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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

là-dessous

underneath there

Le chat est sous la table. Il se cache là-dessous.
The cat is under the table. He’s hiding underneath there.

THIS WEEK
One of the things you might notice when you visit French-speaking country is that the word — there — comes up a lot. Inevitably, there seems to be some pointing involved as someone describes to you where something is located. Moreover, 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