voici

here (it) is; expresses something in the making or that is happening; used with pronouns, can serve as a loose copula; this is, introduces something one is about to say, whereas voilà something said

“Voici le fromage.” — Here's the cheese.

Literally, “look here”. From vois (“see!, look!”), second-person singular imperative of voir (“to see, to look”) and ci (“here”).

ago

“Il est parti voici trois jours.” — He left three days ago.

Literally, “look here”. From vois (“see!, look!”), second-person singular imperative of voir (“to see, to look”) and ci (“here”).