STILL, ALREADY, YET Meanings and Differences with Example English Sentences

Hi, everybody. I’m Esther.

大家好。我是埃丝特。

In this video, I’m going to talk about the similar English time expressions

在这个视频中，我将讨论类似的英语时间表达

‘still’, ‘already’, and ‘yet’.

“still”、“already”和“yet”。

These time expressions can be confusing,

这些时间表达式可能会令人困惑，

but this video will help you understand the difference and when to use them.

但该视频将帮助您理解它们之间的区别以及何时使用它们。

So keep watching.

所以继续观察吧。

Let’s start with ‘still’.

让我们从“仍然”开始。

It is used as an adverb.

它用作副词。

It is used to show situations that started in the past and continue to the present time.

它用于显示从过去开始

并持续到现在的情况。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says, ‘It is still snowing.’

第一句话是：“还在下雪。”

The word 'still' emphasizes that snowing started in the past and it continues now.

“仍然”这个词强调雪从过去就开始了

，现在还在继续。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：“我的祖父仍然每天早上慢跑。”

‘My grandfather still jogs every morning.’

So here I want to show that my grandfather is old

所以在这里我想表明，我的祖父已经老了，

but he still continues this action now.

但他现在仍然在继续这个动作。

Now, I will talk about ‘already’.

现在，我要谈谈“已经”。

It is also an adverb.

它也是一个副词。

We use ‘already’ to refer to something which has happened before the moment of speaking.

我们用“已经”来指代说话之前已经发生的事情。

We use already to emphasize some unexpected or surprising situation.

我们用already来强调一些意想不到的或令人惊讶的情况。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：“珍妮已经在这里，所以我们可以开始了。”

‘Jenny's already here so we can start.’

We didn't expect Jenny to be here but she is here.

我们没想到珍妮会在这里，但她却在这里。

So we want to emphasize that unexpected situation.

所以我们想强调那种意想不到的情况。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：“我们刚刚吃完晚饭，但我们又饿了。”

‘We have just finished dinner but we're already hungry again.’

We didn't expect to be hungry again because we just had dinner.

我们没想到又饿了，因为我们刚吃过晚饭。

But unexpectedly we are hungry again

但没想到我们又饿了，

so we say, ‘we're already hungry again’.

所以我们说，“我们已经又饿了”。

Now, I will talk about ‘yet’.

现在，我要谈谈“还”。

It is an adverb.

它是一个副词。

It is used to ask if something has happened or occurred.

用于询问某事是否发生或发生。

It can also be used to show that something has not happened

它也可以用来表示

at the moment of speaking.

说话时某件事还没有发生。

It is usually placed at the end of a sentence.

它通常放在句子的末尾。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘She hasn't done her homework yet.’

“她还没做作业。”

The ‘yet’ at the end of this sentence

这句话后面的“还”，

shows that at this moment, at this moment of speaking,

说明此时此刻，说话的这一刻，

she hasn't completed this task.

她还没有完成这个任务。

She hasn't done her homework.

她还没做作业。

However, it also means that she will do it soon.

不过，这也意味着她很快就会这么做。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘They haven't woken up yet.’

“他们还没醒。”

Similarly, the ‘yet’ at the end of this sentence means at this time they're still sleeping.

同样，这句话末尾的“然而”意味着此时他们还在睡觉。

They haven't woken up yet.

他们还没有醒来。

But they will wake up soon.

但他们很快就会醒来。

Now, let's do a checkup.

现在，我们来做个检查。

In this conversation, there are two sentences.

这段对话中有两句话。

In the sentences, we need to use the words

在句子中，我们需要使用

‘still’, ‘already’, and ‘yet’.

“仍然”、“已经”和“还”等词。

Take a moment to think about where we use these words.

花点时间思考一下我们在哪里使用这些词。

Let's look together.

我们一起来看看吧。

‘A’ says, ‘We haven't finished lunch _blank_.’

“A”说，“我们还没吃完午饭_blank_。”

In this case, we're trying to emphasize that at the moment of speaking,

在这种情况下，

我们试图强调在说话的那一刻，

this action hasn't happened

这个动作还没有发生

and so we need to use the word ‘yet’.

，所以我们需要使用“还”这个词。

‘We haven't finished lunch yet’.

“我们还没吃完午饭”。

The next part of a sentence says,

句子的下一部分是：“我们正在_空白_吃东西。”

‘We're _blank_ eating.’

Here, we want to show that an action is continuing

在这里，我们想表明一个动作正在继续，

so we should use ‘still’.

所以我们应该使用“still”。

‘we're still eating’

“我们还在吃”

‘B’ expresses surprise.

“B”表示惊讶。

‘Oh really? I’ve _blank_ finished my lunch.’

'哦真的吗？我已经_空白_吃完午饭了。

Which word can show surprise because of an unexpected situation?

哪个词可以表示因意外情况而感到惊讶？

The answer is ‘already’.

答案是“已经”。

‘Oh really? I’ve already finished my lunch.’

'哦真的吗？我已经吃完午饭了。

Let's look at it all together.

让我们一起来看看吧。

Again, ‘A’ says,

“A”再次说道：

‘We haven't finished our lunch yet we're still eating.’

“我们午餐还没吃完，但我们还在吃东西。”

And ‘B’ says,

‘B’说，

‘Oh really? I’ve already finished my lunch.’

‘哦，真的吗？我已经吃完午饭了。

Now you know the difference between ‘still’, ‘already’, and ‘yet’.

现在您知道“仍然”、“已经”和“还”之间的区别。

However, this video is not enough to master these expressions.

然而，这个视频还不足以掌握这些表达方式。

You need to keep practicing.

你需要继续练习。

Thank you so much for watching this video and I’ll see you in the next video.

非常感谢您观看此视频

，我们将在下一个视频中见到您。