"I eat meat rarely."

Translation: אני אוכלת בשר לעתים נדירות.

[jarrettph]

What's the difference between רחוקות and נדירות here?

[Nathaniel136261]

נדיר means rare
רחוק means far away

[Agatha229532]

I wonder who gives you "dislikes" for such a useful comment. Here is a lingot, thanks.

[Theresa754142]

I think Nathaniel got a downvote because his statement is potentially confusing. Jarrettph asked What’s the difference between ‏רחוקות and ‏ידידות here, so I think he’s asking How does le’itim rekhoqot rarely and le’itim nedirot rarely differ?

If you want to know that, knowing that ‏נדיר means rare and ‏רחוקות means far away is not helpful, because they both translate to rarely when they follow le’itim.

Your later comment shed additional light on the question, though the distinction you draw seems quite nebulous to me.

[Agatha229532]

@Theresa, my understanding is that the different expressions serve as subtle and subjective (nebulous, if you wish) accenting a personal attitude and perception of an event. "Nadir" means "precious" in Hebrew and Arabic. I would infer that with the word "time" it creates meaning "unusually" ("in precious times"; it is an exceptional event when I do this) - while רחוקות means an event that just happens from time to time "sometimes, at times". "Rarely" is acceptable in both cases as more general.

[Debs2308]

How do we know which version to use when? Anyone know?

[Agatha229532]

"leitim rahukot" = rarely (in times far away from each other)
"leitim nadirot" = rarely (in times uncommon, out of ordinary, unusual). "I eat meat rarely, only on Sundays" vs. "I eat meat rarely, only when there is nothing else to eat".

[Agelastos]

לעתים נדירות How are these two different? לעתים רחוקות

[Tim5602]

Is there a difference between לעתים and לעיתים?

[Walrosse]

No difference, it just makes it easier to read

[Tim5602]

Thank you, I understand!

[gina295903]

Duolingo said I was wrong to use רחוקות when in an earlier sentence they used the same word in the same sentence. I should've been marked correct.

[zion11dotcom]

ani okhélet basár le'itím nedirot

[zion11dotcom]

similar sentence with audio:

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/17221921

[VladimirGo797365]

so, why not אני אוכל בשר לעתים רחוקות

[psheri]

no previous definition to go by and example from hover is not the same you chose

[MiRo0613]

Why not put "נדירות" and "רחוקות" as hints? This is a learning tool and to have one without the other and be told it's wrong doesn't make sense.

[japhno1]

DL told me the following sentence is wrong. אני אוכלת לעיתים נדירות בשר. Why? I thought the order of the parts of a sentence can freely be changed most of the time?

[shimkelevine]

לפעמים רחוקות was refused, even though it appears in numerous dictionaries

[meirzev]

אז אתה צריך לבשל את הבשר עוד כמה דקות.

[DerAndereLerner]

What does 'נדיר' mean? (I know that 'רחוק' means far.)

[VasyaPiterski]

Means rare

[RelevantFeather]

I originally answered this question with the adverb after the subject rather than at the end, after the object.

I feel like that form is common with prepisitions but am I correct in assuming it doesn't apply to adverbs?