No. 862 in Slovak
dosiaľ
"Dosiaľ" means "so far" or "until now" in English.
In a sentence
Dosiaľ sme nevideli nič takého.
So far, we haven't seen anything like that.
In this sentence, 'dosiaľ' denotes 'so far' or up to this point in time, showing its use to describe an experience or state until the present.
Dosiaľ zostávam verný svojim zásadám.
I remain faithful to my principles thus far.
Here, 'dosiaľ' is used temporally to indicate the continuity of a situation up to the current moment.
Dosiaľ nebolo možné vysvetliť tento jav.
Until now, it was not possible to explain this phenomenon.
In this usage, 'dosiaľ' emphasizes the unchanged state or persistence of a condition up to now.
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