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The pronunciation with final -ā is considered a spelling pronunciation by the Encyclopaedia Iranica. This is, however, an unusual case as the tanwin ending is generally preserved and has even become productive in Persian. Alternatively, حالا(hâlâ) might represent an early borrowing with the Arabic pausal pronunciation.
حالا تو را میبینم.(more literary) ― hâlâ to-râ mi-binam. ― I see you now.
حالا میبینمت.(more colloquial) ― hâlâ mi-binam-et. ― I see you now.
2018, “سفر از افغانستان به ایران برای سرقت آیفون”, in newspaper.hamshahrionline.ir, Hamshahri:
آن دختر حالا کجاست؟ − انداختمش بیرون. نمیدانم کجا رفته.
ân doxtar hâlâ kojâ-st? — andâxtam-eš birun. ne-mi-dânam kojâ rafte.
Where is that girl now? — I threw her outside. I do not know where she has gone.
Usage notes
Compared to فعلا(fe'lan), which has a stronger connotation of a duration of time including the present and stretching into the future, حالا(hâlâ) has a stronger connotation of a moment in the present.
This colloquial equivalent in Dari is irregular and is pronounced as آلی(ālē) instead of آلا(ālā) in most regions.