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Timothy
How to say "on and off" in Japanese? I'd like to know how to say "on and off" in Japanese - such as in the sentence: "I've been studying Japanese on and off for three years." Thank you!
18 nov. 2013 21:15
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The simple translation would be ときどき and with a bit more difficult word would be 断続的に[[だんぞくてきに]. I would say: この3年間、ときどき日本語をべんきょうしていました / しています。 この3年間、断続的に日本語をべんきょうしていました / しています。 この3年間、日本語のべんきょうをしたりしなかったり...。(sometimes study but the other times not) I hope this was helpful.
18 november 2013
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Ohayou gozaimasu. I think "danzokutekini (だんぞくてきに 断続的に)" is the word for what you said as "on and off". But if I need to translate the whole sentence, I'd change the original sentence slightly, like "I started to study Japanese 3 years ago, but I had to stop that sometimes since I was busy." " Watashi wa sannen mae kara nihongo no benkyou wo shite imasu ga, tokidoki isogashikatta node benkyou simasen deshita. (わたしはさんねんまえからにほんごのべんきょうをしていますが、ときどきいそがしかったのでべんきょうしませんでした。)" I know that's pretty long ... Gomennasai. :( Or how about this one? "I've been studying Japanese for 3 years, not in straight." "Watashi wa nihongo no benkyou wo sannenkan shite imasu, zutto deha arimasen ga." わたしはにほんごのべんきょうをさんねんかんしています、ずっとではありませんが。 :( I admit it's still long .... I hope someone would give you better answer than the one I wrote ..
18 november 2013
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