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 people & creatures by Isauro Andrew
Koror, Palau, August 4, 2006.
Use for counting people, animal, birds, fish.

Tobian Audio English Contributed Comments/Examples/Sources
samaru
samar
Isauro one Isauro Andrew Samar hariweich feifir: one daughter. Peter W. Black 2006.
Samar ih ma huhamar mar. One fish and two birds.
huhamaru
huhamar
Isauro
Isauro
two Isauro Andrew Huhamar moar ma samar feifir. Two men and one woman.
sorumaru
sorumor

Isauro

three Isauro Andrew Sorumar heriweich ma huhamar piris. Three children and two dogs.
famaru Isauro four Isauro Andrew  
rimaru Isauro five Isauro Andrew  
woromaru
woromar

Isauro
Isauro

six Isauro Andrew Woromar rabut ma rimar piris. Six snakes and five dogs.
fisimaru
fisimar

Isauro
Isauro

seven Isauro Andrew Fisimar ih ma woromar piris. Seven fish and six dogs.
warimaru
warimar

Isauro
Isauro

eight Isauro Andrew Warimar moar. Eight men.
tiwomaru
tiwomar

Isauro
Isauro

nine Isauro Andrew Tiwomar heriweich. Nine children.
seihetiho Isauro ten Isauro Andrew Ten people.
Seihetiho feifir. Ten women.

Updated: April 15, 2014