You will pick between hâlâ and artık by asking one question: has the situation stayed the same, or has it changed?
The idea
Hâlâ says that a situation still goes on: Hâlâ yağmur yağıyor. With a negative verb it means "still not": Otobüs hâlâ gelmedi. Artık marks a change. With a negative verb it means "no longer": Artık aç değilim. With a positive verb it means "now" or "from now on": Artık çok geç. Both words usually stand early in the clause, but their position is free.
| hâlâ | artık |
|---|---|
| Hâlâ çalışıyor. | Artık çalışmıyor. |
| Hâlâ burada. | Artık burada değil. |
| Yağmur hâlâ yağıyor. | Yağmur artık yağmıyor. |
| Kahve hâlâ sıcak. | Kahve artık sıcak değil. |
Examples
- Ben hâlâ seni bekliyorum.I am still waiting for you.
- Artık Ankara'da oturmuyorum.I don't live in Ankara any more.
- Hâlâ yağmur yağıyor.It is still raining.
- Hâlâ aç değilim.I am still not hungry.
- Artık aç değilim.I am not hungry any more.
- Otobüs hâlâ gelmedi.The bus still hasn't come.After hâlâ a negative verb means "still not": the thing should have happened by now and has not.
- Babam artık kahve içmiyor.My father doesn't drink coffee any more.
- Artık çok geç.It is too late now.With a positive sentence artık marks a turning point: now, by now, from now on.
- Artık eve gidiyoruz.We are going home now.
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Watch out
Hâlâ aç değilim means “I am still not hungry”; Artık aç değilim means “I am no longer hungry”. Neither speaker is hungry now, but only the second says the earlier hunger has ended. Keep the circumflex: hala without it means a father’s sister.
Try it yourself
Fill the gap: My father is still asleep.
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hâlâ / hala
hâlâ: the sleeping goes on and nothing has changed; a continuing state takes hâlâ, not artık.
Fill the gap: My mother doesn't work here any more.
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artık
artık: the mother worked here before, and the sentence reports that this has stopped; artık with a negative verb gives "no longer".
Fill the gap: Breakfast is still not ready.
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hâlâ / hala
hâlâ: breakfast should be ready by now but is not; hâlâ with değil gives "still not", whereas artık would say it has stopped being ready.
Fill the gap: The rain has stopped. We are not getting wet any more.
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artık
artık: the rain stopping is a change, and the negative ıslanmıyoruz reports that getting wet has ended: "no longer".
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Fill the gap: My father is still asleep.
Fill the gap: My mother doesn't work here any more.
Fill the gap: Breakfast is still not ready.
Fill the gap: The rain has stopped. We are not getting wet any more.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Think of three things that have changed in your life. Write one sentence with artık and a negative verb for each, then one sentence with hâlâ about something that stayed the same.