Frequency
How often does it happen?
Значение
Frequency tells us how many times or how regularly something happens. It can describe a single occasion, a habit, or something that rarely happens. Languages use words, phrases, or special verb forms for this, but many have no special verb form for repetition. Unlike When and how long, Frequency asks how often, not when or for how long.
Как распознать
Look for words or forms that answer how often or how many times something happens.
В родном языке
Russian expresses frequency with words such as часто, редко, and иногда, or with counting phrases such as два раза в неделю. Regular habits normally use imperfective verbs, which present actions as repeated or ongoing. Никогда 'never' normally occurs with не before the verb.
Мы часто ужинаем вместе. (My chasto uzhinaem vmeste.)
Я хожу в бассейн два раза в неделю. (Ya khozhu v basseyn dva raza v nedelyu.)
Олег никогда не опаздывает. (Oleg nikogda ne opazdyvaet.)
Никогда works together with the negative word не.