Questions & Answers about Я пока остаюсь дома.
What exactly does пока mean here? Is it “for now”, “yet”, or “still”?
In Я пока остаюсь дома, пока mainly means “for now / for the time being”.
It implies that the situation is temporary and may change later:
- Я пока остаюсь дома. – For now I’m staying at home (but I might go out or move somewhere later).
It can often be translated as:
- for now
- for the time being
- sometimes “at the moment” (with a nuance of “temporarily”)
It is not exactly the same as “still” (ещё / всё ещё) and not exactly “yet” in the “not yet” sense (ещё не), though in some contexts English might use still or yet in the translation.
Can пока here mean “until”, like in “wait until I come”?