"O yazar artık kitap yazmıyor."

Translation: That writer is not writing books anymore.

[Tameem89]

Is '' that writer doesn't write books anymore" correct?

[LadyNurington]

"Doesn't write" would be "yazmaz" so it'd be incorrect due to the tense.

[daadaadaaren]

but do the tenses make a difference in meaning though?

[JoaoDSouza]

Yes. The writer is not writing books at this moment anymore. If it was yazmaz, it would me he does not write books anymoreç

[lucaturilli]

Literally it would be like given sentence. But In English, simple present is preferred to express such a thing.

[daadaadaaren]

could we get a reply to this? he no longer writes books seems to be the most natural way to translate this sentence in english

[Mirage20]

Given that the tense is a bit unclear, "That author no longer writes books" or "That author is no longer writing books "should both be acceptable as this would be the most natural and grammatically correct way to translate this sentence in English.

[AhmadBahrami]

What is the difference between şimdi and artık?

[EhabMohey92]

şimdi means now.
artık means anymore or from now on.

[Wgkealey]

"that author is now not writing the book" Is this a vaiable translation? If not, why?

[pat360646]

I typed 'author' but duo said it was incorrect. Why is this please?

[awilliams-atx]

Can "kitap" be omitted? "O yazar artık yazmıyor" for brevity

[zabojczytapczan]

Ok, I'm confused. Of course "books" makes more sense in this sentence, but shouldn't there be kitaplar? Or singular form - book - should be also correct?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

we don't use plural nouns as general objects in Turkish, please read this: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/7736911

[Mauersegler]

That writer is not writing a book now - why is it wrong?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Just a forgotten translation. It isn't always the first thing that comes to mind, but "now" can definitely mean "from now on/anymore" in this case :)

[LittleLeafle]

'Author' is also used to denote 'writer'. For your information.

[MariaElena736926]

That's means when we use artik the accion will be negative?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Yep :)

[garcia1683]

What's the difference between "o" and "şu"? I understand "şu" = that and "bu" = this, but I don't know how "o" fits into the equation.

[lucaturilli]

Turkish demonstratives have three-way distance contrast whereas English has a two-way one. The difference stems from that point. Simply, we can say 'bu' is 'this'. 'Şu' and 'o' are like subcategories of 'that'. You would ise 'şu' for ones not as close as to be called 'bu' but still somewhat close. And 'o' would be used for farther ones.

[EhabMohey92]

"o" also means "that", but "şu" is farther than "o"

[Yomalyn]

Sorry arkadaşım, you've got them backwards :-)
"şu" is not too far, and "o" is "way oooover there".

[garcia1683]

Wow, that's fascinating and something that I never would have guessed. I actually asked my Turkish girlfriend before sending out the question and she also wasn't sure. Thanks so much!

[lucaturilli]

My pleasure

[Scott502621]

Why is it wrong to say "from now on that author is not writing books"?

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"O yazar artık kitap yazmıyor."
Translation: That writer is not writing books anymore.

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That writer is no longer writing books.

Correct other English answer accepted by Duo.