The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Esperanto language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Esperanto |
| I | mi |
| you (singular) | vi |
| he | li |
| we | ni |
| you (plural) | vi |
| they | ili |
| this | ĉi tio |
| that | tio |
| here | ĉi tie |
| there | tie |
| who | kiu |
| what | kio |
| where | kie |
| when | kiam |
| how | kiel |
| not | ne |
| all | ĉiuj |
| many | multaj |
| some | kelkaj |
| few | malmultaj |
| other | alia |
| one | unu |
| two | du |
| three | tri |
| four | kvar |
| five | kvin |
| big | granda |
| long | longa |
| wide | larĝa |
| thick | dika |
| heavy | peza |
| small | malgranda |
| short | mallonga |
| narrow | mallarĝa |
| thin | maldika |
| woman | virino |
| man (adult male) | viro |
| man (human being) | homo |
| child | infano |
| wife | edzino |
| husband | edzo |
| mother | patrino |
| father | patro |
| animal | besto |
| fish | fiŝo |
| bird | birdo |
| dog | hundo |
| louse | pediko |
| snake | serpento |
| worm | vermo |
| tree | arbo |
| forest | arbaro |
| stick | bastono |
| fruit | frukto |
| seed | semo |
| leaf | folio |
| root | radiko |
| bark (of a tree) | arbŝelo |
| flower | floro |
| grass | herbo |
| rope | ŝnuro |
| skin | haŭto |
| meat | viando |
| blood | sango |
| bone | osto |
| fat (noun) | graso |
| egg | ovo |
| horn | korno |
| tail | vosto |
| feather | plumo |
| hair | haro |
| head | kapo |
| ear | orelo |
| eye | okulo |
| nose | nazo |
| mouth | buŝo |
| tooth | dento |
| tongue (organ) | lango |
| fingernail | ungo |
| foot | piedo |
| leg | kruro |
| knee | genuo |
| hand | mano |
| wing | flugilo |
| belly | ventro |
| guts | intestaro |
| neck | kolo |
| back | dorso |
| breast | brusto, mamoj |
| heart | koro |
| liver | hepato |
| to drink | trinki |
| to eat | manĝi |
| to bite | mordi |
| to suck | suĉi |
| to spit | kraĉi |
| to vomit | vomi |
| to blow | blovi |
| to breathe | inspiri |
| to laugh | ridi |
| to see | vidi |
| to hear | aŭdi |
| to know | scii |
| to think | pensi |
| to smell | flari |
| to fear | timi |
| to sleep | dormi |
| to live | vivi |
| to die | morti |
| to kill | mortigi |
| to fight | batali |
| to hunt | ĉasi |
| to hit | bati |
| to cut | tondi |
| to split | dividi, fendi |
| to stab | mortpiki |
| to scratch | grati |
| to dig | fosi |
| to swim | naĝi |
| to fly | flugi |
| to walk | marŝi |
| to come | veni |
| to lie (as in a bed) | kuŝi |
| to sit | sidi |
| to stand | stari |
| to turn (intransitive) | turni |
| to fall | fali |
| to give | doni |
| to hold | teni |
| to squeeze | premi |
| to rub | froti |
| to wash | lavi |
| to wipe | viŝi |
| to pull | tiri |
| to push | puŝi |
| to throw | ĵeti |
| to tie | ligi, nodi |
| to sew | kudri |
| to count | kalkuli |
| to say | diri |
| to sing | kanti |
| to play | ludi |
| to float | flosi |
| to flow | flui |
| to freeze | frostigi, frostiĝi |
| to swell | ŝveli |
| sun | suno |
| moon | luno |
| star | stelo |
| water | akvo |
| rain | pluvo |
| river | rivero |
| lake | lago |
| sea | maro |
| salt | salo |
| stone | ŝtono |
| sand | sablo |
| dust | polvo |
| earth | tero |
| cloud | nubo |
| fog | nebulo |
| sky | ĉielo |
| wind | vento |
| snow | neĝo |
| ice | glacio |
| smoke | fumo |
| fire | fajro |
| ash | cindro |
| to burn | bruli |
| road | vojo, strato |
| mountain | monto |
| red | ruĝa |
| green | verda |
| yellow | flava |
| white | blanka |
| black | nigra |
| night | nokto |
| day | tago |
| year | jaro |
| warm | varma |
| cold | malvarma |
| full | plena |
| new | nova |
| old | malnova |
| good | bona |
| bad | malbona |
| rotten | putra |
| dirty | malpura |
| straight | rekta |
| round | ronda |
| sharp (as a knife) | akra |
| dull (as a knife) | malakra |
| smooth | glata |
| wet | malseka |
| dry | seka |
| correct | ĝusta |
| near | proksima |
| far | malproksima |
| right | dekstra |