2010/11/29

Frequency

  • あまり    not much
  • ぜんぜん      not at all
When you use these two words, you need to make it negative at the end of a sentence. For example: 
私(わたし)あまり朝(あさ)ごはん食(た)べません
I don't eat much breakfast./I don't usually eat breakfast.  (I'm trying to drink some water in the morning at least)
私(わたし)ぜんぜんテレビ見(み)ません
I don't watch TV at all.   (well, I watch everything online with my PC)

  • たいてい          usually
  • ちょっと          a little
  • ときどき          sometimes
  • よく                  often; much
You DON'T need to make the sentence negative when you use these words to describe frequency. And frequency words are adverb, so you can put anywhere before the verb. Here I'm going to use 'ちょっと' to express inconvenience of request or invitation.
A:    明日(あした)映画(えいが)見(み)ませんか
B:  明日(あした)ちょっと......
(A: Do you want to watch movie tomorrow?)
(B: Tomorrow is a little bit (inconvenience)./ Maybe not tomorrow./ Tomorrow is not good)

I want to mention that, 'ませんか' has the meaning of 'would you like to..?'

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