[EVA] Zerogoki, Shogoki, and Nigoki question

[TAKEUCHI Shouichi]

Hi, this is TAKEUCHI "Seiya Otaku" Shouichi writing ...
Gareth Ortiz <gao203 at is7.nyu.edu> wrote in <6gn83t$bqh$2 at asuka.computerworks.net>：
> "Kuan Yu" Wrote:
>
>>What is the "goki" in Zerogoki, Shogoki, and Nigoki mean? (spelling?)
>
>It's a counter.  The Japanese language uses counters to make things
>plural.  Remember you don't say stuff like "enpitsus" (pencils) you'd say
>ni-hon enpitsu (two pencils).  "Hon" is the counter.  "Enpitsu" is pencil.
>

"hon" is a counter of rod-shaped objects such as pencil, umbrella,
pillar, etc. "honme" is a number of rod-shaped objects:

"nihon no enpitsu": two pencils
"nihonme no enpitsu": second pencil

"gouki" or "goki" is a number of heavy machinery, while "ki" is a
counter of it:

"ichi gouki ga kidou suru": first unit starts ( unit-01 starts )
"ikki no hikouki ga tonde iru": a plane flies

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Regards,
Takeuchi Shouichi(Seiya Otaku)
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