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I read the other two questions on なう on this site, and I want to know what the
most common way to add なう after a verb is.

I've seen なう most frequently with nouns. This is supported by
<http://nanapi.jp/258/> which was linked in one of the previous なう threads.
Some examples of なう after a noun from that site:

> 東京【とうきょう】なう
>
> Twitterなう
>
> 年末【ねんまつ】なう

I did a quick search on Twitter for なう and found a few examples with verbs,
but they were in different conjugations. I've (slightly simplified and) listed
some of these below:

> 楽屋【がくや】にいるなう (dictionary form + なう)
>
> 終【お】わったなう (past tense + なう)
>
> 寝【ね】てるなう (ている form + なう)

There are probably more, but those are the few I found quickly. I'm not sure
if the fact that there were no long/polite conjugations of the verb is due to
people being casual on Twitter or if it's part of the "grammar" here.

Since it's slang, I doubt that there is any actual, grammatical rule that
comes into play here, so I just want to know what the most common way to
conjugate a verb when placing it before なう is.
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How is 「なう」most commonly appended to verbs?
I would assume that with verbs, the form would be identical to ところ：

```

    楽屋【がくや】にいるところだ
    
    終【お】わったところだ
    
    寝【ね】てるところだ
    
```

where いる、〜ている forms indicate a present continuous state (I'm X-ing at the
moment, I'm X-ing right now), past 〜た indicates recent completion (I've just
X-ed), while the non-past indicates imminent action (I'm just about to X).

(I don't know whether or not なう is in evidence with non-past, but ところ at least
works this way.)

Thus:

```

    I'm in the green room at the moment.
    
    I've just finished.
    
    I'm sleeping at the moment.
    
```
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I claim against Amadan's answer. I think it is rather identical to the form
that attaches to `らしい`. The difference from `ところ` appears when you have a noun
or a na-adjective. The latter takes the attributive form.

  * verb

> 食べるらしい  
>  食べるなう  
>  食べるところ

  * i-adjective 

> 寒いらしい  
>  寒いなう  
>  寒いところ

  * na-adjective

> 静からしい  
>  静かなう  
>  静か **な** ところ [Different form]

  * noun

> (今は)年末らしい [Don't confuse with `らしい` as in `年末らしい飾り`]  
>  年末なう  
>  年末 **である** ところ [Different form]

So the answer will be that `なう` seems to attach to a **non-polite indicative**
form and the tense does not matter. But as with `らしい`, `だ` has to be omitted
for morpho-phonological reason.
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