Frequency / Repetition
How often does it happen?
意味
How many times or how regularly an event happens: once, often, always, never, repeatedly, usually, sometimes.
見分け方
Find words that say how often something happens.
例
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
言語別ビュー
母語では
Frequency is usually expressed with adverbs such as よく, いつも, ときどき.
彼はよく朝コーヒーを飲む。
He often drinks coffee in the morning.
学習中の言語では
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.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.