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TOPIK 1noun

지금

jigeum

지금이 · 지금은 · 지금부터 (from now on)

now, right now; the present

Example

지금 어디에 있어요?

Where are you right now?

Word parts

Sino-Korean, literally 'just now' — today it simply means 'now'.

Good to know

Often used like an adverb with no particle: 지금 가요 'I'm going now'.