Bakiye hâlâ sıfır.

In Turkish, the verb to be is often not stated in simple present-tense sentences like this one.

So:

• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır. = The balance is still zero.

This is called a nominal sentence. The predicate is sıfır (zero), and Turkish does not need a separate present-tense is here.

Compare:

• Hava güzel. = The weather is nice.
• O yorgun. = He/She is tired.
• Bakiye sıfır. = The balance is zero.

If you want past tense, then Turkish does show it:

• Bakiye hâlâ sıfırdı. = The balance was still zero.

Hâlâ means still.

It shows that the situation has not changed.

So:

• Bakiye sıfır. = The balance is zero.
• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır. = The balance is still zero.

The second sentence suggests that maybe someone expected the balance to change, but it remains zero.

The circumflex in hâlâ helps distinguish it from hala.

• hâlâ = still
• hala = paternal aunt

So the circumflex is useful because it prevents confusion.

In everyday informal writing, some people may leave the circumflex out, but in careful writing hâlâ is the standard form for still.

Bakiye means balance.

In this sentence, it is the topic/subject-like element: the thing being talked about.

So the structure is basically:

• Bakiye = the balance
• hâlâ = still
• sıfır = zero

Together: The balance is still zero.

Turkish does not have a word like the in front of nouns, so bakiye can naturally mean the balance depending on context.

This order is natural because Turkish often puts the main predicate at the end.

Here:

• Bakiye = what we are talking about
• hâlâ = adverb
• sıfır = predicate, placed at the end

So Bakiye hâlâ sıfır sounds normal and straightforward.

Other word orders are possible, but they may sound more marked or emphasize something different. For example:

• Bakiye sıfır. = neutral, simple statement
• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır. = neutral, with still
• Hâlâ bakiye sıfır. = possible in some contexts, but less neutral

For learners, Bakiye hâlâ sıfır is the best standard pattern to remember.

Yes, that is very close to the Turkish structure.

A literal breakdown is:

• Bakiye = balance
• hâlâ = still
• sıfır = zero

So literally: Balance still zero

But in natural English, you usually say:

• The balance is still zero.

This is a good example of how Turkish often omits the present-tense is.

Because in this sentence, bakiye is in its basic dictionary form. It is not receiving a case ending here.

You would add endings only if the noun had a different grammatical role. For example:

• Bakiyeyi kontrol ettim. = I checked the balance.
  (bakiyeyi = accusative)
• Bakiyede değişiklik yok. = There is no change in the balance.
  (bakiyede = in/on the balance)

But in Bakiye hâlâ sıfır, bakiye is simply the thing being described, so no extra ending is needed.

It is a number word meaning zero, but in this sentence it functions as the predicate of the sentence.

Turkish often uses nouns, adjectives, and numbers directly as predicates without a separate is in the present tense.

So in:

• Bakiye sıfır.

sıfır is not modifying another noun. It is saying what the balance is.

Similar examples:

• Saat üç. = It is three o’clock.
• Fiyat ucuz. = The price is cheap.
• O doktor. = He/She is a doctor.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

• Bakiye → bah-kee-yeh
• hâlâ → roughly haa-laa
• sıfır → roughly suh-fuhr

A few useful notes:

• ı is not like English i. It is a more central vowel, somewhat like the vowel in sofa, but shorter and less rounded.
• kiye in bakiye is pronounced clearly in separate syllables: ba-ki-ye
• hâlâ has stress and length that make it distinct from hala

Usually, hâlâ is the better choice here.

• hâlâ = still
• henüz = yet / as of now

So:

• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır. = The balance is still zero.

You may see henüz in negative or expectation-based contexts, such as:

• Bakiye henüz artmadı. = The balance hasn’t increased yet.

Using henüz sıfır is less natural for the exact meaning of still zero. For this sentence, hâlâ is the most natural word.

You keep the same basic words and add tense marking to the predicate.

• Bakiye hâlâ sıfırdı. = The balance was still zero.
• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır olacak. = The balance will still be zero.
• Bakiye hâlâ sıfırmış. = Apparently, the balance is/was still zero.

So the present tense is the simplest form because Turkish often leaves the copula unspoken:

• Bakiye hâlâ sıfır. = The balance is still zero.