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τώρα
now /ˈto.ɾa/
adverbA1#23 most common
Also: right now, at present, well/so (discourse marker)
Example sentences
Τώρα τρώω.
I'm eating now.
Τι κάνεις τώρα;
What are you doing now?
Πρέπει να φύγω τώρα.
I have to leave now.
Τώρα που το σκέφτομαι, έχεις δίκιο.
Now that I think about it, you're right.
Μέχρι τώρα δεν είχαμε κανένα πρόβλημα με το σπίτι.
Until now we hadn't had any problem with the house.
Τώρα πια δεν υπάρχει κανένας λόγος να ανησυχείς για όσα έγιναν τότε.
By now there's no longer any reason for you to worry about what happened back then.
Word family
Etymology
Modern Greek τώρα descends from the Medieval/Byzantine phrase τὴν ὥραν 'the hour, at this hour', which contracted into a single adverb meaning 'now'. The element ὥρα 'hour, season, period of time' is the same word that, borrowed through Latin hōra, gave English 'hour'. So τώρα literally encodes the idea of 'at this (very) hour'.
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