Yet Still Again ?

What is the difference between these 3 terms ?

French has a reputation of being more precise than English. And it often is especially when it comes to verbs. However sometimes English can be more precise than French.

Here is an interesting example

Yet: Encore
Still: Encore
Again: Encore
Even: Encore (souvent traduit par 'même', mais parfois 'encore')

and also(et encore).^[1] :

Yet again: Encore

Yes sometimes you an find in English the two words together in the same sentence: 'yet again…'. What does that mean?

In English we have not only four words, but four different meanings which usually are translated with the same word in French. Do you understand the 'nuance'?

Here are a few examples

She hasn’t come yet: Elle n’est pas encore venue
She is yet to come: Elle n’est pas encore venue
She is still sleeping: Elle dort encore. (Elle continue à dormir)
She is eating again: Elle mange encore. (Elle mange de nouveau)
She is going yet again: Elle va encore. (Elle continue d’y aller une fois de plus)
It’s even more difficult than I thought: C’est encore plus difficile que je ne le pensais.
There’s even more to come: Il y en a encore davantage à venir.

Yet

An action that has not (yet) occurred.

Still

An ongoing action that has not stopped.

Again

An action which stops and restarts.

Even

Similar to 'still'

Something has stopped or is no longer but it will be again

Yet again

1. In the English version of this document, I have translated 'encore' with 'also'.