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
eş: talvolta, saltuariamente
Rusça 🔊 времена́ми , вре́мя от вре́мени , и́зредка , иногда́ , поро́й , то и де́ло
Arapça 🔊 بَيْنَ ٱلْحِينِ وَٱلْآخَرِ , بين وقت وآخر
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
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”.
Ukraynaca 🔊 зрі́дка , час від ча́су
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 · 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
Norveççe 🔊 av og til , en gang imellom , fra tid til annen , i gang i mellom , i ny og ne , iblant
sometimes; occasionally
köken: đôi (“double; pair; a few”) + khi (“the time (when)”).
Bulgarca 🔊 от време на време , от вре́ме на вре́ме , понякога , сеги́з-тоги́з /poˈnʲa̟koɡɐ/ sometimes
köken: по (po) + ня́кога (njákoga)
Slovakça 🔊 občas , príležitostne , zriedkavo