No. 42 in Estonian

nüüd

"Now."

In a sentence

Nüüd on aeg minna koju.
Now is the time to go home.
In this sentence, 'nüüd' indicates the current moment in time, specifying 'now' as the time to take action.
Me oleme nüüd sõbrad.
We are now friends.
Here, 'nüüd' denotes the current state of a relationship, indicating that friendship has been established at the present moment.
Nüüd, kui sa oled kohal, saame alustada.
Now that you are here, we can start.
In this context, 'nüüd' is used in a conditional clause to introduce a temporal point (current situation) that allows for another action to begin.

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