MY First 100 Words

So, my list for the first 100 words makes a lot of sense when you think about how you use language everyday. It's a healthy mix of the right pieces of language that get you moving quickly and also introduce you to some simple concepts and the way those concepts are executed. On this list, when learning a verb, the verbs should be learnt in the present and simple past tenses first. I'll explain at the end. There is no particular order to these. So, without further ado, my list of the most important words to learn first.

1. I
2. You (informal)
3. He
4. She
5. It
6. We
7. You (formal)
8. They (informal)
9. They (formal)
10. Be
11. Have
12. Go
13. Walk
14. Ride (whatever form is for going by vehicle as opposed to walking)
15. Come
16. Think
17. See
18. Write
19. Read
20. Hear
21. Learn
22. Find
23. Want
24. Need
25. Can
26. Will (sometimes not a separate verb)
27. Yes
28. No
29. Not
30. Maybe
31. Today
32. Tomorrow
33. Yesterday
34. Pen
35. Paper
36. Who
37. What
38. When
39. Where
40. Why
41. Him
42. Her
43. Them
44. Us
45. Mine
46. Yours
47. Hers
48. His
49. Ours
50. Buy
51. Pay
52. Become
53. Send
54. Get/Receive
55. Take
56. Give
57. Friend
58. Brother
59. Sister
60. Mother
61. Father
62. Family
63. Numbers 1 - 20
64. With
65. Without
66. Because (of)
67. From
68. To (as in direction)
69. Until
70. Against
71. Through
72. Over
73. Under
74. Beside
75. Between
76. Behind
77. In front of
78. Before
79. After
80. Left
81. Right
82. Except
83. However/But/Rather
84. For
85. Around
86. In
87. Out
88. Up
89. Down
90. House
91. Car
92. Work (place)
93. Work (verb)
94. Book
95. Website
96. Thing
97. This
98. That
99. Those
100. These

With these 100 words, you can start learning much faster once you have them down pat. And adding nouns is easy when you have them in context of an event. What makes it easier to learn is that you have an experience in which you put pieces together to come up with a memory that is unique to you. This is why learning by immersion is the best method; it's a string of memories associated with language acquisition that you can recall and use to get better.

So, why learn the present and simple past first? Something like 70% of all daily language usage falls into these two tenses. This is especially true if you are talking to someone for the first time. You will very often tell a story, whether that story is about what happened to you today or what you once did when you went to Beirut. Learning the past tense also gives you some idea of what the verb conjugation rules are. When you factor in that Be and Have are usually irregular verbs for most languages, you get introduced to at least one form of irregular verbs. So, you're picking up grammar without really realizing it. At least this is how I learn.

I'd be very keen to get feedback on the list. What words would you put on your first 100 list? Which ones do you think I got completely wrong?