Translation
now
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Examples
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Now I have to go.
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What are you doing now?
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Up to now he has not come.
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Now we have time.
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She now speaks our language better than before.
Nun is "now", the present moment. It is a plain adverb, so it never takes an ending and it can sit almost anywhere in the sentence without changing the sense. Pair it with 臐is for 臐is nun ("up to now") and with de for de nun ("from now on"). Its correlative counterpart for past or future reference is tiam.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on nun with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- 臐isnunaadjective
previous, existing until now
臐isnun: up to now
- nunaadjective
current, present
nun: of now
- nuntempeadverb
nowadays, at present
nuntempo
Used in
Stories
(5)Grammar articles
(8)Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Personal Names in Esperanto: Johano, John or 臏on?
Esperanto Reported Speech: li diris, ke li venos
Esperanto Rhyme and Metre: Counting Syllables, Adasismo
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Word Endings: -o, -a, -e and -i
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 7: nun, el, unu and 8 more words.