Frequency / Repetition
How often does it happen?
Signification
How many times or how regularly an event happens: once, often, always, never, repeatedly, usually, sometimes.
Comment le repérer
Find words that say how often something happens.
Exemples
always|often|sometimes|never|twice
every day|three times a week|again and again
He usually drinks coffee in the morning.
Visual guide
Event marks on time: |--x--|--x--|--x--| x = it happens How often? often / never / twice He usually drinks coffee.
Frequency vs habitual: Frequency: how many times? once, twice, every day Habitual: regular pattern He usually drinks coffee. Forms: adverb, reduplication, particle, special verb form
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue
Frequency is mainly expressed with adverbs such as souvent, toujours, jamais, and parfois.
Il boit souvent du café le matin.
He often drinks coffee in the morning.
Dans la langue d’apprentissage
Frequency is mainly expressed with adverbs such as sempre, nunca, muitas vezes, às vezes, and geralmente.
Ele sempre toma café de manhã.
He always drinks coffee in the morning.
Learners may place adverbs awkwardly or miss double-negative patterns with nunca.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.