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manchmal

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adverb
  1. sometimes

Used in the library

  • Manchmal trinke ich Tee statt Kaffee.Sometimes I drink tea instead of coffee.A1Wann, wo und wie oft — When, where and how often (A1)
  • „Manchmal hasse ich die Liebe", sagt sie."Sometimes I hate love," she says.A1Ein Abend mit Lena — An evening with Lena (A1)
  • „Rauchen Sie?" – „Ja, manchmal.""Do you smoke?" – "Yes, sometimes."A1Beim Arzt — At the doctor's (A1)
  • „Manchmal muss man die Familie beschützen, und manchmal nicht", sagt sie."Sometimes you have to protect your family, and sometimes not," she says.A1Der Dieb im Zug — The thief on the train (A1)

Other ways to say it

  • ab und zunow and then, occasionally
  • bisweilensometimes, occasionally, from time to time, now and then
  • dann und wannnow and then
  • des Öfterenmany times
  • fallweiseon a case-by-case basis, from case to case; occasionally
  • gelegentlichoccasional
  • gernedon't mention it, not at all, you're welcome
  • hier und dahere and there; from time to time

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