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TOPIK 4adverb

간간이

gangani [간가니]

간간이 + verb (비가 간간이 내리다); ≈ 가끔, 때때로

now and then, occasionally; here and there

Example

창밖에서 간간이 새소리가 들려와요.

Now and then, I can hear birds singing outside the window.

Word parts

간 interval간 interval

Literally 'interval after interval' plus adverb ending -이: things happening with gaps in between.