Kwanaki, wasu mutane suna shakkuwata kananci tsakanin kalimomin ‘sometimes’ da ‘sometime’. Wannan shakkuwa ta fito ne saboda kalimomin biyu suna da maana da aka raba, amma suna da amfani daban-daban.
‘Sometimes’ kalima ce da ake amfani da ita wajen bayyana lokacin da abu ko aiki ya faru ba kullum ba, amma a lokuta daban-daban. Misali, ‘Ina zuwa makaranta sometimes’ ina nufin cewa ba kullum ba ne ina zuwa makaranta, amma a lokuta daban-daban.
‘Sometime’, a kuma, kalima ce da ake amfani da ita wajen bayyana lokacin da abu ko aiki zai faru, amma ba a bayyana lokacin gani ba. Misali, ‘Zan gan ki sometime’ ina nufin cewa zan gan ki a wani lokaci, amma ba a bayyana lokacin gani ba.
Wata maana da ‘sometime’ ita ce ‘wani lokaci’, kamar yadda ake amfani da ita a cikin jumla kama ‘sometime in the future’. Misali, ‘Zan fara aikin sometime in the future’ ina nufin cewa zan fara aikin a wani lokaci nan gaba.
Daga cikin misalai hawa, za mu iya fahimta cewa ‘sometimes’ na ‘sometime’ suna da amfani daban-daban, kuma ayyukan su suna da maana daban-daban.
