Counting things, and saying what you want or don't want to happen.
Numerals are their own part of speech in Ilokano. A numeral sentence just puts the number first, followed by ti and the thing being counted.
Talló ti táo idiáy baláy.
There are three persons in the house.
maysá
one
verified in this app's dictionary
duá
two
verified in this app's dictionary
limá
five
verified in this app's dictionary
sangapúlo
ten
verified in this app's dictionary
Ilokano has two common words for "want," and they focus on different things. mayát puts the person who wants in focus; kayát instead puts the thing wanted in focus, and is often used with a pronoun attached (kayát na 'he/she wants').
Mayát diáy pádi nga umáy ka ditóy.
The priest allows/wants you to come here.
Kayát diáy pádi ti umáy ditóy.
The priest wants to come here.
Kayát na ti gumátang ti baláy.
He wants to buy a house.
madí works the same way as kayát, but negates it — "doesn't want."
Madí nga matúrog ditóy diáy balásang.
The lady does not want to sleep here.
Grammar: Ch. 6.5; Ch. 10.3, from Constantino's Ilokano Reference Grammar (1971, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).