now and then, occasionally
eş: bisweilen, dann und wann, gelegentlich, hin und wieder, manchmal, mitunter
köken: Literally, “off and to”. Compare Dutch af en toe.
now and then, from time to time
eş: de moment en moment, de temps en temps, parfois, ponctuellement
sometimes; occasionally; at times
eş: ocasionalmente, a la de veces, a las de veces, a las veces, de vez en cuando, en ocasiones
köken: Vulgar Latin ad vicēs (“at times”). Compare Italian a volte for a similar construction.
🔊 A veces es necesario hacer cosas que no te gustan.
🔊 Excepto que en húngaro se declinan y se conjugan los sustantivos, a veces juntos.
sometimes, at times
köken: Compare Spanish a veces for a similar construction.
sometimes
köken: Adverbial accusative of أَحْيَان (ʔaḥyān, “times”).
sometimes, occasionally
köken: From Classical Persian گاه (gāh, “time”) + ـی (-ē, indefinite/bare definite marker).
🔊 نیزه گردانی است ای نیزه که تو / راست میگردی گهی گاهی دو تو
🔊 گاهی قطرهای در کام تشنه لبان وادی نامرادی میچکد.
🔊 گاهی خنده گاهی گریه آخه این چه کاریه سرم از غم تو گریبون این چه روزگاریه
now and then
köken: Univerbation of ara (“while”) + bir (“one”).
sometimes
köken: кей (kei) + -де (-de).
sometimes, occasionally
köken: Borrowed from Arabic بَعْضًا (baʕḍan), adverbial accusative of بَعْض (baʕḍ). By surface analysis, baʼzi + -an. Compare Azerbaijani bəzən and Turkish bazen.
now and then; occasionally
eş: bij tijd en wijle, nu en dan, soms, somtijds, van tijd tot tijd
köken: Literally, “off and to”. Compare German ab und zu (which was calqued into several Scandinavian languages).
sometimes (on certain occasions, but not always) · perhaps, maybe (indicates possibility or doubt)
eş: de vez em quando, ocasionalmente, eventualmente, infrequentemente
μερικές φορές, καμιά φορά, σε μερικές περιπτώσεις
once in a while, occasionally, now and then
🔊 たまにはいいんじゃない？
occasionally, from time to time, not frequently or regularly
eş: 종종, 종종히
zıt: 늘, 언제나, 항상, 자주
köken: First attested in the Eorokhae (語錄解 / 어록해), 1652, as Early Modern Korean ᄀᆞᆺ곰 (Yale: koskwom), equivalent to ᄀᆞᆺ (Yale: kos, “just now”) + -곰 (Yale: -kwom, “distributive suffix”).
🔊 아주 가끔
🔊 걘 가끔 언제 만나자면 나오곤 하던 애였는데 참 엊그저께 만난 것 같애
now and then, every so often, from time to time, occasionally
köken: då (“then”) + och (“and”) + då (“then”)
every now and then, from time to time, occasionally, sometimes
köken: Literally, “every some time”.
sometimes, once in a while · ever
köken: कब (kab) + ही (hī).
aile: कभी कभी, कभी नहीं, कभी भी, कभी-न-कभी
🔊 कभी कभी
🔊 कभी नहीं
from time to time, periodically, at intervals
köken: aika + ajoin
🔊 Tietokone aika ajoin sekoilee, jumittuu tai tarjoaa sinistä ruutua.
from time to time
eş: někdy, občas, tu a tam
on occasion, occasionally
köken: From the alkalm- stem of alkalom (“occasion”) + -anként (distributive adverb-forming suffix).
aile: alkalmankénti
sometimes, at times, every so often, occasionally.
köken: From לְ־ (l', “to, for”) + פְּעָמִים (p'amím, “times”).
sometimes · occasionally
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin dum Latin interdum From inter + dum.