Already
Already means: before now(inainte de prezent), up to now(pina in prezent), by this time(in acest timp), so far (pina acum)I have already explained this.
Hob has already eaten six cakes and is starting on the seventh.
Sa nu confundam already cu all ready. Mai jos gasesti exemple pentru ambele cazuri:
Susan has already set the table for dinner.
It’s all ready now?
At last all is ready.
Yet
Yet has the meanings: up to now, so far, at this moment(pina in acest moment).He hasn’t yet replied to my letter.
I haven’t finished my work yet, I can’t come out just yet.
Has the postman come yet?
Have you heard from your brother yet?
Diferenta dintre already si yet este:
already se foloseste in propozitiile afirmative
yet se foloseste in propozitiile negative si interogative
DAR already se foloseste in propozitiile interogative cind astepti un raspuns:
“Here’s my work, Mr.Priestley.” “What! Have you finished it already?”
De obicei already si yet sunt folosite pentru Perfect Tenses si Continuous Tense:
“The girls are already planning the dresses they will wear.”
You are not going yet, are you?
Still
Still has the meaning: “right up to the moment”The doctor is still there.
It is eleven o’clock but Jan is still hard work.
Uneori still si yet pot avea aceleasi intelesuri:
I’ve still a few pages to read (I’ve a few pages to read yet).
Are all the students here? No, Hob hasn’t come yet. (No, there’s still Hob to come).
Cind still este folosit in intrebari are sensul de : suprins, suparat.
What, are you still working? I thought you had gone home.
Is that fellow still here? I wish he’d go away.