enda II homograph 2

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. brukt som tidsadverb: fremdeles på det tidspunktet;
   ennåstill · yet used as an adverb of time: still at that point in time;
   yetennå
   • de er enda ikke kommet they have not arrived yet
   • da bodde de enda i Bergen at that time they were still living in Bergen
   • da var han enda ung he was still young then
   • vi har enda ikke sett noe til dem we still haven't seen anything of them
2. i tillegg til det som er nevnt eller er vanlig;
   ytterligere in addition to what is mentioned or is usual;
   further, additional
   • enda en gang one more time
   • enda et eksempel another example
   • de gikk enda tre kilometer innover i skogen they walked another three kilometres into the forest
   • fortsette enda noen år i bedriften to stay on a few more years at the company
3. brukt foran komparativ (I)the comparative for å uttrykke høyere grad used before a comparativekomparativ (I) to express a higher degree
   • enda større even bigger
   • enda bedre even better
   • enda penere even prettier
   • enda flere barn even more children
   • enda lenger unna even further away
   • skape enda mer begeistring to create even more excitement
   • tilstanden har blitt enda verre the condition has become even worse
4. likevelnevertheless · after all · anyway, tross altafter all nonethelesslikevel, after alltross alt
   • fattig, men enda tilfreds poor, but content nonetheless
   • det kan jeg enda gå med på, men … I can still go along with that, but …
5. sanneligcertainly · really · indeed certainlysannelig
   • det var da enda godt han hadde alarm it certainly was a good thing he had an alarm
6. brukt i uttrykk for ønske som ikke kan oppfylles;
   bare used in expressions of a wish that cannot be fulfilled;
   if only
   • om det enda var så enkelt if only it were that simple
   • hadde hun enda sagt noe if only she had said something
   • kunne han enda følt fortvilelse if only he could have felt despair