là-dessus
on top of it (over there)
Tu as mis les livres sur l’étagère? Oui, là-dessus.
You put the books on the bookshelf? Yes, on top over there.
OPEN UP AND SAY LÀ!
One of the things you might notice when you visit a French-speaking country is that the word là — there — comes up a lot. Inevitably, there seems to be some pointing involved as someone describes to you where something is located. Moreover, là is often combined with other adverbs of place to emphasize the direction of something. Today, we’re looking at one example of this little word with a big place in day-to-day French language.
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Vocabulary Section: Adverbs, Word of the Day