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maintenant

now

adverb mun-tuh-NON Common

Usage Note

Maintenant hides a vivid image, coming from main tenant, 'hand holding', as if grasping the present moment. The phrase dès maintenant means right now, and et maintenant ? is the everyday 'so what now?'.

Examples

"On commence maintenant."

Natural Translation

We start now.

Literal Translation

One begins now

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