Children learn their native languages in an orderly way by first making random sounds, then imitating their mothers sounds, then imitating their mothers duplicated sounds, then attaching meaning to these duplicated sounds, then learning word pairs, then perhaps some two part words and only then speaking in simple two word sentencesand then multiword sentences. This language lesson, Taxi Baby, is an experiment in adult learning based on the way a child learns a language.
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First you must learn a number of the basic foreign words of the target language. The following are the first words that children learn in English and will probably be useful in most other languages. Infants first learn repeated syllables. Repeating is the way we emphasize the intended verbal parts from the background noise. Thus the word ma becomes repeated and becomes mama and that becomes the childish form of an accepted word. Then in English we tend to append the sound eee to set them appart. such as doggieee for dog and kitteee for cat.
Mama . . . .
Papa . . . .
Baby . . . .
The primary source of the following list:
http://aac.unl.edu/VLN1.html
Infant/Toddler Conver/Aug
a . . . .
all . . . .
baby . . . .
bird . . . .
boat . . . .
book . . . .
car . . . .
dirty . . . .
do . . . .
dog . . . .
does . . . .
don't . . . .
down . . . .
food . . . .
get . . . .
go . . . .
going . . . .
gone . . . .
good . . . .
hat . . . .
he . . . .
hot . . . .
I . . . .
in . . . .
into . . . .
it . . . .
juice . . . .
light . . . .
little . . . .
more . . . .
my . . . .
myself . . . .
night . . . .
no . . . .
nose . . . .
off . . . .
oh . . . .
on . . . .
other . . . .
pretty . . . .
read . . . .
see . . . .
there . . . .
up . . . .
want . . . .
right . . . .
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That is a list of words that three year olds find useful. Now lets make them into word pairs, which is the next normal stage of language development.
a baby . . . .
a bird . . . .
a book . . . .
a boat . . . .
a car . . . .
a hat . . . .
a juice . . . .
a nose . . . .
good baby . . . .
good bird . . . .
good book . . . .
good boat . . . .
good car . . . .
good dog . . . .
good hat . . . .
good nose . . . .
I want . . . .
I see . . . .
I hot . . . .
I little . . . .
I hot . . . .
I baby . . . .
I good . . . .
I go . . . .
all gone . . . .
all dirty . . . .
all right . . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
Practice making word pairs with as many of the words as will work together. Make it into a fun, if somewhat childish, game. Those are all useful words, so learn them well.
Elementary Conver-Aug
Here is a longer list which is made up of words that a four old should know. When you learn them, learn them as word pairs by blending them with words from the above list and from words on this more advanced list. At first it is easier to clip off a word, when speaking, and replace it with another word than it is to recall each word out of a vacume.
Following are about 414 words, which should be enough to say most anything you need to, but remember this isn't really speaking because that requires grammer. It does give you a basis upon which to found your grammer for the language when you are exposed to it.
a . . . .
about . . . .
afraid . . . .
after . . . .
afternoon . . . .
again . . . .
all . . . .
allgone . . . .
always . . . .
am . . . .
an . . . .
and . . . .
animal . . . .
another . . . .
any . . . .
are . . . .
around . . . .
at . . . .
away . . . .
baa-baa . . . .
baby . . . .
back . . . .
bad . . . .
bag . . . .
ball . . . .
balloon . . . .
banana . . . .
bath . . . .
bathtub . . . .
be . . . .
beautiful . . . .
because . . . .
bed . . . .
before . . . .
behind . . . .
believe . . . .
best . . . .
better . . . .
big . . . .
bird . . . .
birthday . . . .
bit . . . .
back . . . .
blue . . . .
boat . . . .
book . . . .
both . . . .
bottle . . . .
box . . . .
boy . . . .
bread . . . .
break . . . .
bring . . . .
broken . . . .
brother . . . .
brown . . . .
building . . . .
bus . . . .
but . . . .
buy . . . .
by . . . .
byebye . . . .
call . . . .
came . . . .
can . . . .
car . . . .
card . . . .
carry . . . .
cat . . . .
chair . . . .
change . . . .
Christmas . . . .
clean . . . .
close . . . .
coffee . . . .
cold . . . .
color . . . .
comb . . . .
come . . . .
cookie . . . .
could . . . .
cracker . . . .
crazy . . . .
cry . . . .
cut . . . .
dad . . . .
daddy . . . .
dance . . . .
day . . . .
dead . . . .
diaper . . . .
did . . . .
didn't . . . .
different . . . .
dinner . . . .
dirty . . . .
do . . . .
does . . . .
doesn't . . . .
dog . . . .
don't . . . .
done . . . .
door . . . .
down . . . .
draw . . . .
drink . . . .
drive . . . .
dry . . . .
eat . . . .
eight . . . .
enough . . . .
every . . . .
