"Non è ancora là."

Translation: It is not there yet.

[webMan1]

How do you tell the difference between the idea "It's not there yet" and "It's not there still" - the difference between before and after is pretty important.

[CJ.Dennis]

I don't think there's a difference in English except for emphasis. "still" is stronger than "yet". "still" implies the situation is undesirable, whereas "yet" is neutral.

[HughSandison]

"Not still there" means it/he was there but has gone. "Not there yet" means it is due to arrive but hasn't (yet) done so. "Not yet there" would be the same.

[funnyiloveitaly2]

Beautiful that when something is not yet there you are seemingly saying it is not anchored there. How poetic. And how accepting of life's transient changeable nature this phrase is. Beautiful.

[baggiemews]

I like what you see in this sentance and thanks for sharing.

[Joe121984]

Wrong way round.

[mlight]

Could this also mean "It is still not there" ?

[Sebafleb]

I think so, as a translation of the meaning but not word for word

[HughSandison]

I put "He is not still there" and don't understand why it is wrong.

[Kamila299760]

you're probably way past that already, but the problem is that your sentence means something completely different

in your sentence, still would be an adjective, meaning "not moving"

if you want to use still as an adverb (with the similar meaning to yet), you need to put it before verbs (I still haven't done my homework), or between the verb and the subject (I'm still thirsty).

so the problem lies in English syntax, not in your understanding of the sentence :)

[marcponzio]

I agree with the way you translated. I put the same thing and still don't quite understand the subtle difference.

[NameUndecided]

Is lì like a "there" that is in pointing distance (it is on the table, over there) while là might be a further "there" (it is not there, at my office, yet)?

[ptrgags]

I think that's the case. It reminds me of the Spanish allí ("there") and allá ("there" for a longer distance, aka "yonder").

[GuerraAmanda]

yeah, that's like that ^^

[jmdbt]

what is exactly the difference between lì and là ?

[mukkapazza]

Pretty much interchangeable

[Ekedin]

Lì means you can point at it and know specifically where it is, Là means you know it's in that general direction.

[JamesEilen]

Hey, does anyone know the difference between li and la? I've been trying to figure this out for a long time.

[TJTitmus]

li and la ....I've read a few explanations here on DL and the one I run with is li ( sorry no accents) is closer than la but both are used for 'there' - see ptrgags comment above.

[Chel451498]

Is there anything in this sentence to imply 'ancora' has the meaning of 'yet' versus 'still'?

Wondering if I'm missing something...

[Ivo349024]

I wrote "non è ancora la" and it was wrong?

[baggiemews]

I think you just missed the accent on là

[plainenglish]

Could this be "It is not even there"?