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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Spanish
Pronouns(6)
se
himself, herself, itself, themselves
/se/
lo
it, him (direct object)
/lo/
le
him, her, you (formal, indirect object)
/le/
me
me, myself
/me/
uno
one
/uno/
te
you (informal, object), yourself
/te/
Determiners(6)
su
his, her, its, your (formal), their
/su/
sus
his, her, its, your (formal), their (plural)
/sus/
este
this (masculine)
/este/
esta
this (feminine)
/esta/
mi
my
/mi/
ese
that (masculine)
/ese/
Articles(6)
la
the (feminine singular)
/la/
el
the (masculine singular)
/el/
los
the (masculine plural)
/los/
las
the (feminine plural)
/las/
un
a, an, one (masculine)
/un/
una
a, an, one (feminine)
/una/
Core Verbs(4)
es
is (third person singular of ser)
/es/
ser
to be (permanent/essential)
/seษพ/
hay
there is, there are
/ai/
son
are (third person plural of ser)
/son/
Adverbs(7)
no
no, not
/no/
mรกs
more, most, plus
/mas/
ya
already, now, yet
/สa/
sรญ
yes, itself
/si/
muy
very
/mui/
tambiรฉn
also, too
/tamหbjen/
donde
where
/donde/
Prepositions(10)
de
of, from, about
/de/
en
in, on, at
/en/
a
to, at
/a/
por
for, by, through
/poษพ/
con
with
/kon/
para
for, in order to
/paษพa/
entre
between, among
/entษพe/
sin
without
/sin/
sobre
about, on, over
/sobษพe/
hasta
until, up to, even
/asta/
Connectors(9)
que
that, which, who
/ke/
y
and
/i/
como
like, as, how
/komo/
pero
but
/peษพo/
o
or
/o/
porque
because
/poษพke/
cuando
when
/kwando/
ni
neither, nor, not even
/ni/
si
if, whether
/si/
Contractions(2)
del
of the, from the
/del/
al
to the, at the
/al/