everything . . . .
eye . . . .
face . . . .
fall . . . .
far . . . .
fast . . . .
father . . . .
feel . . . .
feet . . . .
fell . . . .
find . . . .
fine . . . .
finish . . . .
fire . . . .
first . . . .
five . . . .
fix . . . .
floor . . . .
flood . . . .
foot . . . .
for . . . .
forget . . . .
fork . . . .
found . . . .
four . . . .
free . . . .
friend . . . .
from . . . .
fruit . . . .
full . . . .
funny . . . .
game . . . .
get . . . .
girl . . . .
give . . . .
glass . . . .
glasses . . . .
go . . . .
going . . . .
gone . . . .
good . . . .
grandma . . . .
grandpa . . . .
green . . . .
had . . . .
hair . . . .
hand . . . .
happy . . . .
hard . . . .
has . . . .
hat . . . .
have . . . .
he . . . .
head . . . .
hello . . . .
help . . . .
her . . . .
here . . . .
hi . . . .
high . . . .
him . . . .
his . . . .
hit . . . .
hold . . . .
home . . . .
hospital . . . .
hot . . . .
house . . . .
how . . . .
hug . . . .
hurt . . . .
I . . . .
ice . . . .
idea . . . .
if . . . .
in . . . .
inside . . . .
into . . . .
is . . . .
isn't . . . .
it . . . .
juice . . . .
just . . . .
keys . . . .
kind . . . .
kiss . . . .
kitty . . . .
know . . . .
last . . . .
later . . . .
lay . . . .
left . . . .
light . . . .
like . . . .
line . . . .
listen . . . .
little . . . .
long . . . .
look . . . .
lost . . . .
lot . . . .
lunch . . . .
mad . . . .
made . . . .
make . . . .
man . . . .
many . . . .
may . . . .
me . . . .
mean . . . .
meow . . . .
might . . . .
milk . . . .
mine . . . .
mom . . . .
mommy . . . .
Monday . . . .
money . . . .
month . . . .
more . . . .
morning . . . .
mother . . . .
mouth . . . .
move . . . .
much . . . .
music . . . .
my . . . .
myself . . . .
name . . . .
need . . . .
never . . . .
new . . . .
next . . . .
nice . . . .
night . . . .
nightnight . . . .
nine . . . .
no . . . .
nose . . . .
not . . . .
nothing . . . .
now . . . .
nurse . . . .
of . . . .
off . . . .
oh . . . .
ok . . . .
old . . . .
on . . . .
once . . . .
one . . . .
only . . . .
open . . . .
or . . . .
other . . . .
our . . . .
out . . . .
outside . . . .
over . . . .
own . . . .
paper . . . .
part . . . .
party . . . .
pass . . . .
pattycake . . . .
peekaboo . . . .
people . . . .
phone . . . .
pick . . . .
picture . . . .
pink . . . .
place . . . .
play . . . .
please . . . .
present . . . .
pretty . . . .
pull . . . .
push . . . .
put . . . .
quiet . . . .
radio . . . .
rain . . . .
read . . . .
ready . . . .
real . . . .
red . . . .
remember . . . .
rest . . . .
right . . . .
run . . . .
said . . . .
same . . . .
sat . . . .
saw . . . .
say . . . .
school . . . .
see . . . .
she . . . .
shoe . . . .
short . . . .
should . . . .
shoes . . . .
show . . . .
side . . . .
silly . . . .
sister . . . .
sit . . . .
six . . . .
sleep . . . .
snow . . . .
so . . . .
soft . . . .
some . . . .
something . . . .
soon . . . .
sorry . . . .
spoon . . . .
stand . . . .
stay . . . .
still . . . .
stop . . . .
store . . . .
street . . . .
summer . . . .
sun . . . .
table . . . .
take . . . .
talk . . . .
tall . . . .
tape . . . .
teach . . . .
telephone . . . .
television . . . .
tell . . . .
ten . . . .
thank . . . .
that . . . .
the . . . .
their . . . .
them . . . .
then . . . .
there . . . .
these . . . .
they . . . .
thing . . . .
think . . . .
this . . . .
those . . . .
thought . . . .
three . . . .
through . . . .
time . . . .
to . . . .
today . . . .
told . . . .
tomorrow . . . .
too . . . .
took . . . .
train . . . .
try . . . .
Tuesday . . . .
turn . . . .
two . . . .
uh-oh . . . .
under . . . .
up . . . .
us . . . .
use . . . .
very . . . .
wait . . . .
walk . . . .
want . . . .
was . . . .
wash . . . .
watch . . . .
water . . . .
way . . . .
we . . . .
