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/la/

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Translation

there

Word origin

From Latin illac ('that way, there').

Origin
Latin
Root
illac

Examples

, .

Put the bag there, on the chair.

' .

He's not here this morning.

?

Who's there?

("there") and (the feminine article "the", or the direct-object pronoun "her/it") are unrelated words that collapse to the same ASCII slug once the grave accent is dropped, which is why this page carries the 1. Context almost always settles it: an accent-free la standing alone before a noun is the article; standing after a verb like être or mettre, it is very likely meant to be là.

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