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Frequency
We will now learn a few words that describe frequency. All of them are adverbs.
niekada, niekados, niekuomet (never)
retai (rarely)
retkarčiais (occasionally)
kartais (sometimes)
dažnai (often)
visada, visados, visuomet (always)
Aš retai kalbu. I rarely speak.
Jis retkarčiais eina pasivaikščioti. He occasionally goes for a walk.
Vytautas kartais nekalba. Vytautas sometimes doesn't speak.
Milda dažnai eina pasivaikščioti. Milda often goes for a walk.
Mes visada einame kalbėti. We always go to talk.
Dovilė ir Dalia visada kalba. Dovilė ir Dalia always speak.
Dariau ir Vytautai, jūs visuomet kalbate! Darius and Vytautas, you always talk!
When a word has a negation (when it starts with nie: niekada, niekados, niekuomet), the next related word gets a negative form (prefix ne). Although in English it doesn't.
Aš niekada nekalbu. I never speak.
Ji niekados negyvena. She never lives.
Jis niekuomet neduoda. He never gives.
That seems a bit illogical, doesn't it?
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