Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

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(b) With a negative predicate it means ‘no longer’, ‘any more’:
(72) İstanbul’da evimiz yok artık.
‘We no longer have a flat in Istanbul.’
(iii) bir an once:
This is an informal expression meaning ‘as soon as possible’:
(73) Evi bir an önce satmak istiyoruz.
‘We want to sell the house as soon as possible.’
A synonym not restricted to colloquial styles is en kısa zamanda ‘in the shortest
[possible] time’.
(iv) bir daha:
Literally ‘once more’, this expression is used in the sense of ‘again’. It is used mostly
in negative sentences, and is indeed the only means of expressing ‘again’ with a negative
predicate:
(74) O adamı bir daha görmek istemem.
‘I don’t ever want to see that man again.’
In affirmative sentences ‘again’ is usually expressed by gene, yine, tekrar or yeniden,
this last having sometimes the meaning of ‘all over again’:
(75) Binayı yıkıp yeniden yapacaklarmış.
‘Apparently they’re going to pull the building down and rebuild it.’
(v) daha:
This is an adverb with several meanings/functions. For its comparative function see
15.4.2, 16.9
(a) With an affirmative predicate daha means ‘still’:
(76) Süleyman daha uyuyor.
‘Süleyman is still asleep.’
(b) With a negative predicate it means ‘yet’, and in this function is synonymous
with henüz, which is slightly more formal:
(77) Daha/Henüz hazır değilim.
‘I’m not ready yet.’
(c) Placed before an adverbial expressing a time location prior to the moment of
speech, daha emphasizes either the closeness or the distance of that time:
(78) Bu sorun daha iki yıl once vardı.
‘This problem already existed two years ago.’
(vi) hâlâ:
This conveys the notion ‘still’ more emphatically than daha:
(79) Yılmaz hâlâ aynı yerde çalışıyor.