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Originally Posted by Ninjai
an important Question !!
when we are counting cars we say ichidai ,... and for shoes we say issoku and for airplanes ikki !!!
now , is there lots of these numbers?? somewhere ichi the other one is and ik . oll of these refers to one object !! seems to be so hard ! 
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Yeah, and the letter "n" becomes "m" before consonants like "p" and "b" in English.
in (not) + possible = i
mpossible
in (not) +pass = i
mpasse
It's just a phonetic rule, and it makes a lot of sense. It's far easier to say いっき than いちき.