In a "Great Dictionary of Romance Words", alongside columns of English, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish:
| English | Ruman |
| at - place | a |
| a/an/some | un - una |
| about (preposition) | in torno a circa de |
| about ("near") | circa |
| above (adverb) | supra |
| above (preposition) | supra |
| act | acto |
| after (conjunction) | depós que |
| after (preposition) | depós de |
| after (adverb) | depós |
| against | contra |
From a table "One to five in Indo-European languages":
| English | Ruman |
| one | uno |
| two | dos |
| three | tres |
| four | quatro |
| five | cinquo |
| brother | fratre |
From a later table, "The Numbers One to Ten in Romance Languages":
| English | Ruman |
| one | uno |
| two | dos |
| three | tres |
| four | quatro |
| five | cinquo |
| six | ses |
| seven | sete |
| eight | octo |
| nine | nove |
| ten | dece |