I could really fancy a cigarette now too!

[Pinot]

What does "now too" mean in this sentence? Is it another way of saying "even at this moment" ?
Thanks

 

[Elisa68]

Non credo siano collegati. Too si riferisce al fatto che anche chi parla vorrebbe una sigaretta in quel momento:

Piacerebbe anche a me una sigaretta adesso.

Ma aspetta conferme.

 

[You little ripper!]

Non credo siano collegati. Too si riferisce al fatto che anche chi parla vorrebbe una sigaretta in quel momento:

Piacerebbe anche a me una sigaretta adesso.

Ma aspetta conferme.

 

[TimLA]

What does "now too" mean in this sentence? Is it another way of saying "even at this moment" ?
Thanks

Tutte e due non vanno insieme.
Per spiegare - "...now, too."
"...now, also"

...voglio una sigaretta ora anche. (So che non è corretto in italiano)
...volio anche una sigaretta. (non perfetto, ma meglio in italiano )

Ricordi che "fancy" è estremamente BE.

Tim

 

[You little ripper!]

...voglio una sigaretta ora anche. (So che non è corretto in italiano)
...volio anche una sigaretta. (non perfetto, ma meglio in italiano )

I know it's a very clumbsily constructed sentence Tim, but if you delete the 'now' you've changed the meaning of the sentence, haven't you? Or am I missing something.

 

[TimLA]

I know it's a very clumbsily constructed sentence Tim, but if you delete the 'now' you've changed the meaning of the sentence, haven't you? Or am I missing something.

Absolute right, as usual. I should have written..
...volio ora una sigaretta.

I was trying to stay in Italian, and I should not have!

Thanks

 

[You little ripper!]

Absolute right, as usual. I should have written..
...volio ora una sigaretta.

I was trying to stay in Italian, and I should not have!

Thanks

Non c'è di che. At least you have the guts to stay with Italian. I'm a coward and take the easy way out.

 

[TimLA]

Non c'è di che. At least you have the guts to stay with Italian. I'm a coward and take the easy way out.

I'm happy to demonstrate my ignorance to all!!!

 

[Pinot]

grazie a tutti...
quindi manca una virgola? (now, too?)
E cosa vuol dire che fancy e' molto BE ?

 

[TimLA]

grazie a tutti...
quindi manca una virgola? (now, too?)
E cosa vuol dire che fancy e' molto BE ?

Una virgola sarebbe meglio, ma non è necessario.

BE vuol dire "British English"
AE vuol dire "American English"
AuE vuol dire "Australian English"
et seq.

"fancy" in AE significa, solitamente, "decorativi", "formale", "di lusso", e tante altre parole.

Ma in inghilterra loro usano "fancy" come "to like".

I fancy that car. - Mi piace molto questa macchina.

Quasi mai è nel'uso comune in AE.

Ciao

 

[Marilena]

What does "now too" mean in this sentence? Is it another way of saying "even at this moment" ?
Thanks

I think the phase is in response to someone who has said "I really want a cigarette right now", and the other person replies, "Me too!". That's the sense of it. In really horrible, antiquated English, you might rephase it as "I too would really like a cigarette right now".

Hope this helps!

 

[moodywop]

A question for BE speakers. Why "could fancy" and not "would fancy"? You would say "I would like", not "I could like", in this context. Or is "could fancy" more like "I could really do with a cigarette right now"?

 

[Marilena]

A question for BE speakers. Why "could fancy" and not "would fancy"? You would say "I would like", not "I could like", in this context. Or is "could fancy" more like "I could really do with a cigarette right now"?

As a BE, I respond with the following:

"I could really fancy" doesn't really sound like authentic UK English. The following would be more correct:
"I really fancy a cigarette"
"I really could go a cigarette..."
"I realy could do with a cigarette" (the latter also suggests the need for a cigarette after bad news or in a desperate situation".