how many words I should learn to speak write & listen like a native english person?please someone tell me abou that words.
2007-03-30 05:15:32 · 10 answers · asked by danydany 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's not a matter of words, it's a matter of grammar and phonetics. English grammar is not very complicated (from a Spanish speaker point of view) however, the phonetics will take years to master, if ever.
So if you're looking to be understood and understand others, that shouldn't take long, but mastering the language to sound like a native speaker, that's another thing.
2007-03-30 06:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by Noelia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the average english speaker knows at least 10,000 words. To understand the vast majority of what is being said, I'd say shoot for 4,000. Remember though, sounding like a native speaker is more than just memorizing a lot of big words.
2007-03-30 14:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the Basic everyday words, because English does have the most words, but barely anybody knows what they mean. So dont learn the High English.
2007-03-30 06:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll certainly need a few thousand but correct grammar is more important than a huge vocabulary. Plenty of native English speakers are poor at both, you only have to read Yahoo answers to see that.
2007-03-30 05:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Hex the Fundies (JPAA) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you learn the top 2000 words, then you could easily understand 90 percent of the language used in conversation, newspapers, and books.
2007-03-30 05:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English has more words than any other language. Buy a thesaurus, and get a conversation buddy.
2007-03-30 05:18:06 · answer #6 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you speak Greek Italian french German then is ease to learn the English slang..
2007-03-30 05:20:33 · answer #7 · answered by eviot44 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of them. THere is no minimum requirement.
2007-03-30 05:18:56 · answer #8 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of them.
2007-03-30 05:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by the_skipper_also 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thousands
2007-03-30 05:19:02 · answer #10 · answered by steve_dorings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