# English lexicon of the open page sets (Growing Core, Fixed Paths). # # One entry per word or message the sets use. The key is the stored English # word: the app glosses it into the person's language and finds its symbol by # it, so it is spelled as the app's translations and symbols spell it. # # pos part of speech. Written to OBF as `ext_aurasense_word_class` with # the app's names (aac-core vocabulary.rs / obf.rs): adverb is written # as "adjective" (the app groups adverbs with descriptors), phrase as # "social", and a conjunction gets no word class (the app has none; # see DESIGN-core.md, "Decisions"). # role the Fitzgerald Key colour (Fitzgerald 1954; colours as modified by # Goossens', Crain & Elder 1992 and the app's own defaults.rs), when # it is not the default for the part of speech: possessives and # demonstratives are people words (yellow); some/all describe amount. # sense the sense meant, for words with more than one. The app's glosses # were audited in vocabulary.rs's sense (gloss_audit_2026-10-01); a # word is used here only in that sense. # forms English forms the app's word endings get wrong today (they are # English-regular only: "goed", "stoped", "seing"). Data for the Word # Forms plan (DESIGN-core.md); the generator compares them with the # app's rules and lists the difference. # unglossed the key is used in another sense than the app's glosses of it # carry: written as ext_aurasense_sense (aac-core Cell::sense), shown # and said in English only, hidden in place in other languages. # proxy for an entry of more than one word, or a contraction the subtitles # split ("can't" is counted with "can"): the token whose spoken # frequency stands for it, times `share` (default 1, and the set's # phrase_share for a phrase). # # Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (see tools/pagesets/sources/catalog.yaml). words: # ── people: pronouns ───────────────────────────────────────────────── I: {pos: pronoun} you: {pos: pronoun} he: {pos: pronoun} she: {pos: pronoun} it: {pos: pronoun} we: {pos: pronoun} they: {pos: pronoun} me: {pos: pronoun} him: {pos: pronoun} us: {pos: pronoun} them: {pos: pronoun} mine: {pos: pronoun} everyone: {pos: core_noun, role: people} someone: {pos: core_noun, role: people} nobody: {pos: core_noun, role: people} # possessives and demonstratives (the app's class: determiner) my: {pos: determiner, role: people} your: {pos: determiner, role: people} his: {pos: determiner, role: people} her: {pos: determiner, role: people, sense: "possessive and object pronoun (her book; see her)"} our: {pos: determiner, role: people} their: {pos: determiner, role: people} this: {pos: determiner, role: people, sense: "this one (pointing)"} that: {pos: determiner, role: people, sense: "that one (pointing)"} # ── little words ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── the: {pos: determiner} a: {pos: determiner} an: {pos: determiner} some: {pos: determiner, role: describe} all: {pos: determiner, role: describe} and: {pos: conjunction} but: {pos: conjunction} or: {pos: conjunction} because: {pos: conjunction} if: {pos: conjunction} so: {pos: conjunction, sense: "so (therefore)"} as: {pos: conjunction, sense: "as (like; while)"} to: {pos: preposition} of: {pos: preposition} for: {pos: preposition} with: {pos: preposition} at: {pos: preposition} from: {pos: preposition} about: {pos: preposition} by: {pos: preposition} in: {pos: preposition} "on": {pos: preposition} up: {pos: preposition} down: {pos: preposition} out: {pos: preposition} "off": {pos: preposition} over: {pos: preposition} under: {pos: preposition} behind: {pos: preposition} between: {pos: preposition} next to: {pos: preposition, proxy: next} around: {pos: preposition} through: {pos: preposition} away: {pos: preposition} without: {pos: preposition} here: {pos: preposition, sense: "in this place"} there: {pos: preposition, sense: "in that place"} inside: {pos: core_noun, sense: "indoors"} outside: {pos: core_noun, sense: "outdoors"} # ── questions ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what: {pos: question} where: {pos: question} who: {pos: question} when: {pos: question} why: {pos: question} how: {pos: question} how many: {pos: question, proxy: many} # ── negation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "no": {pos: negation} not: {pos: negation} "don't": {pos: negation} "can't": {pos: negation, proxy: can, share: 0.25} "won't": {pos: negation} never: {pos: negation} # ── verbs ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── want: {pos: verb} need: {pos: verb} like: {pos: verb, sense: "enjoy, be pleased by (not the preposition)"} go: {pos: verb, forms: {past: went}} stop: {pos: verb, forms: {past: stopped, ing: stopping}} help: {pos: verb} eat: {pos: verb, forms: {past: ate}} drink: {pos: verb, forms: {past: drank}} play: {pos: verb} make: {pos: verb, forms: {past: made}} see: {pos: verb, forms: {past: saw, ing: seeing}} hear: {pos: verb, forms: {past: heard}} feel: {pos: verb, forms: {past: felt}} think: {pos: verb, forms: {past: thought}} know: {pos: verb, forms: {past: knew}} put: {pos: verb, forms: {past: put, ing: putting}} get: {pos: verb, forms: {past: got, ing: getting}} give: {pos: verb, forms: {past: gave}} take: {pos: verb, forms: {past: took}} come: {pos: verb, forms: {past: came}} open: {pos: verb} close: {pos: verb, sense: "shut (not near)"} turn: {pos: verb, sense: "turn something; take a turn"} look: {pos: verb} listen: {pos: verb} do: {pos: verb, forms: {past: did}} say: {pos: verb, forms: {past: said}} tell: {pos: verb, forms: {past: told}} ask: {pos: verb} try: {pos: verb, forms: {past: tried}} use: {pos: verb} work: {pos: verb} read: {pos: verb, forms: {past: read}} write: {pos: verb, forms: {past: wrote}} draw: {pos: verb, forms: {past: drew}} sit: {pos: verb, forms: {past: sat, ing: sitting}} stand: {pos: verb, forms: {past: stood}} walk: {pos: verb} run: {pos: verb, forms: {past: ran, ing: running}} wash: {pos: verb} sleep: {pos: verb, forms: {past: slept}} wake up: {pos: verb, proxy: wake, forms: {past: woke up, ing: waking up}} watch: {pos: verb, sense: "look at (not the clock)"} wait: {pos: verb} show: {pos: verb} find: {pos: verb, forms: {past: found}} bring: {pos: verb, forms: {past: brought}} carry: {pos: verb, forms: {past: carried}} hold: {pos: verb, forms: {past: held}} push: {pos: verb} pull: {pos: verb} throw: {pos: verb, forms: {past: threw}} catch: {pos: verb, forms: {past: caught}} cut: {pos: verb, forms: {past: cut, ing: cutting}} fix: {pos: verb} hurt: {pos: verb, forms: {past: hurt}} love: {pos: verb} hate: {pos: verb} have: {pos: verb, forms: {past: had}} can: {pos: verb, sense: "be able to (modal; not a tin)"} will: {pos: verb, sense: "future (modal)"} is: {pos: verb, sense: "be, third person (he is)"} am: {pos: verb, sense: "be, first person (I am)"} are: {pos: verb, sense: "be, plural or you (we are)"} was: {pos: verb, sense: "be, past (it was)"} were: {pos: verb, sense: "be, past plural (we were)"} has: {pos: verb, sense: "have, third person"} had: {pos: verb, sense: "have, past"} did: {pos: verb, sense: "do, past"} does: {pos: verb, sense: "do, third person"} got: {pos: verb, sense: "get, past"} went: {pos: verb, sense: "go, past"} said: {pos: verb, sense: "say, past"} be: {pos: verb, sense: "be (to be)", forms: {ing: being}} been: {pos: verb, sense: "be, past participle"} would: {pos: verb, sense: "would (modal)"} could: {pos: verb, sense: "could (modal)"} "didn't": {pos: negation} let: {pos: verb, forms: {past: let, ing: letting}} remember: {pos: verb} forget: {pos: verb, forms: {past: forgot, ing: forgetting}} learn: {pos: verb} teach: {pos: verb, forms: {past: taught}} understand: {pos: verb, forms: {past: understood}} explain: {pos: verb} choose: {pos: verb, forms: {past: chose}} decide: {pos: verb} change: {pos: verb} start: {pos: verb} finish: {pos: verb} keep: {pos: verb, forms: {past: kept}} leave: {pos: verb, forms: {past: left}} stay: {pos: verb} move: {pos: verb} share: {pos: verb} build: {pos: verb, forms: {past: built}} cook: {pos: verb} clean: {pos: verb, sense: "to clean (the verb)"} brush: {pos: verb} call: {pos: verb} send: {pos: verb, forms: {past: sent}} buy: {pos: verb, forms: {past: bought}} pay: {pos: verb, forms: {past: paid}} win: {pos: verb, forms: {past: won, ing: winning}} lose: {pos: verb, forms: {past: lost}} believe: {pos: verb} hope: {pos: verb} wish: {pos: verb} worry: {pos: verb, forms: {past: worried}} ride: {pos: verb, forms: {past: rode}} swim: {pos: verb, forms: {past: swam, ing: swimming}} climb: {pos: verb} dance: {pos: verb} sing: {pos: verb, forms: {past: sang}} count: {pos: