By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025
📘 Meaning & Usage
まだ has two main meanings:
- Still – something is continuing (used with affirmative form)
- Not yet – something has not happened yet (used with negative form)
It’s a very common and useful expression in daily Japanese.
🔍 Structure
- まだ + affirmative verb → still doing
- まだ + negative verb → not yet
📝 Example Sentences
- まだ たべています。
Mada tabete imasu.
I’m still eating. - まだ あめが ふっています。
Mada ame ga futte imasu.
It’s still raining. - まだ おきていません。
Mada okite imasen.
I haven’t woken up yet. - まだ しゅくだいを していません。
Mada shukudai o shite imasen.
I haven’t done my homework yet.
📚 Grammar Notes
- まだ + affirmative = “still”
- まだ + negative = “not yet”
- It often appears with ～ている form (present continuous) or ～ていません (negative form).
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
- わたしは ______ 勉強しています。
- かれは ______ 来ていません。
✔ Answers:
- わたしは まだ 勉強しています。
- かれは まだ 来ていません。
2. Translate into Japanese:
- I am still watching TV.
- They haven’t arrived yet.
✔ Sample Answers:
- わたしは まだ テレビを見ています。
- かれらは まだ 着いていません。
🈶 Vocabulary & Kanji Breakdown
| Word | Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| まだ | — | まだ | Still / Not yet |
| 食べる | 食 | たべる | To eat |
| 起きる | 起 | おきる | To get up / wake up |
| 宿題 | 宿題 | しゅくだい | Homework |
| 来る | 来 | くる | To come |
| 雨 | 雨 | あめ | Rain |
🔗 Related Grammar
- もう – Already
- まだ～ていません – Not yet
- まだ～ています – Still
🧠 Summary
- まだ means “still” or “not yet” depending on the verb form.
- Used with ～ています or ～ていません forms.
- Level: JLPT N5
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