数量 + おきに (suuryou + oki ni) — At intervals of ~
The pattern for saying how big a gap is left between one time and the next.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- Add おきに after an amount of time or length: この バスは 十分おきに 来ます = "this bus comes every ten minutes".
- It also works for distance, as in 三メートルおきに 木が あります.
Versus what you know
- Which to pick? Use おきに when there is a gap in between.
- Use 毎〜 when there is no gap and it is every single time.
Watch out
- There is a big trap here — おきに means you leave that much of a gap in between, so 一日おきに is not every day; it is every other day.
- Take it on Thursday and the next time is Saturday.
- For every day you must say 毎日.
- In the same way 一週間おきに means skipping a week, that is once every two weeks.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
この バスは 十分おきに 来ます。
この バスは じゅっぷんおきに きます。
This bus comes every ten minutes.
一日おきに 病院へ 行きます。
いちにちおきに びょういんへ いきます。
I go to the hospital every other day.
道に 三メートルおきに 木が あります。
みちに さんメートルおきに きが あります。
There are trees every three meters along the road.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
The doctor said to take the medicine every other day. Which sentence says that?
💡 Hint: おきに shows the gap that is skipped in between.
This is the big trap — 一日おきに = every other day (Mon, Wed, Fri…). For every day you say 毎日, and for once a day 一日に 一回.
Which says "this bus comes every ten minutes"?
💡 Hint: Which word shows a repeating interval?
十分おきに = at ten minute intervals. ごろ means "around that time" and までに means "by that time".
Which one means "every day"?
💡 Hint: With おきに a day is skipped in between.
毎日 = every day. 一日おきに would skip a day, which is a different meaning.
Your score: /3