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

Language in Use
FOTI Home

Counting round things by Isauro Andrew
Koror, Palau, August 4, 2006.
Use for counting round things—
fruit, nut, stone, toy ball, basketball.
Don't use for a buoy or a float.

Tobian Audio English Contributed Comments/Examples/Sources
safas Isauro one Isauro Andrew Safas ruh: one coconut. Sisma Andrew 2006.
huhafas Isauro two Isauro Andrew  
sorufas Isauro three Isauro Andrew  
fafas Isauro four Isauro Andrew  
rimafas

Isauro
Isauro

five Isauro Andrew Rimafas chehei ma fafas fas. Five eggs and four stones.
worofas Isauro six Isauro Andrew  
fisifas Isauro seven Isauro Andrew  
warifas Isauro eight Isauro Andrew  
tiwafas Isauro nine Isauro Andrew  
seihetiho fasur Isauro ten Isauro Andrew Ten round things.
seih ma huhafas Isauro twelve   Seih ma huhafas chehei. Twelve eggs.
huhei Isauro twenty   Huhei chehei. Twenty eggs.
sobuhuh Isauro one hundred   Sobuhuh chehei. Hundred eggs.

Updated: April 15, 2014