300 Words to become conversational

We all know that to get by in a different country, all you need to know are the English and the basic words of the local spoken language? The thing is: this is true for just about any country! Most languages focus on a core set of about 200 to 300 words, less than 10% of common vocabulary, for all the languages, no exception.

Take Spanish for example, 10% of common vocabulary basic words, with the basic sentence structure (10%  grammar), which should take you only about two weeks. Where English grammar is very difficult, Spanish grammar is actually very easy. English grammar has hundreds of strange, arbitrary rules, but Spanish grammar is very linear and very rarely strays from its basics. So don't sweat learning Spanish grammar!

Like all things in life, the rich and powerful practice the 10/90 rule and keeps the 90% of the wealth. What is stopping you from investing 10% effort to rip the 90% of the benefit? Once you know the basic words and the sentence structure, you are ready to to assume the top role in your company for any international affair. Just think about this: there are about 200 or 300 basic Spanish words that are separating you from knowing very little to being conversational in Spanish.

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Top 100 Romance Words

The Top 100 Most Common Romance Words

The word list below is based on a scientific study conducted by Mark Davies. For a much longer list of the most common 5000 Spanish words (!)

Exam the following word list. You are looking at a perfect 10/90 opportunity for your investment. All Romance Languages share the same root. Once you know one, you would be able to pick up another one by only investing less than 10% of the effort.

	English	Spanish	Portuguese	French	Italian
1	the	el	o	le	il
1	the	la	a	le	il
2	of	de	de	de	di
3	than	que	do que	que	rispetto
4	and	y	e	et	e
5	to	a	para	à	a
6	in	en	em	dans	in
7	a	un	a	un	un
8	be	ser	ser	être	essere
9	is	se	é	est	è
10	no	no	não	non	no
11	have	haber	ter	avoir	avere
12	by	por	por	par	di
13	with	con	com	avec	con
14	his	su	dele	son	suo
15	to	para	para	à	a
16	as	como	como	comme	come
17	be	estar	ser	être	essere
18	have	tener	ter	avoir	avere
19	him	le	a ele	lui	lui
20	what	lo	que	quoi	cosa
21	what	lo	que	quoi	cosa
22	all	todo	todos	tous	tutto
23	but	pero	mas	mais	ma
24	more	más	mais	plus	più
25	do	hacer	fazer	faire	fare
26	or	o	ou	ou	o
27	can	poder	poder	pouvoir	potere
28	say	decir	dizer	dire	dire
29	this	este	este	cet	questo
30	go	ir	ir	aller	andare
31	other	otro	outro	autre	altro
32	that	ese	aquele	que	quello
33	the	la	o	le	il
34	if	si	se	si	se
35	me	me	mim	moi	me
36	already	ya	já	déjà	già
37	view	ver	visualizar	affichage	vista
38	because	porque	porque	car	perché
39	give	dar	dar	donner	dare
40	when	cuando	quando	quand	quando
41	he	él	ele	il	egli
42	very	muy	muito	très	molto
43	without	sin	sem	sans	senza
44	time	vez	tempo	heure	tempo
45	much	mucho	muito	beaucoup	molto
46	know	saber	saber	savoir	sapere
47	what	qué	que	quoi	cosa
48	about	sobre	sobre	à propos de	circa
49	my	mi	meu	mon	mio
50	any	alguno	qualquer	n'importe lequel	qualunque
51	same	mismo	mesmo	même	stesso
52	I	yo	I	Je	Io
53	also	también	além disso	également	anche
54	until	hasta	até	jusqu'à	fino
55	year	año	ano	année	anno
56	two	dos	dois	deux	due
57	want	querer	querer	vouloir	volere
58	between	entre	entre	entre	tra
59	thus	así	deste modo	donc	così
60	first	primero	primeiro	premier	primo
61	from	desde	de	partir de	da
62	big	grande	grande	grand	grande
63	that	eso	aquele	que	quello
64	or	ni	ou	ou	o
65	us	nos	nós	nous	noi
66	get	llegar	obter	obtenir	ottenere
67	pass	pasar	pass	pass	pass
68	time	tiempo	tempo	heure	tempo
69	she	ella	ela	elle	essa
70	yes	sí	sim	oui	sì
71	day	día	dia	jour	giorno
72	one	uno	um	un	uno
73	well	bien	bem	bien	bene
74	little	poco	pouco	petit	piccolo
75	must	deber	deve	devoir	dovere
76	then	entonces	então	puis	allora
77	put	poner	colocar	mettre	mettere
78	thing	cosa	coisa	chose	cosa
79	both	tanto	ambos	les deux	entrambi
80	man	hombre	homem	homme	uomo
81	apparently	parecer	aparentemente	apparemment	pare
82	our	nuestro	nosso	notre	nostro
83	so	tan	assim	ainsi	così
84	where	donde	onde	où	dove
85	now	ahora	agora	maintenant	adesso
86	part	parte	parte	Partie	parte
87	after	después	depois	après	dopo
88	life	vida	vida	vie	vita
89	be	quedar	ser	être	essere
90	always	siempre	sempre	toujours	sempre
91	believe	creer	acreditar	croire	credere
92	talk	hablar	falar	parler	parlare
93	carry	llevar	levar	porter	portare
94	let	dejar	permitir	laisser	lasciare
95	nothing	nada	nada	rien	niente
96	each	cada	cada	chaque	ogni
97	follow	seguir	seguir	suivre	seguire
98	less	menos	menos	moins	meno
99	new	nuevo	novo	nouveau	nuovo
100	find	encontrar	encontrar	rechercher	trovare

