English → Arabic
occasionally in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- aḥyānan
- Arabizi
a7yanan- Type
- adverb
- Root
- ح ي ن
How to use it
"Occasionally" means something happens now and then, not regularly. It can be placed at the beginning or middle of a sentence. It is equivalent to "sometimes".
Example sentences
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أَزُورُ أَصْدِقَائِي أَحْيَانًا فِي النَّهَارِ.
azūru aṣdiqāʾī aḥyānan fī an-nahār.
I visit my friends occasionally during the day.
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أَكْتُبُ أَحْيَانًا بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لِلتَّدْرِيبِ.
aktubu aḥyānan bil-ʿarabiyyati lit-tadrīb.
I sometimes write in Arabic for practice.
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يَحْدُثُ أَحْيَانًا خَطَأٌ فِي البَرْنَامَجِ.
yaḥduthu aḥyānan khaṭaʾun fī al-barnāmaj.
An error occasionally occurs in the program.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Plays golf occasionally.
الغولف من وقت إلى آخر.
Sami worked occasionally as a handyman.
كان سامي يشتغل كعامل صيانة بين الحين و الآخر.
Occasionally doses of up to 450 units were used.
وأحيانًا كان يتم استخدام جرعات تصل إلى 450 وحدة.
Individual companies are also represented occasionally.
وتمثل الشركات الإفرداية في بعض المناسبات.
Only occasionally was the fighting “officially” reported.
ولم تَـرِد أنباء هذا القتال في التقارير "الرسمية" إلا لماماً.
Their knowledge has to be rechecked occasionally over time.
ويفترض التحقق من وقت إلى آخر من معارف هؤلاء الموظفين.
Such incidents do not occur occasionally, but daily everywhere.
وهذه الحوادث لا تحدث بصورة متقطعة، ولكنها تحدث كل يوم وفي كل مكان.
Occasionally the direction of movement changes as the molecule pivots.
يتغير اتجاه الحركة أحياناً عندما تدور الجزيئات حول محورها.
They may occasionally be complicated by secondary bacterial infections.
وأحيانا قد يكون معقدا من الإصابات البكتيرية الثانوية.
The southern States General only occasionally came in session, however.
جنوب الولايات العامة جاء إلا لماما في الدورة، ولكن.
Occasionally, the dimensions overlaps, which explains sightings. According to X Trackers:
أحياناً، تتكرر الأبعاد وبذلك تفسر المشاهدات، نسبة إلى اكس-تراكز:
But occasionally, just occasionally, I hope you will open up your suitcases for other people to see, because the world needs you and it needs the things you carry.
ولكن من حين لآخر، من حين لآخر فقط، أرجوا أن تفتحوا تلك الحقائب للناس لكي يروا، لأن العالم يحتاجكم ويحتاج ما تحملونه.
Questions and answers
Is "occasionally" the same as "sometimes"?
Yes, they are interchangeable in most contexts.
Can I use it with negative sentences?
Sure, e.g., "I don't occasionally eat sweets."
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