Wednesday . . . .
week . . . .
well . . . .
went . . . .
were . . . .
what . . . .
when . . . .
where . . . .
which . . . .
white . . . .
who . . . .
whole . . . .
why . . . .
will . . . .
wind . . . .
with . . . .
woman . . . .
woof . . . .
work . . . .
working . . . .
would . . . .
write . . . .
wrong . . . .
yellow . . . .
yes . . . .
yesterday . . . .
you . . . .
your . . . .
yum-yum
. . . .
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TABLE 5: FIRST 50 WORDS IN COMPREHENSION
FOR ENGLISH VS. ITALIAN INFANTS
ENGLISH ITALIAN
Rank Word % sample Word Translation % sample
.
1. mommy 95.0 mamma mommy 91.3
2. daddy 93.5 papa daddy 88.2
3. * bye 88.6 (child's own name) --- 82.6
4. * no 86.3 * ciao hi/bye 82.6
5. * peekaboo 84.3 * pappa (food/mealtime) 81.1
6. bath 76.2 * cuccu-settete (hiding game) 81.0
7. ball 75.0 acqua water 79.0
8. bottle 75.0 * no no 77.9
9. * hi 74.0 palla ball 75.9
10. * allgone 71.9 bau-bau (dog sound) 75.4
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11. dog 70.8 nonna grandma 75.4
13. * night-night 68.5 biberon bottle 71.8
14. diaper 67.4 telefono telephone 70.3
15. * KISS 66.2 * bravo good 67.7
16. * uh-oh 65.1 nonno grandpa 66.7
17. * pattycake 62.6 scarpe shoes 66.2
18. juice 61.9 biscotto cookie 65.6
19. shoe 61.9 * BERE to drink 65.1
20. baby 61.6 miao (cat sound) 64.6
21. grandma 61.3 latte milk 64.1
22. outside 61.0 * nanna (sleep/bedtime) 63.6
23. car 60.1 mano hand 63.1
24. * EAT 59.7 * basta (enough/stop) 62.6
25. kitty 58.8 * pane bread 62.6
26. * DRINK 58.1 * (fare) bagno (have/do) bath 62.1
27. keys 56.3 * gatto cat 62.1
28. * DON'T 55.8 bimbo child 60.5
29. comb 55.4 * DARE to give 59.5
30. nose 55.4 * MANGIARE to eat 59.5
31. * HUG 54.9 piede foot 59.0
32. banana 54.4 * BACIARE to kiss 59.0
33. cookie 54.2 * BALLARE to dance 59.0
34. bathtub 53.2 automobile car 57.9
35. balloon 52.9 * non c'è più (is no more) 56.9
36. milk 52.9 panolino diaper 56.9
37. cat 52.7 * si yes 56.9
38. Cracker 52.7 bavaglino bib 56.4
39. telephone 52.6 capelli hair 56.4
40. * yes 52.6 bocca mouth 55.9
41. cheerios 51.4 bicchiere glass 54.9
42. bird 50.4 uccellino bird 54.4
43. * yum-yum 50.4 passegino stroller 53.8
44. grandpa 50.1 * pronto (hello on phone) 53.3
45. woof 49.5 ciuccio pacifier 51.3
46. * DANCE 49.3 letto bed 51.3
47. baa-baa 49.0 naso nose 50.3
48. meow 48.3 televisione television 49.7
49. * LOOK 48.2 * ANDARE to go 49.2
50. mouth 48.2 cucchiaio spoon 49.2
51. * PETTINARE to comb 49.2
52. * SALUTARE to greet 49.2
Starting with the Top Ten Hits in comprehension for each language group, the breakdown for English is as follows: "mommy" (95%), "daddy" (93.5%), "*bye" (88.6%), "*peekaboo" (84.3%), "*no" (86.3%), "bath" (76.2%), "bottle" (75%), "ball" (75%), "*hi" (74%) and "*allgone" (71.9%). Following the criteria proposed by Gopnik and Choi, this corresponds to 60% non-nominals, although none of these items are lexical verbs. The corresponding list for Italian is "mamma" (91.3%), "papa" (88.2%), the child's own name (82.6%), "*ciao" (which means both "hi" and "goodbye" - 82.6%), "*pappa" (a general word for food or mealtime - 81.1%), "*cuccu-settete" (a word used in hide-and-seek - 81%), "acqua" ("water" - 79%), "*no" (77.9%), "palla" ("ball" - 75.9%) and "bau-bau" (a sound effect for dogs - 75.4%). According to the Gopnik and Choi criteria, this corresponds to 40% non-nominals. Again, none of these items are lexical verbs. Hence the data for comprehension in English and Italian are consonant with our findings for production: no lexical verbs, very few common nouns, with a preponderance of routines, sound effects and names for people.
