How is 「なう」most commonly appended to verbs?


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.




I would assume that with verbs, the form would be identical to ところ：

[code]

    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
    
[/code]

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:

[code]

    I'm in the green room at the moment.
    
    I've just finished.
    
    I'm sleeping at the moment.
    
[/code]




I would assume that with verbs, the form would be identical to ところ：

[code]

    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
    
[/code]

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:

[code]

    I'm in the green room at the moment.
    
    I've just finished.
    
    I'm sleeping at the moment.
    
[/code]

