Još nisam našla ključ.

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Breakdown of Još nisam našla ključ.

• ključ: key
• naći: to find
• još: yet

Questions & Answers about Još nisam našla ključ.

What does još mean here?

Here još means still or yet, depending on how you translate the whole sentence into natural English.

So:

• Još nisam našla ključ. = I still haven’t found the key.
• very naturally also: I haven’t found the key yet.

With a negative verb, još often gives that still not / not yet idea.

Why is it nisam and not ne sam?

Because Serbian uses special negative forms of jesam (to be, used as an auxiliary in the past tense).

For I am not / I have not, the form is:

• nisam

Other forms are:

• nisi = you are not / you have not
• nije = he/she/it is not / has not
• nismo = we are not / have not
• niste = you plural/formal are not / have not
• nisu = they are not / have not

So nisam našla is the normal correct structure.

Is this sentence in the past tense? Why does English translate it as haven’t found?

Yes, in Serbian this is a past tense form: the perfect.

It is built with:

• the auxiliary in the present tense, here negative