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まだ details

still + write

mada kaku

still; and with ていない, not yet — the situation has not flipped

meaning: still going to write

あわてなくていいよ。まだ間に合うまにあう

awatenakute ii yo. mada maniau.

No need to rush. We're still going to make it in time. casual

時間じかんはまだ十分じゅうぶんあります。

jikan wa mada juubun arimasu.

There is still plenty of time. neutral

Examples

still — the state or act carries on past the point where it might have stopped

あわてなくていいよ。まだう。

awatenakute ii yo. mada ma ni au.

No need to rush. We're still going to make it in time. casual

時間じかんはまだ十分じゅうぶんあります。

jikan wa mada juubun arimasu.

There is still plenty of time. neutral

not yet — with ていない, the expected change has not happened so far

ごはん、まだべてない。

gohan, mada tabetenai.

I haven't eaten yet. casual

もうみの返事へんじはまだていません。

moushikomi no henji wa mada kite imasen.

The reply to my application hasn't arrived yet. neutral

検査けんさ結果けっかはまだ確認かくにんできておりません。

kensa no kekka wa mada kakunin dekite orimasen.

We have not yet been able to confirm the test results. formal

Formation

Notes

The continuous "still doing" reading needs ている — まだている. まだ also
concedes a comparison: こっちのほうがまだましだ, "the better of two bad
options".

Related patterns

Similar

  • Both report a state still in force, but ずっと measures the span behind it and まだ only says the change has not come — ずっとっている calls the waiting long, まだっている merely says it is not over.

Opposite

  • もうalready-vs-not-yet

    The two split one timeline at the change point — もうべた reports the change complete, まだべていない reports it pending — and the pairing survives negation crossed over, since もうべない ("not any more") answers まだべる ("still going to eat").

Lookalikes

  • One vowel apart and both stand before the verb, but また counts a repeat and まだ says the situation is unchanged — またた says the person came a second time, まだていない that they have not come at all yet.