الآنَ now in Arabic
الآنَ is how you say “now” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَقَالَ عُمَرُ الآنَ أَكُونُ أَدْرَكْتُ أُمِّي،
Then Umar said, "Have I now reached my mother?"
الآنَ now
This is a time-adverb meaning 'now / at this moment', fixing the remark in the present instant of the scene. Its frozen shape does not bend to the grammar around it. It stresses that only now, watching this, does Umar feel a certain way.
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More example sentences
قَالَ الْآَنَ قَدِمْتَ
He said, "You have just arrived."
الآنَ just now
This is a time-adverb 'now/just now' marking when the action happened. It is set up front for stress, and it frames the verb after it as something that has only just occurred.
قُلْتُ الآنَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْجَمَلَ،
I said, 'Now he returns the camel to me.'
الآنَ now
This is the time-adverb 'now', placed up front for emphasis. It frames the verb after it as something the speaker expects to happen at this very moment.
الآن يسمع الجزء ونفسه تحدثه متى يرويه؟
Now he listens to the part and his self talks to him: When will he narrate it?
الآنَ now
An adverb 'now' with al- 'the' built into it, fixing the action in the present moment for vividness. Fronting it stresses the immediacy - 'right now, even as he listens...'. It sets the time-frame for the scene that follows.