Теперь мой брат гордится своей профессией программиста.

Now my brother is proud of his profession as a programmer.

Breakdown of Теперь мой брат гордится своей профессией программиста.

• мой: my
• брат: the brother
• свой: his
• теперь: now

Questions & Answers about Теперь мой брат гордится своей профессией программиста.

Why does the sentence use теперь instead of сейчас? Aren’t they both “now”?

Both теперь and сейчас can be translated as “now”, but they are not fully interchangeable.

• теперь = now, as opposed to before; now that things have changed
  It usually implies a contrast with the past, a new situation:

  • Теперь мой брат гордится… = Now (whereas before he didn’t), my brother is proud…

• сейчас = now, at this moment (right now)
  It focuses more on the current moment, often without any explicit contrast to the past:

  • Сейчас мой брат гордится… could mean “right now my brother is proud…”, maybe just temporarily.

In this sentence, теперь suggests a change: he was not proud of his profession before, but now he is.

What is the role of the -ся ending in гордится?