là-bas
over there
Le chien joue avec la balle là-bas.
The dog is playing with the ball over there.
THIS WEEK
One of the things you might notice when you visit 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. This week, we’re going to look at this little word with a big place in day-to-day French language.
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Vocabulary Section: Adverbs, Word of the Day