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This use of ahora=hoy in Mexico is too colloquial and some parents used to scold you if you said it. I don't know if that has changed in new generations.
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For a Mexican those structures sound strange. "Ya" and "ahora" together is too much emphasis, it sounds pleonastic. We'd say: · Ya me voy. -> I'm leaving. (Daily speech, appropriate for any register) · Me voy ahorita. -> I'm leaving in a moment (Colloquial, but not inappropriate if said in a more or less formal context) · Me voy ahora mismo. -> I'm leaving right now (formal speech) · Me voy ahora. -> I'm leaving now (daily speech) / I'm leaving today (colloquial and may be felt kind of inappropriate in formal context.) ...or never. ![]() Our use of ahorita is quite idiosyncratic. Sometimes it can mean "right now", sometimes it means "in a little while" and sometimes it can imply a much longer time. Mamá: Ve a la tienda a comprar pan. Hijo: Ahorita. ( ![]() (Una hora más tarde) Mamá: ¿Ya trajiste el pan? Hijo: No, ahorita voy. ( ![]() (En el mercado) Clienta: Señor, ¿me da un kilo de mandarinas? Vendedor (atendiendo a alguien más): Sí, señora, ahorita. ( ![]() (En cuanto termina de despachar a la otra persona, le vende el kilo de mandarinas a la clienta que lo pidió.) Se rompió la cadena de la bicicleta. Ahorita la arreglamos. ( ![]()
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