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.
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sometimes, at times
eş: talvolta, saltuariamente
now and then
köken: Univerbation of ara (“while”) + bir (“one”).
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
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”).
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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”.
from time to time
eş: někdy, občas, tu a tam
every now and then, every once in a while, every so often
köken: egyszer (“once”) + egyszer (“once”)
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.
once in a while, now and then
sometimes
köken: по (po) + ня́кога (njákoga)
from time to time
köken: From adés (“just now”) + i (“and”) + ara (“now”).
by turns, alternately · on a walk, on one's way · in progress
köken: Literally, "on a turn".