たまに would mean occasionally/once in a while right?

how can we translate んだ in this context? or is it just an expression? if the
translation is wrong, do tell me.

> Text: たまにはなプレゼントをもらっていいと思うんだ。  
>  Translation: I think it is okay to receive present once in a while

よろしくお願いします！
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translation no-da
the meaning of たまに and んだ
> > Text: たまにはなプレゼントをもらっていいと思うんだ。
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>> Translation: I think it is okay to receive present once in a while

Yes. This translation is correct. You can also say it without "んだ".

> たまにはプレゼントもらっていいと思う。

You use the first form when you talk to someone.
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Yes たまに means "occasionally."

んだ at the end of the sentence is not related to たまに. This んだ is the
colloquialism for のだ, which is often called _explanatory no(da)_. In your
sentence, んだ is not necessary but used for mild emphasis. Most of the time you
don't have to translate this のだ explicitly.

  * [Explanatory のだ （んだ）](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-noda/)
  * [What is the meaning of ～んです?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5398)
  * [How is the "のです" working here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3349)

By the way, the な after たまには is one of the masculine [filler
particles](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14924/5010) which do nothing
semantically.
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