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כבר לא is the standard Hebrew way to say no longer or not anymore.
- כבר = already
- לא = not
But together, כבר לא does not usually mean already not in natural English. It means that something used to be true, but now it is not true anymore.
So:
- הוא כבר לא עובד בערב = He doesn’t work in the evening anymore / He no longer works in the evening
This is a very common Hebrew pattern.
This is a very common confusion for learners.
- כבר לא = no longer / not anymore
- עדיין לא = not yet
Compare:
- הוא כבר לא עובד בערב = He no longer works in the evening
- הוא עדיין לא עובד בערב = He still doesn’t work in the evening / He has not started working in the evening yet
So כבר לא means something stopped being true, while עדיין לא means something has not happened yet.