आता / आत्ता / लगेच

Now and Right Away

Level 3Sounds Like ātā / āttā / lagēca

आत्ताच means just now, and लगेच is common in requests.

How It Works

These words usually go before the verb, at the start of the sentence or right after the subject: तो आत्ताच गेला.

WordMeaningExample
आताnowआता मी निघतो.
आत्ताright nowआत्ता सात वाजले आहेत.
आत्ताचjust nowतो आत्ताच गेला.
लगेचimmediatelyलगेच ये!

आता can also mean from this moment on: आता मी रोज सकाळी फिरायला जाणार आहे. (From now on I will go for a walk every morning.) आत्ता is a little more exact than आता, and a speaker uses it when the moment matters.

लगेच is friendly in a request and strong in an order. Add ना to make it softer: लगेच ये ना.

In the past, a verb like करणे matches an object that has no ending, here the thing made: मी लगेच चहा केला. चहा is masculine, so a man and a woman both say केला. In the present the verb shows the speaker: मी लगेच चहा करतो (a man) and मी लगेच चहा करते (a woman).

Examples (5)

  1. आता मला घरी जायचे आहे.

    Now I want to go home.

    आता means now, at this stage.

  2. आत्ता सात वाजले आहेत.

    It is seven o'clock right now.

    आत्ता points at this exact moment.

  3. लगेच ये!

    Come right away!

    लगेच asks for it to happen at once.

  4. आता मी निघतो.

    I'm leaving now. A man is speaking.

    निघतो shows the speaker is a man.

  5. मी लगेच चहा करते.

    I'll make tea right away. A woman is speaking.

    करते shows the speaker is a woman; लगेच says at once.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi word अब.

    अब मला घरी जायचे आहे.
    आता मला घरी जायचे आहे.

    Marathi uses आता for now.

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आता / आत्ता / लगेचLevel 3Now and Right Away

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Now words are time words.

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आता