now

1. adverb

1) ((at) the present period of time: I am now living in England.) nå

2) (at once; immediately: I can't do it now - you'll have to wait.) nå, straks

3) ((at) this moment: He'll be at home now; From now on, I shall be more careful about what I say to her.) akkurat nå; (fra) nå av

4) ((in stories) then; at that time: We were now very close to the city.) da, dengang

5) (because of what has happened etc: I now know better than to trust her.) nå

6) (a word in explanations, warnings, commands, or to show disbelief: Now this is what happened; Stop that, now!; Do be careful, now.) nå!

2. conjunction

((often with that) because or since something has happened, is now true etc: Now that you are here, I can leave; Now you have left school, you will have to find a job.) nå når

- nowadays

- for now
- just now
- every now and then/again
- now and then/again
- now
- now!
- now then

nå

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straks

I

subst. \/naʊ\/

nuet, nåværende tidspunkt

II

adv. \/naʊ\/

1) nå, nå for tiden

2) nåja, ja

• now, he was no genius

nåja, noe geni var han ikke akkurat

• now, that's how it is

ja, slik er det

3) nei (men), jaså

• did he now!

nei (men), gjorde han det? \/ jaså, gjorde han det?

before now før, tidligere

by now på denne tiden, nå

for now for øyeblikket, foreløpig, inntil videre, for denne gang

• that is enough for now

det holder foreløpig

now and then eller now and again nå og da, en og annen gang, innimellom

now ... now snart ... snart, i det ene øyeblikket ... i det neste

• now she cried, now she laughed

now, now (mildt bebreidende) nå da (trøstende) så da, såså

now that eller now when nå som, nå når

III

konj. \/naʊ\/

nå (som), når, nå når

• now you mention it, I do remember