Sırtımda hâlâ ağrı var.

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• sırt = back
• -ım = my
• -da = in / on / at
• hâlâ = still
• ağrı = pain
• var = there is / exists

So the sentence is literally something like:

On my back / In my back, there is still pain.

In natural English, that becomes something like I still have pain in my back or My back still hurts, depending on context.

Because Turkish often adds grammatical endings directly onto a noun instead of using separate words.

Here:

• sırt = back
• sırtım = my back
• sırtımda = in/on my back

So -ım is the possessive ending meaning my, and -da is the locative ending meaning in/on/at.

This kind of stacking is very normal in Turkish:

• ev = house
• evim = my house
• evimde = in my house

The ending -da is the locative case, used for location: in, on, at.

In this sentence, the pain is being located in the back. Turkish expresses this as there is pain in my back.

So:

• sırtımda = in my back / on my back / in the area of my back

English would not always translate it literally, but grammatically Turkish is treating my back as the place where the pain exists.

Var means there is / there are / exists.

Turkish very often expresses possession or physical conditions with an existence structure instead of a direct equivalent of English have.

So rather than saying something exactly like I have pain in my back, Turkish says:

• Sırtımda ağrı var = There is pain in my back

This is a very common pattern:

• Başımda ağrı var = There is pain in my head / I have a headache
• Karnımda ağrı var = There is pain in my stomach

There could be, but this sentence chooses a different structure.

Turkish has more than one natural way to express this idea:

• Sırtımda ağrı var = There is pain in my back
• Sırtım ağrıyor = My back hurts / My back is hurting

Both are natural, but they are built differently.

The sentence you gave uses the existence pattern:

• location + thing + var

That pattern is especially common for symptoms and bodily discomfort.

They are very close in meaning, but there is a slight difference in focus.

• Sırtımda hâlâ ağrı var
  = There is still pain in my back
  Focuses on the presence of pain as a symptom.

• Sırtım hâlâ ağrıyor
  = My back still hurts
  Focuses more on the back hurting as an ongoing action/state.

In many situations, they are interchangeable. The first one can sound a bit more like describing a medical symptom; the second can sound a bit more everyday and direct.

Hâlâ means still.

It shows that the situation continues from before until now.

So:

• Sırtımda ağrı var = There is pain in my back
• Sırtımda hâlâ ağrı var = There is still pain in my back

It adds the idea the pain has not gone away yet.

In standard Turkish, hâlâ is often written with a circumflex to distinguish it from other words and to reflect pronunciation/history.

Most importantly:

• hâlâ = still
• hala = aunt on your father’s side

In everyday typing, many people omit the circumflex and write hala, but in careful writing hâlâ is the standard form for still.

So in your sentence, hâlâ definitely means still, not aunt.

Sırt usually means back, especially the back area of the body, often the upper or middle back. In everyday use, it is the normal word for bodily back.

Depending on context, Turkish may use other words for more specific areas:

• bel = lower back / waist area
• omurga = spine
• arka = back/rear side of something, not specifically the body in the same way

So sırtımda ağrı var usually means pain in your back area, not necessarily your entire back from shoulders to hips in a medical sense.

Because ağrı is the thing that exists in the sentence.

In a var/yok sentence, the thing that exists is often left in a basic, unmarked form:

• Evde bir kedi var = There is a cat in the house
• Sırtımda ağrı var = There is pain in my back

So ağrı is not the direct object of a verb here. It is the noun being stated to exist.

The given order is very natural, but Turkish word order is somewhat flexible.

Your sentence:

• Sırtımda hâlâ ağrı var

This sounds very natural and neutral.

Other possible orders can appear depending on emphasis:

• Hâlâ sırtımda ağrı var = Still, there is pain in my back
• Sırtımda ağrı hâlâ var = There is still pain in my back

But the original version is probably the most straightforward and idiomatic for a learner.

In Turkish, var often comes near the end in this kind of sentence.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• sırtımda ≈ suhr-tuhm-dah
• hâlâ ≈ haa-laa
• ağrı ≈ aa-ruh
• var ≈ vahr

A few important pronunciation points:

• ı is the dotless i. It is not like English ee. It is a more central, relaxed vowel.
• ğ usually does not sound like a strong consonant in modern Turkish. It often lengthens the vowel before it or creates a smooth transition.
• r is pronounced more clearly than in many English accents.

So ağrı is not pronounced like a hard g sound. It is closer to aa-rı than ag-rı.

Yes. That is a very normal translation choice.

Literal structure:

• Sırtımda hâlâ ağrı var = There is still pain in my back

Natural English equivalents:

• I still have pain in my back
• My back still hurts
• There’s still pain in my back

Which English version sounds best depends on context:

• In casual speech: My back still hurts
• In a medical context: I still have pain in my back or There’s still pain in my back

So even if the Turkish grammar looks different from English, the practical meaning is often the same.