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
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; from time to time
eş: a veces, de cuando en cuando, de tiempo en tiempo, ocasionalmente
aile: muy de vez en cuando
🔊 Te visitaré de vez en cuando.
occasionally, sometimes, now and then, every now and then, from time to time
eş: talvolta, a volte, di quando in quando, ogni tanto
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).
alternative form of πότε πότε (póte póte, “occasionally, now and again, now and then, sometimes, every so often”, literally “when-when”)
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, occasionally · sometime, someday, some day, one day
köken: joku + -s (s-lative singular), or alternatively (compare dialectal joskussa, obsolete jossakussa found in Agricola's texts as iossakussa) an inessive form with later (syncope and) apocope.
🔊 Joskus ensilumi tulee jo marraskuun alussa.
🔊 joskus toiste
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.
now and then, from time to time
from time to time
köken: From adés (“just now”) + i (“and”) + ara (“now”).
now and then, every now and again
köken: Literally, “every certain amount”
from time to time, now and then