে | OTake |
we | আমরা | amora |
you | তোমরা | tOmora |
they | ওরা | Ora |
those | ওগুলো | OgulO |
us | আমাদের | amader |
you | তোমাদের | tOmader |
them | ওদের | Oder |
those | ওগুলোকে | OgulOke |
Determiner | ||
the | + -টা | + -Ta |
this | এই + -টা | ei + -Ta |
that | ওই + -টা | Oi + -Ta |
Verb | ||
think | ভাবা | bhaba |
know | জানা | jana |
say | বলা | bola |
do | করা | kora |
see | দেখা | dekha |
read | পড়া | poRa |
write | লেখা | lekha |
work | কাজ করা | kaj kora |
want | চাওয়া | chaOya |
get | পাওয়া | paOya |
give | দেওয়া | deOya |
take | নেওয়া | neOya |
go | যাওয়া | JaOya |
come | আসা | asa |
make | তৈরী করা | tOIrI kora |
be | হওয়া | hoOya |
Adjective | ||
white | সাদা | sada |
black | কালো | kalO |
red | লাল | lal |
blue | নীল | nIl |
green | সবুজ | sobuj |
yellow | হলদে | holode |
good | ভাল | bhalo |
bad | খারাপ | kharap |
new | নতুন | notun |
old | পুরনো | puronO |
first | প্রথম | prothom |
last | শেষ | sheSh |
long | লম্বা | lomba |
short | ছোট | chhOTo |
large | বড় | boRo |
small | ছোট | chhOTo |
few | অল্প | olpo |
many | অনেক | onek |
high | উঁচু | un^chu |
low | নিচু | nichu |
different | আলাদা | alada |
same | একই | ekoi |
early | আগে | age |
late | দেরি | deri |
young | যুবক | Jubok |
old | বুড়ো | buRO |
dirty | নোংরা | nOngra |
clean | পরিষ্কার | poriShkar |
hot | গরম | gorom |
cold | ঠান্ডা | ThanDa |
Adverb | ||
far | দূরে | dUre |
near | কাছে | kachhe |
left | বাঁদিকে | ban^dike |
right | ডানদিকে | Danodike |
under | নিচে | niche |
around | চারপাশে | charopashe |
quickly | তাড়াতাড়ি | taRataRi |
slowly | আস্তেআস্তে | asteaste |
very | খুব | khub |
a little | একটু | ekoTu |
almost | প্রায় | pray |
Preposition | ||
far | দূরে | dUre |
near | কাছে | kachhe |
above | উপরে | upore |
below | নিচে | niche |
front | সামনে | samone |
back | পিছনে | pichhone |
right | ডানদিকে | Danodike |
left | বাঁদিকে | ban^dike |
inside | ভিতরে | bhitore |
outside | বাইরে | baire |
previous | আগে | age |
next | পরে | pore |
with | সাথে | sathe |
among | মধ্যে | modhYe |
along | ধারে | dhare |
around | চারপাশে | charopashe |
across | অপর পারে | opor pare |
within | মধ্যে | modhYe |
without | ছাড়া | chhaRa |
in | -তে | -te |
on | -তে | -te |
from | থেকে | theke |
into | মধ্যে | modhYe |
at | -তে | -te |
before | আগে | age |
after | পরে | pore |
from | থেকে | theke |
for | জন্য | jonYo |
during | সময়ে | somoye |
Conjunction | ||
and | আর | ar |
and | এবং | ebong |
but | কিন্তু | kintu |
or | অথবা | othoba |
because | কারণ | karoN |
so | সুতরাং | sutorang |
Exclamation | ||
Yes | হ্যাঁ | hYan^ |
No | না | na |