now

(без ступенів порівняння)At the present time.

Now I am six.

Stop that now, Jimmy!

jetzt, nun, gerade

сейча́сsejčás, ны́неnýne

тепе́рtepér, ни́ніnýni, заразzaraz

at the present moment

(без ступенів порівняння)Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.

Now, we all want what is best for our children.

Now, Jimmy, stop that.

jetzt —not sentence-initially

нуnu, вотvot, такtak

(без ступенів порівняння)Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.

Now I am ready.

We all now want the latest toys for our children.

in the immediate past

(без ступенів порівняння)At the time reached within a narration.

Now he remembered why he had come.

He now asked her whether she had made pudding.

(без ступенів порівняння)Used to indicate a context of urgency.

Now listen, we must do something about this.

(розмовне, без ступенів порівняння)At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.

I always used to do my shopping now, to avoid the rush.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events