Breakdown of Он ещё работает.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
работать
to work
ещё
still, more
Questions & Answers about Он ещё работает.
I've seen ещё mean "more" in other sentences. How do I know it means "still" here?
When ещё is used with an ongoing action, especially right before a verb like работает, it usually translates to "still". It shows that the action started in the past and hasn't stopped yet. You can usually tell whether it means "more" or "still" just by what makes sense in the context of the sentence.
Why is there no word for "is" in this sentence?
Russian doesn't use helper words like "is" or "are" for actions happening right now. The single present-tense verb работает handles both "works" and "is working". Here, the word ещё gives us a big clue that the action is happening continuously at this very moment.
Does ещё change if I talk about the past or future?
No, ещё stays exactly the same. Just like the time expressions вчера (yesterday) and завтра (tomorrow) from your current lesson, it never changes its spelling. You can easily use it with the past tense, like in Он ещё работал (He was still working).
Do I always have to put ещё right before the verb?
Russian word order is quite flexible, but it is standard to put time words like ещё right before the action they describe. Saying Он работает ещё wouldn't be completely wrong, but Он ещё работает sounds much more natural to a Russian speaker.
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