Definition

1. Adverbial phrase of time:
   • Since time immemorial / From of old until now: Refers to a continuous period stretching from the distant, often indefinite past right up to the present moment. It emphasizes tradition, continuity, and longstanding existence.
   • Always / All along: Conveys that something has been consistently true or has existed without interruption from past to present.

Usage Examples

• Adverbial phrase:
  • Truyền thống ấy đã có thuở nay. (That tradition has existed since time immemorial.)
  • Thuở nay, người dân nơi đây vẫn sống hòa thuận. (From of old until now, the people here have lived in harmony.)
  • Làng Kim Liên thuở nay vẫn có truyền thống cách mạng. (Kim Lien village has always had a revolutionary tradition.)

Advanced Usage

• Used at the beginning of a sentence to set a historical or traditional context for a statement about the present.
  • Thuở nay, đất nước ta luôn kiên cường. (Since time immemorial, our country has always been resilient.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xưa nay (adverbial phrase): From the past until now; a more common synonym with a very similar meaning.

  • Phong tục xưa nay vẫn thế. (The custom has been like this from the past until now.)

• Từ trước đến nay (adverbial phrase): From before until now; emphasizes a span of time leading to the present.

  • Từ trước đến nay, anh ấy rất đáng tin. (He has been very trustworthy all along.)

Synonyms

• Since time immemorial: For an extremely long time, beyond memory.
• From of old: Since ancient times.
• Always / All along: At all times; consistently.

Related Idioms

• Từ thuở hồng hoang đến nay: From the dawn of time until now; a poetic and more emphatic version emphasizing an even more ancient beginning.
  • Từ thuở hồng hoang đến nay, núi vẫn đứng đó. (From the dawn of time until now, the mountain has stood there.)