More 10/90 Romance Vocabulary

The rich and powerful really know how to leverage with the 10/90 investment, when the opportunity presents. There is no reason why you can not!

The most likely reason is that you are too focus on what you are doing and let too many low hanging fruits passing by. These opportunities are so plentiful that most of us simply overlook. Take a look at the following simple Romance vocabulary on numbers, months, and seasons:

	English	Spanish	Portuguese	French	Italian
	zero	cero	zero	zéro	zero
	one	uno	um	un	uno
	two	dos	dois	deux	due
	three	tres	três	trois	tre
	four	cuatro	quatro	quatre	quattro
	five	cinco	cinco	cinq	cinque
	six	seis	seis	six	sei
	seven	siete	sete	sept	sette
	eight	ocho	oito	huit	otto
	nine	nueve	nove	neuf	nove
	ten	diez	dez	dix	dieci
	eleven	once	onze	onze	eleven
	tweleve	tweleve	tweleve	tweleve	tweleve
	thirteen	trece	treze	treize	tredici
	fourteen	catorce	catorze	quatorze	quattordici
	fifteen	quince	quinze	quinze	quindici
	sixteen	dieciséis	dezesseis	seize	sedici
	seventeen	diecisiete	dezessete	dix-sept	diciassette
	eighteen	dieciocho	dezoito	dix-huit	diciotto
	twenty	veinte	vinte	vingt	venti
	thirty	treinta	trinta	trente	trenta
	fourty	cuarenta	quarenta	quarante	quaranta
	fifty	cincuenta	cinqüenta	cinquante	cinquanta
	sixty	sesenta	sessenta	soixante	sessanta
	sventy	sventy	sventy	sventy	sventy
	eighty	ochenta	oitenta	quatre-vingts	ottanta
	ninety	noventa	noventa	quatre-vingt dix	novanta
	hundred	cien	cem	cent	centinaio
	thousand	mil	mil	mille	mila
	million	millones	milhões	millions	milioni
	season	temporada	temporada	saison	stagione
	spring	primavera	mola	printemps	primavera
	summer	verano	verão	été	estate
	autumn	otoño	outono	automne	autunno
	winter	invierno	inverno	hiver	inverno
	January	Enero	Janeiro	Janvier	Gennaio
	February	Febrero	Fevereiro	Février	Febbraio
	March	De	Março	Mars	Marzo
	April	Abril	Abril	Avril	Aprile
	May	Mayo	Poder	Mai	Potere
	June	Junio	Junho	Juin	Giugno
	July	Julio	Julho	Juillet	Luglio
	August	Agosto	Agosto	Août	Agosto
	September	Septiembre	Setembro	Septembre	Settembre
	October	Octubre	Outubro	Octobre	Ottobre
	November	Noviembre	Novembro	Novembre	Novembre
	December	Diciembre	Dezembro	Décembre	Dicembre

Immerse into the lifestyle - Scene Based Conversation

We have carefully evaluated the available audio courses available on the market, under the criteria of the least resistance and maximum result. We have selected the Random House/Living Language Traveler's Pocket Phrase Guides Series and the In-Flight Programs.

Romance Beginer's Program
This 3 month program uses the Learn in Flight, Before You Land series as the base teaching guide. We cover all major Romance languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. This program extend your basic conversation with over 400 essential words, phrases, and expressions!.


Romance Traveler's Program
This 3 month program uses the Traveler's Pocket Phrase Guides as the base teaching guide. We cover all major Romance languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. You may carry this guide as a handy trip reference, keep the guide in your pocket or wallet, perfect for when you're sightseeing or getting around town. Each one includes hundreds of essential words and phrases for every situation.