Re: Verb lists

Peter Bleackley wrote:
> I wanted a list of common verbs, so I looked online and found
>
> http://www.acme2k.co.uk/Acme/3star%20verbs.htm
>
> However, being a list of common English verbs, it's got quite a few
> synonyms in it, and some modals as well. Does anyone know of comparable
> lists for other languages?
You might take a look at my bilingual Engl/Indonesian list--
http://cinduworld.tripod.com/wordlist.txt -- Verbs begin at #528 or so and
there are about 200. (And of course adjectives can be verbal in Indo. too.)
Indonesian verbs sometimes cover more/less territory than Engl. verbs; e.g.
'bring, take, carry' are all _bawa_; OTOH there are separate forms for
'carry-- in the hand, on the back, on the hip, in front, on a
shoulder-pole'.  Others-- separate lex.items in Engl-- are derivations of a
single base, e.g. 'near ~approach, bring close'.  (Kash uses a lot of
derivation in the verb system.)