ときどき～: meaning and how to use it (JLPT N5 grammar)

At a glance

ときどき means "sometimes" or "now and then". It shows that something happens from time to time, less often than よく ("often").

[Subject] は ときどき [Object] を [Verb]。

私わたしはときどき映画えいがを見みます。 I sometimes watch movies.

ときどき is an adverb. It does not change form, and it works in both polite and casual sentences.

Where it goes	Example	Meaning
After the topic, before the object and verb	私わたしはときどき映画えいがを見みます。	I sometimes watch movies.
At the start of the sentence	ときどき、公園こうえんへ行いきます。	Sometimes I go to the park.
With a negative verb	ときどき朝あさご飯はんを食たべません。	Sometimes I don't eat breakfast.
With a past verb	去年きょねんはときどきプールで泳およぎました。	Last year I sometimes swam at the pool.

The verb stays at the end of the sentence.