Frequency / Repetition
How often does it happen?
含义
How many times or how regularly an event happens: once, often, always, never, repeatedly, usually, sometimes.
如何识别
Find words that say how often something happens.
示例
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
语言视角
在母语中
Frequency is usually expressed with adverbs such as 常常, 经常, 总是, 有时候, and with context or repeated-event patterns.
我常常喝茶。
wǒ chángcháng hē chá = I often drink tea
在目标语言中
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.