Reading for 毎

[hoamanda_500464]

Hi,

Understand that 毎 can be read as まい or ごと. What is the difference in usage? When do we use まい, when do we use ごと?

毎(まい)日曜日にデパートに行きます。

５歩毎(ごと）本屋があります。
Every 5 steps there is a bookshop.

How do I say: I play soccer every 2 months?

Thank you!

アマンダ

[community.japanese]

　さん、
こんにちは。
Basically when you put the kanji before a word, for example, 毎週, it is read as maishuu and when you put it after a word like週毎, it is read as shuugoto. They have the same meaning.
When you want to say ‘every number (not 1), you should use goto.
Therefore, ‘I play soccer every 2 months’ should be ‘二ヶ月毎にサッカーをします.’

Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com