Vocabulary: Counting
Base counting words
Counting flat things
Counting groups/bunches
Counting long things
Counting people
Counting pieces
Counting round things
Counting time
Counting the uncountable

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Counting long things by Isauro Andrew
Koror, Palau, July-August 2006.
Seyau. Use for counting things such as
canoes, ships, cars, airplanes;
also use for counting teeth.

Tobian Audio English Contributed Comments/Examples/Sources
seyau Isauro one Isauro Andrew  
huhau Isauro two Isauro Andrew  
soruyou Isauro three Isauro Andrew  
fayau

IsauroIsauro

four Isauro Andrew Fayau teberiha ma soruyou wa. Four sticks and three canoes. Long thin things.
rimau Isauro five Isauro Andrew  
woroyau Isauro six Isauro Andrew  
fisiyou Isauro seven Isauro Andrew  
wariyou Isauro eight Isauro Andrew  
tiwau Isauro nine Isauro Andrew  
seihetiho Isauro ten Isauro Andrew  
seih ma seyau Isauro eleven Isauro Andrew  
huheihma   twenty Isauro Andrew  

Updated: February 25, 2007