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Elle reste à la maison à cause de la fièvre.

Elle reste à la maison à cause de la fièvre.
She is staying home because of the fever.
From Lesson 58:Expressing purpose (pour)·French

Breakdown of Elle reste à la maison à cause de la fièvre.

rester
to stay
la fièvre
the fever
à la maison
at home
à cause de
because of

Questions & Answers about Elle reste à la maison à cause de la fièvre.

Since this lesson is about using pour to say why we do things, could I say pour la fièvre?
No. While pour (for / in order to) expresses a goal or purpose, a fever is definitely not her goal! When you want to express the cause of a situation, you use the phrase à cause de (because of).
Wait, doesn't reste mean rest?
It looks like it, but rester is a classic false friend. It actually means 'to stay' or 'to remain'. If you want to say someone is resting, you would use the verb se reposer.
Could I use parce que instead of à cause de?
Not in this exact sentence. Parce que (because) must be followed by a full sentence with a subject and a verb, for example: parce qu'elle a de la fièvre (because she has a fever). When you just want to say 'because of' followed by a noun, you must use à cause de.
Why is it de la fièvre instead of just de fièvre?
The fixed expression for 'because of' is à cause de. Since 'fever' in French requires its feminine definite article (la fièvre), you just put them together to get à cause de la fièvre.
I learned that chez elle means at her house. Can I use that instead of à la maison?
Yes, absolutely! À la maison literally translates to 'at the house' (meaning at home), and chez elle means 'at her place'. Both are very common and mean the same thing here.

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