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Questions & Answers about La fille est là.
Why does the word là at the end have an accent mark, but La at the beginning doesn't?
The accent mark changes the meaning of the word! Without the accent, la is the word for "the" used with feminine nouns (like la fille). With the grave accent, là means "there". The accent doesn't change the pronunciation, just the meaning.
Why do we use est here?
How do you pronounce the double L in fille?
Can fille also mean "daughter"?
Yes! The word fille means both "girl" and "daughter". You can usually tell which one is meant from the context. Here, La fille just means "The girl", while "my daughter" would be ma fille.