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 |