Surveying the top 50 words in comprehension for each language, we find a total of six lexical verbs for English ("*KISS" - 66.2%; "*EAT" - 59.7%; "*DRINK" - 58.1%; "*HUG" - 54.9%; "*DANCE" - 49.3%; "*LOOK" - 48.2%). If we also include the word "*DON'T" (which was classified among routine expressions on the MacArthur list), this brings the total to seven verbs, or 14% of the list. Hence lexical verbs are still a minority in compre-hension, but (in line with results by other investigators) there are more verbs in comprehension than we found in production. Applying the criteria proposed by Gopnik and Choi, we can classify 17 of the first 50 words in comprehension as non-nominals (i.e., 34%, compared with 29.4% in production).
Looking at the corresponding list for Italian, we find a total of eight lexical verbs in Italian (15.4% of the list). These include "*BERE" ("to drink" - 65.1%), "*DARE" ("to give" - 59.5%), "*MANGIARE" ("to eat" - 59.5%), "*BACIARE" ("to kiss" - 59%), "*BALLARE" ("to dance" - 59%), "*ANDARE" ("to go" - 49.2%), "*PETTINARE" ("to comb" - 49.2%) and "*SALUTARE" ("to greet" - 49.2%). Using broad criteria to define the class of non-nominals, the total for Italian is 20 items, or 38.5% of the list (compared with 33% for production).
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Words Used In Young Adult Conversation
a . . . . . . . . . .
able . . . . . . . . . .
about . . . . . . . . . .
above . . . . . . . . . .
across . . . . . . . . . .
act . . . . . . . . . .
actually . . . . . . . . . .
afraid . . . . . . . . . .
after . . . . . . . . . .
afternoon
again
against
age
ago
agree
ahead
air
all
almost
alone
along
already
also
although
always
am
an
and
animal
another
answer
any
anything
anyway
are
arm
around
as
at
attention
away
awful
awfully
baby
back
bad
bag
be
beautiful
because
been
before
behind
believe
below
best
better
between
big
bird
birthday
bit
black
blood
blow
blue
boat
body
book
both
bottom
box
boy
break
bridge
bring
broke
broken
brother
brought
brown
building
bus
business
busy
but
buy
by
call
came
can
canvas
car
card
care
carry
case
catch
caught
cause
certain
chair
chance
change
child
children
Christmas
clean
close
coffee
cold
color
come
comfortable
company
completely
concerned
control
copy
corner
could
country
couple
cover
crazy
cry
cut
dad
dark
daughter
day
dead
deal
dear
decide
decision
degree
desk
did
didn't
die
different
dinner
dirty
distance
do
does
doesn't
don't
done
door
doubt
down
draw
drive
dry
each
early
easy
eat
edge
education
eight
either
else
end
enough
especially
even
evening
ever
every
everybody
everything
example
except
experience
eye
face
fact
fall
family
far
fast
father
fear
feel
feeling
feet
fell
fellow
felt
few
field
finally
find
fine
finish
fire
first
five
fix
floor
flower
follow
food
foot
for
force
forget
form
forward
found
four
free
friend
from
front
fruit
full
funny
game
gave
get
getting
gift
girl
give
glad
glass
glasses
go
God
goes
going
gone
good
got
grab
grass
great
green
ground
group
guess
had
half
hand
handle
hang
happy
hard
hardly
has
hat
hate
have
he
head
hear
heard
hearing
heat
hell
hello
help
her
here
high
him
himself
his
hit
hold
home
hope
hospital
hot
hour
house
how
hundred
hurt
husband
I
ice
idea
if
imagine
in
inside
instead
interest
interesting
into
is
isn't
it
its
join
judge
just
keep
kept
kind
knew
know
known
large
last
late
later
lay
least
leave
left
life
light
like
line
listen
little
living
long
look
looking
lost
lot
lovely
low
lunch
machine
mad
made
make
man
many
mark
married
may
me
mean
meat
meet
middle
might
mind
mine
minute
mom
moment
Monday
money
month
more
morning
most
mother
mouth
move
much
music
must
my
myself
name
near
neck
need
never
new
next
nice
night
nine
no
nobody
noise
nose
not
nothing
now
nurse
of
off
offer
office
oh
old
on
once
one
only
open
opening
operate
operation
opinion
or
order
other
ought
our
out
outside
over
own
page
pain
paint
paper
part
party
pass
past
pay
people
phone
physical
pick
picture
piece
pink
place
plain
play
please
point
position
power
present
pretty
price
probably
pull
purpose
push
put
question
quiet
quite
radio
rain
rate
rather
reach
read
ready
real
really
reason
record
red
remember
respect
rest
right
road
run
said
same
sat
save
saw
say
scale
school
see
seem
seen
self
send
sense
shade
shape
she
shock
short
should
show
side
silly
simply
since
sister
sit
six
size
small
smoke
snow
so
soft
some
somebody
someone
someplace
something
somewhere
son
soon
sorry
sort
sound
soup
speak
spend
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