Now, there may be times when it's not possible to give a definition (interjections, perhaps), but i am loath to accept, instead, a description of usage like this:
That sense of "now" can be defined, with the benefit of a little analytical effort:
In the example given, one can be more specific: that "Now" means "In contrast to my preceding unqualified statements, ...."
--Jerzy•t 06:14, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be the -ف prefix? Wrad 19:58, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
{{ar-verb|I|كتب|kátaba}}). For prepositions, you need to include the table of inflected forms (e.g., as in من). In general, do not include any vowel points, shaddas or other diacritics in the page title. Usually we don’t put an initial hamza; usually don’t put the definite article. Sometimes it is necessary to include some redirects that have hamzas, shaddas, double kasras, etc., in order to make the word findable for most users. —Stephen 00:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)The section on derivation is not very adventurous. There is clearly a relationship also with Welsh nawr (which plainly is an elision of yn awr), though I have not found any very respectable authorities for this. Deipnosophista (talk) 09:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
The adverbial sense 2 is actually a particle, not an adverb. Ketiga123 (talk) 08:20, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
One of Ungoliant's word lists suggested that this is a "meaningless word used in the end of phrases; most usage seems to be American, especially Southeastern US; what's your name now?, come on now". I suppose this is like our adverb sense 2, "used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke", but it's not introducing anything: it often concludes the clause. Anyone wanna pick it up? Equinox ◑ 10:34, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Should from now be added for phrases such as 15 years from now ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:48, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
We do have before now but not after now --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
now hot, now cold. --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
The short form ’s (= is/has) can be written after nouns (including proper names), question words, here and now as well as pronouns and unstressed there --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:27, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I hear a difference between US and UK pronunciations. Can this be represented in IPA? Not the hop kind. Thank you. --Nidaana (talk) 12:40, 4 June 2023 (UTC)