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acum
now /aˈkum/
adverb#44 most common
Also: at present, ago (in "acum X ani"), right away
Example sentences
Acum sunt acasă.
Now I am at home.
Ce faci acum?
What are you doing now?
Trebuie să plecăm acum, altfel pierdem trenul.
We have to leave now, or else we'll miss the train.
Acum câțiva ani, locuiam în alt oraș.
A few years ago, I lived in a different city.
Abia acum îmi dau seama cât de mult m-am schimbat.
Only now do I realize how much I have changed.
Acum, când totul pare pierdut, trebuie să găsim resursele interioare pentru a merge mai departe.
Now, when everything seems lost, we must find the inner resources to move forward.
Word family
de-acumfrom now on
până acumuntil now, so far
chiar acumright now
acușisoon, any moment
Etymology
Acum comes from the Vulgar Latin phrase hac hora, literally at this hour. Speakers fused the two words into one and wore down the vowels until only acum remained. The same Latin phrase gave Spanish its word for now, ahora, though the two languages arrived at slightly different sounds.
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