divendres, 12 de desembre del 2014

SEMANTICS: FREQUENCY ADVERBS AND LINKERS

1. Interrogator

>    Quantes vegades (=how many times)
>    Amb quina freqüència (=how often)

quantes vegades has vingut per ací?
how often have you come around?
amb quina freqüència et fan les proves a l’hospital
how often do you take the tests at hospital?

2. Adverbs

>    sovint (=often, frequently)

viatjo sovint a Galícia
I often travel to Galicia
no els veig sovint
I don’t see them frequently

>    de vegades (=at time, sometimes)

de vegades pareixes imbècil
at times you look like stupid
el periòdic només el compro de vegades
I just buy the newspaper from time to time

>    sempre

sempre he usat aquesta marca
I’ve always used this mark
espero que siguis sempre feliç
I expect you’ll always be happy

>    mai

mai no em llevo abans les 10
I never get up before 10
no els he vist mai
I’ve never seen them

3. The expression of frequency may be represented by means of a table:


+
sempre
always

quasi sempre
almost always

(molt) sovint
(very) often

de vegades
at times, ever

poc sovint
not very often

algunes vegades
some times

quasi mai
almost never
–
mai
never

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