Re: My version

> > > I'd probably add "yet" as "still" "He's there yet", or as my
> > > aunts and uncles said "He's still here yet."
> > >
> > How's that related to my examples?
>
> Because it's from German jetzt and AFAIK, that form only exists in
> areas of German settlement such as rural PA, WV, OH, etc.

AFAIK German, 'jetzt' "now" doesn't mean "still" anywhere in Germany.
**'Er ist noch hier jetzt' makes no sense in German.


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