{"id":956,"date":"2010-12-27T05:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T05:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=956"},"modified":"2014-07-10T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T17:36:54","slug":"expressing-frequency-in-arabic-adverbials-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/expressing-frequency-in-arabic-adverbials-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing frequency in Arabic: Adverbials of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, I give examples on the use of some adverbials of time that express frequency. These are adverbs that describe how often an action is done, e.g. always, sometimes, often, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never = <\/strong><strong>\u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u062f\u062e\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u0623\u062e\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe teacher is never late for his class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that the same adverbial also means \u201cforever\u201d. It can be used in both ways, and the context is the most important clue to disambiguate the sentence, e.g.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">&#8220;\u0627\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0644\u062f\u0646\u064a\u0627\u0643 \u0643\u0623\u0646\u0643 \u062a\u0639\u064a\u0634 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork for your earthly life as if you live forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rarely = <\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0646\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0646\u0645\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe rarely go to the cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0631\u0627\u064b \u0645\u0627 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rarely travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes = \u0623\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062a\u0631\u0646\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a\u064a.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, my internet connection stops working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0632\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0646\u064a \u0623\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b \u0648\u0644\u0643\u0643\u0646\u064a \u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0632\u0648\u0631\u0647\u0627 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend sometimes visits me, but I never visit her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Often = <\/strong><strong>\u063a\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0631 \u063a\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0623\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0643\u0631\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0629.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often travel by train because I hate travelling by air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Always = <\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u0633\u062a\u064a\u0642\u0638 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645\u0627\u064b \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u062f\u0633\u0629.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always wake up at six o\u2019clock.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, I give examples on the use of some adverbials of time that express frequency. These are adverbs that describe how often an action is done, e.g. always, sometimes, often, etc. Never = \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0627 \u0623\u062f\u062e\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b. \u201cI never smoke.\u201d \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u0623\u062e\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0623\u0628\u062f\u0627\u064b \u201cThe teacher is never late for his&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/expressing-frequency-in-arabic-adverbials-of-time\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[13183,8304,13184,376397],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","tag-adverbials-of-time","tag-arabic-grammar","tag-expressing-frequency","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9418,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/9418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}