verb} touch: {pos: verb} smell: {pos: verb} taste: {pos: verb} drive: {pos: verb, forms: {past: drove}} visit: {pos: verb} talk: {pos: verb} jump: {pos: verb} hug: {pos: verb, forms: {past: hugged, ing: hugging}} # ── describing words (adjectives and adverbs) ──────────────────────── more: {pos: adjective, sense: "more of it; again"} all done: {pos: adjective, proxy: done, sense: "finished (Universal Core's 'finished')"} good: {pos: adjective} bad: {pos: adjective} big: {pos: adjective} little: {pos: adjective, sense: "small"} different: {pos: adjective} same: {pos: adjective} new: {pos: adjective} old: {pos: adjective} fast: {pos: adjective} slow: {pos: adjective} hot: {pos: adjective} cold: {pos: adjective} nice: {pos: adjective} funny: {pos: adjective} scary: {pos: adjective} ready: {pos: adjective} dirty: {pos: adjective} wet: {pos: adjective} dry: {pos: adjective} full: {pos: adjective} empty: {pos: adjective} right: {pos: adjective, sense: "correct (not the direction)"} wrong: {pos: adjective} loud: {pos: adjective} quiet: {pos: adjective} soft: {pos: adjective} hard: {pos: adjective, sense: "not soft"} heavy: {pos: adjective} long: {pos: adjective} short: {pos: adjective} tall: {pos: adjective} easy: {pos: adjective} difficult: {pos: adjective} beautiful: {pos: adjective} favorite: {pos: adjective} important: {pos: adjective} safe: {pos: adjective} dangerous: {pos: adjective} busy: {pos: adjective} first: {pos: adjective} last: {pos: adjective, sense: "final (not 'last week')"} next: {pos: adjective} many: {pos: adjective} few: {pos: adjective} # feelings happy: {pos: adjective} sad: {pos: adjective} angry: {pos: adjective} scared: {pos: adjective} tired: {pos: adjective} sick: {pos: adjective} hungry: {pos: adjective} thirsty: {pos: adjective} excited: {pos: adjective} bored: {pos: adjective} frustrated: {pos: adjective} confused: {pos: adjective} proud: {pos: adjective} lonely: {pos: adjective} surprised: {pos: adjective} embarrassed: {pos: adjective} nervous: {pos: adjective} jealous: {pos: adjective} brave: {pos: adjective} comfortable: {pos: adjective} uncomfortable: {pos: adjective} dizzy: {pos: adjective} itchy: {pos: adjective} # taste delicious: {pos: adjective} yucky: {pos: adjective} sweet: {pos: adjective} sour: {pos: adjective} salty: {pos: adjective} spicy: {pos: adjective} # colours red: {pos: adjective} blue: {pos: adjective} green: {pos: adjective} yellow: {pos: adjective} orange: {pos: adjective, sense: "the colour (not the fruit)"} pink: {pos: adjective} purple: {pos: adjective} brown: {pos: adjective} black: {pos: adjective} white: {pos: adjective} # numbers one: {pos: adjective} two: {pos: adjective} three: {pos: adjective} four: {pos: adjective} five: {pos: adjective} # adverbs (the app groups them with describing words) now: {pos: adverb} later: {pos: adverb} again: {pos: adverb} today: {pos: adverb} tomorrow: {pos: adverb} yesterday: {pos: adverb} very: {pos: adverb} really: {pos: adverb} just: {pos: adverb, sense: "only; a moment ago"} too: {pos: preposition, role: describe, sense: "also; more than enough"} also: {pos: preposition, role: describe} almost: {pos: adverb} already: {pos: adverb} still: {pos: adverb, sense: "even now (not motionless)"} maybe: {pos: adverb} always: {pos: adverb} sometimes: {pos: adverb} usually: {pos: adverb} often: {pos: adverb} together: {pos: adverb} then: {pos: adverb, sense: "after that; at that time"} only: {pos: adverb} enough: {pos: adverb} before: {pos: preposition} after: {pos: preposition} until: {pos: preposition} # ── things (nouns) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── home: {pos: core_noun} school: {pos: core_noun} bathroom: {pos: core_noun} kitchen: {pos: core_noun} bedroom: {pos: core_noun} park: {pos: core_noun} store: {pos: core_noun} playground: {pos: core_noun} pool: {pos: core_noun} beach: {pos: core_noun} library: {pos: core_noun} restaurant: {pos: core_noun} hospital: {pos: core_noun} church: {pos: core_noun} office: {pos: core_noun} house: {pos: core_noun} food: {pos: core_noun} water: {pos: core_noun} milk: {pos: fringe_noun} juice: {pos: fringe_noun} bread: {pos: fringe_noun} apple: {pos: fringe_noun} banana: {pos: fringe_noun} cheese: {pos: fringe_noun} chicken: {pos: fringe_noun} rice: {pos: fringe_noun} cookie: {pos: fringe_noun} fruit: {pos: