Twench/Swadesh list
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Abbreviations:
- irr. = irregular (conjugation cannot be predicted from principal parts)
- pl. = plural
- pol. = polite
- arch. = archaic
| No. | English | Twench |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | jou |
| 2 | you (singular) | woes; os (pol.); tu (arch.) |
| 3 | he | el |
| 4 | we | noes; noezeuts |
| 5 | you (plural) | woezeuts; os (pol.) |
| 6 | they | els; elzeuts |
| 7 | this | sest |
| 8 | that | sel |
| 9 | here | sij |
| 10 | there | la |
| 11 | who | kij |
| 12 | what | kei |
| 13 | where | ond |
| 14 | when | kwand |
| 15 | how | komment |
| 16 | not | noun |
| 17 | all | toot |
| 18 | many | molts (pl.) |
| 19 | some | alkuuns (pl.) |
| 20 | few | peuk |
| 21 | other | alter |
| 22 | one | uun |
| 23 | two | dous |
| 24 | three | treis |
| 25 | four | kwatter |
| 26 | five | sink |
| 27 | big | grand(e) |
| 28 | long | long(e) |
| 29 | wide | laargh(e) |
| 30 | thick | gros(se) |
| 31 | heavy | lord(e) |
| 32 | small | petit(te) |
| 33 | short | koort(e) |
| 34 | narrow | strecht(e) |
| 35 | thin | maker(e) |
| 36 | woman | vemme |
| 37 | man (adult male) | omme |
| 38 | man (human being) | humaan |
| 39 | child | enfaant |
| 40 | wife | vemme; moileer |
| 41 | husband | marijt |
| 42 | mother | mater |
| 43 | father | pater |
| 44 | animal | animaal |
| 45 | fish | peisoun |