diff --git a/lib/locales/timeago.en.js b/lib/locales/timeago.en.js
index a61dc0e..8709958 100644
--- a/lib/locales/timeago.en.js
+++ b/lib/locales/timeago.en.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       lt: "less than a",
       about: "about",
       over: "over",
-      almost: "almost"
+      almost: "almost",
+      ago: ""
     },
     suffix: " ago"
   };
diff --git a/lib/locales/timeago.es.js b/lib/locales/timeago.es.js
index 3a5d4ef..dd8c7da 100644
--- a/lib/locales/timeago.es.js
+++ b/lib/locales/timeago.es.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       lt: "hace menos de un",
       about: "cerca de",
       over: "poco más de",
-      almost: "casi"
+      almost: "casi",
+      ago: "hace "
     },
     suffix: ""
   };
diff --git a/lib/locales/timeago.fr.js b/lib/locales/timeago.fr.js
index 5aaf61a..f018c2b 100644
--- a/lib/locales/timeago.fr.js
+++ b/lib/locales/timeago.fr.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       lt: "moins d'un",
       about: "environ",
       over: "plus de ",
-      almost: "presque"
+      almost: "presque",
+      ago: "il y a "
     },
     suffix: ""
   };
diff --git a/lib/locales/timeago.pt-br.js b/lib/locales/timeago.pt-br.js
index 09bbd2c..a233c2e 100644
--- a/lib/locales/timeago.pt-br.js
+++ b/lib/locales/timeago.pt-br.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       lt: "menos de um",
       about: "aproximadamente",
       over: "pouco mais de",
-      almost: "quase"
+      almost: "quase",
+      ago: ""
     },
     suffix: " atrás"
   };
diff --git a/lib/locales/timeago.zh-cn.js b/lib/locales/timeago.zh-cn.js
index d483e08..1412d4a 100644
--- a/lib/locales/timeago.zh-cn.js
+++ b/lib/locales/timeago.zh-cn.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       lt: "不到",
       about: "大约",
       over: "超过",
-      almost: "接近"
+      almost: "接近",
+      ago: ""
     },
     suffix: "之前"
   };
diff --git a/lib/timeago.js b/lib/timeago.js
index 8e43e4f..5fb6883 100644
--- a/lib/timeago.js
+++ b/lib/timeago.js
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // https://pragmatic.ly/
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 // https://github.com/pragmaticly/smart-time-ago/blob/master/LICENSE
-
+//
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
+
 (function() {
   var TimeAgo;
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
     TimeAgo.prototype.timeAgoInWords = function(timeString) {
       var absolutTime;
       absolutTime = this.parse(timeString);
-      return this.distanceOfTimeInWords(absolutTime) + ("" + this.options.lang.suffix);
+      return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.ago + (this.distanceOfTimeInWords(absolutTime)) + this.options.lang.suffix;
     };
 
     TimeAgo.prototype.parse = function(iso8601) {
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@
         lt: "less than a",
         about: "about",
         over: "over",
-        almost: "almost"
+        almost: "almost",
+        ago: ""
       },
       suffix: ' ago'
     }
diff --git a/src/locales/timeago.en.coffee b/src/locales/timeago.en.coffee
index a0a425c..98572fc 100644
--- a/src/locales/timeago.en.coffee
+++ b/src/locales/timeago.en.coffee
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults.lang =
     about: "about"
     over: "over"
     almost: "almost"
+    ago: ""
   suffix: " ago"
diff --git a/src/locales/timeago.es.coffee b/src/locales/timeago.es.coffee
index 82d901b..8dd873f 100644
--- a/src/locales/timeago.es.coffee
+++ b/src/locales/timeago.es.coffee
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults.lang =
     about: "cerca de"
     over: "poco más de"
     almost: "casi"
+    ago: "hace "
   suffix: ""
 
diff --git a/src/locales/timeago.fr.coffee b/src/locales/timeago.fr.coffee
index 15db464..fcecdb7 100644
--- a/src/locales/timeago.fr.coffee
+++ b/src/locales/timeago.fr.coffee
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults.lang =
     about: "environ"
     over: "plus de "
     almost: "presque"
+    ago: "il y a "
   suffix: ""
diff --git a/src/locales/timeago.pt-br.coffee b/src/locales/timeago.pt-br.coffee
index c85ebcd..e1361e6 100644
--- a/src/locales/timeago.pt-br.coffee
+++ b/src/locales/timeago.pt-br.coffee
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults.lang =
     about: "aproximadamente"
     over: "pouco mais de"
     almost: "quase"
+    ago: ""
   suffix: " atrás"
diff --git a/src/locales/timeago.zh-cn.coffee b/src/locales/timeago.zh-cn.coffee
index 2803cc7..d723d75 100644
--- a/src/locales/timeago.zh-cn.coffee
+++ b/src/locales/timeago.zh-cn.coffee
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults.lang =
     about: "大约"
     over: "超过"
     almost: "接近"
+    ago: ""
   suffix: "之前"
diff --git a/src/timeago.coffee b/src/timeago.coffee
index 103d7db..0d298eb 100644
--- a/src/timeago.coffee
+++ b/src/timeago.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Smart Time Ago v0.1.0
+# Smart Time Ago v0.1.1
 
 # Copyright 2012, Terry Tai, Pragmatic.ly
 # https://pragmatic.ly/
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class TimeAgo
 
   timeAgoInWords: (timeString) ->
     absolutTime = @parse(timeString)
-    @distanceOfTimeInWords(absolutTime) + "#{@options.lang.suffix}"
+    "#{@options.lang.prefixes.ago}#{@distanceOfTimeInWords(absolutTime)}#{@options.lang.suffix}"
 
   parse: (iso8601) ->
     timeStr = $.trim(iso8601)
@@ -147,5 +147,6 @@ $.fn.timeago.defaults =
       about: "about"
       over: "over"
       almost: "almost"
+      ago: ""
     suffix: ' ago'