Frequency / Repetition
How often does it happen?
Maana
How many times or how regularly an event happens: once, often, always, never, repeatedly, usually, sometimes.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Find words that say how often something happens.
Mifano
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
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako
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.
Katika lugha unayojifunza
Frequency is expressed with adverbs like रोज़, अक्सर and sometimes habitual verb forms.
वह रोज़ चाय पीता है।
He daily tea drinks.
Learners may overuse literal adverbs and miss habitual aspect cues.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.