[jesselt]

I was taught to use ひとつ
ふたつ
みっつ
よっつ
いっつ
むっつ
ななつ
やっつ
ここのつ
とお
for 1-10 small roundish objects such as apples or eggs, not こ

What's that all about?

Also, one of the TAs from Tokyo said that her generation doesn't really commonly use any counters except the general counters and ひき／ぴき／びきfor small animals because "it would be cruel to refer to them as anything else."

Also, I don't agree with the statement that Rosetta Stone sucks for learning Japanese. It might for some people, but most of the reactions on this forum to it are based on using the first chapter. I think it sucks at teaching Kana and Kanji (because it pretty much doesn't teach them at all) but many people can benefit from visual learning techniques and examples. I think it would be best to use it in conjunction with traditional classes.