fringe_noun} snack: {pos: fringe_noun} breakfast: {pos: fringe_noun} lunch: {pos: fringe_noun} dinner: {pos: fringe_noun} mom: {pos: core_noun, role: people} dad: {pos: core_noun, role: people} brother: {pos: core_noun, role: people} sister: {pos: core_noun, role: people} baby: {pos: core_noun, role: people} grandma: {pos: core_noun, role: people} grandpa: {pos: core_noun, role: people} aunt: {pos: core_noun, role: people} uncle: {pos: core_noun, role: people} cousin: {pos: core_noun, role: people} friend: {pos: core_noun, role: people} teacher: {pos: core_noun, role: people} doctor: {pos: core_noun, role: people} nurse: {pos: core_noun, role: people} therapist: {pos: core_noun, role: people} dentist: {pos: core_noun, role: people} neighbor: {pos: core_noun, role: people} police: {pos: core_noun, role: people} people: {pos: core_noun, role: people, forms: {singular: person}} man: {pos: core_noun, role: people, forms: {plural: men}} toy: {pos: core_noun} ball: {pos: core_noun} book: {pos: core_noun} game: {pos: core_noun} music: {pos: core_noun} song: {pos: core_noun} story: {pos: core_noun} movie: {pos: core_noun} TV: {pos: core_noun} phone: {pos: core_noun} computer: {pos: fringe_noun} picture: {pos: core_noun} paper: {pos: fringe_noun} pencil: {pos: fringe_noun} car: {pos: core_noun} bed: {pos: core_noun} chair: {pos: core_noun} table: {pos: core_noun} door: {pos: core_noun} blanket: {pos: fringe_noun} towel: {pos: fringe_noun} soap: {pos: fringe_noun} toothbrush: {pos: fringe_noun} shower: {pos: fringe_noun} shirt: {pos: fringe_noun} pants: {pos: fringe_noun} shoes: {pos: fringe_noun} jacket: {pos: fringe_noun} hat: {pos: fringe_noun} money: {pos: core_noun} thing: {pos: core_noun} something: {pos: core_noun} name: {pos: core_noun} time: {pos: core_noun} day: {pos: core_noun} night: {pos: core_noun} morning: {pos: core_noun} afternoon: {pos: core_noun} week: {pos: core_noun} year: {pos: core_noun} birthday: {pos: core_noun} holiday: {pos: core_noun} party: {pos: core_noun} weather: {pos: core_noun} rain: {pos: core_noun} sun: {pos: core_noun} snow: {pos: core_noun} # body and health head: {pos: core_noun} hand: {pos: core_noun} foot: {pos: core_noun, forms: {plural: feet}} stomach: {pos: core_noun} back: {pos: adverb, unglossed: true, sense: "back again, as in come back or give it back (not the body part, which is what the app's glosses of back are)"} eye: {pos: core_noun} ear: {pos: core_noun} mouth: {pos: core_noun} nose: {pos: core_noun} teeth: {pos: core_noun, forms: {singular: tooth}} pain: {pos: core_noun} medicine: {pos: core_noun} allergy: {pos: fringe_noun} wheelchair: {pos: fringe_noun} # animals and outdoors animal: {pos: fringe_noun} pet: {pos: core_noun} dog: {pos: fringe_noun} cat: {pos: fringe_noun} bird: {pos: fringe_noun} fish: {pos: fringe_noun, forms: {plural: fish}} tree: {pos: fringe_noun} flower: {pos: fringe_noun} # ── social words and messages ──────────────────────────────────────── "yes": {pos: social} hi: {pos: social} bye: {pos: social} please: {pos: social} thank you: {pos: social, proxy: thank} sorry: {pos: social} okay: {pos: social} excuse me: {pos: social, proxy: excuse} "you're welcome": {pos: social, proxy: welcome} I love you: {pos: social, proxy: love} wow: {pos: interjection} uh oh: {pos: interjection, proxy: oops} yay: {pos: interjection} ouch: {pos: interjection} oh: {pos: interjection} hey: {pos: interjection} well: {pos: interjection, sense: "well (to start a reply)"} yeah: {pos: social} "I don't know": {pos: phrase, proxy: know} "I'm not finished": {pos: phrase, proxy: finished} "that's not what I meant": {pos: phrase, proxy: meant} say it again: {pos: phrase, proxy: again} how are you: {pos: phrase, proxy: how} I feel good: {pos: phrase, proxy: feel} "I don't feel good": {pos: phrase, proxy: feel} my turn: {pos: phrase, proxy: turn} your turn: {pos: phrase, proxy: turn} let me think: {pos: phrase, proxy: think} never mind: {pos: phrase, proxy: mind} see you later: {pos: phrase, proxy: later} good morning: {pos: phrase, proxy: morning} good night: {pos: phrase, proxy: night} I need a break: {pos: phrase, proxy: break} I need help: {pos: phrase, proxy: help} slow down: {pos: phrase, proxy: slow} let me try: {pos: phrase, proxy: try} I like it: {pos: phrase, proxy: like} "I don't like it": {pos: phrase, proxy: like}