Grammar 111 Still Already

Front 1

هنوز میخوای بری یا نظرت رو عوض کردی؟

Back 1

Do you still want to go away or have you changed your mind?

Front 2

او هر چیزی رو کا نیاز داشته باسه، داره. اما همچنان ناراضیه

Back 2

Still also means ‘in spite of this’. For example:He has everything he needs, but he’s still unhappy.

Front 3

لوسی دیگه اینجا کار نمیکنه. ۳تا

Back 3

Lucy doesn’t work here any more. She left last month.

Lucy doesn’t work here any longer.

Lucy no longer works here.

Front 4

ما دیگه دوست نیستیم.

لوسی دیگه اینجا کار نمیکنه

Back 4

We do not normally use no more in this way:

We are no longer friends. (not we are no more friends)

Lucy no longer works here.

Front 5

ما هنوز نمیدونیم.

هنوز تصمیم نگرفتی چکار کنی؟

هنوز بارون بند نیومده؟

Back 5

We often use yet with the present perfect in questions in positive (‘Have you decided … yet?’). Or negative sentences:

Have you decided what to do yet?

we don't know yet.

Has it stopped raining yet?

Front 6

هفته پیش برایش دعوت نامه فرستادم. او هنوز پاسخی نداده است. هفته ها پیش برایش دعوت نامه فرستادم و هنوز جواب نداده است.

Back 6

This is similar to ‘she hasn’t come yet’. But still … not shows a stronger feeling of surprise or impatience. Compare:

I sent him an invitation last week. He hasn’t replied yet. (but I expect he will reply soon)

I sent him an invitation weeks ago and he still hasn’t replied. (he should have replied before now)

Front 7

من تازه ناهار خورده ام و الان باز گرسنه ام

Back 7

We use already to say that something happened sooner than expected. D‘What time is Sue leaving?’ ‘She has already left.’ (= sooner than you expected)Shall I tell Joe what happened or does he already know?

I’ve just had lunch and I’m already hungry.

Front 8

این عکسا افتضاحن، حتی من عکسهای بهتری میگیرم.

Back 8

These pictures are really awful. Even I take better pictures than these.

Front 9

هیچ کس به او کمک نمی کند، حتی بهترین دوستش.حتی بهترین دوستش هم به او کمک نمی کند.

Use even and not even

Back 9

Nobody would help her, not even her best friend. orNot even her best friend would help her.

Front 10

لورا به سراسر جهان سفر کرده است. او حتی به قطب جنوب رفته است.

Back 10

Laura has travelled all over the world. She’s even been to the Antarctic.

Front 11

جسیکا خیلی بدنش آمادست. تا همین الان داشت خیلی سریع میدوید اما حتی نفس هم بند نیومده

Back 11

Jessica is very fit. She’s been running quite fast and she’s not even out of breath.

Front 12

فردا میریم ساحل مهم نیست.

مهم نیست هوا چطوریه؟ ما میریم حتی اگه هوا بد باشه.

Back 12

We’re going to the beach tomorrow.

It doesn’t matter what the weather is like.

We’re going even if the weather is bad.

Front 13

او دیگه شعر نمیگه

Back 13

He doesn't write poems any more.

Front 14

او دیگه توی فروشگاه کار نمیکنه.

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Back 14

He doesn't work in a shop any longer.

He doesn't work in a shop any more.

He no longer works in a shop.

Front 15

مایک یک سال پیش کار خود را از دست داد و هنوز بیکار است.

Back 15

Mike lost his job a year ago and he is still unemployed.

Front 16

من چاق شدم. این شلوار دیگه اندازم نیست.

Back 16

I’ve put on weight. These trousers don’t fit me any more.