Not always. Chica can mean:
The exact meaning depends on context, age, and region. In everyday Latin American Spanish, chica is very common and natural.
Llegar is the infinitive, meaning to arrive.
In a sentence, Spanish usually needs a conjugated verb, so llegar changes to llega to match la chica.
Here is the present tense of llegar:
Since la chica = she, the correct form is llega.
Grammatically, llega is present tense.
But in Spanish, just like in English, the present tense is often used for a planned or scheduled future action.
So La chica llega hoy can mean:
Because hoy clearly places the action in time, using the present tense sounds very natural.
Because llega already contains the full verb idea: arrives / is arriving.
English often needs extra words like:
Spanish often expresses this with just one conjugated verb form, especially in simple sentences.
So:
There is no need for a separate word like is here.
Yes. Spanish word order is more flexible than English.
The basic order here is:
But you could also say:
That version puts more emphasis on today.
Both are correct.
La chica llega hoy is a neutral, straightforward order.
A simple Latin American-style pronunciation guide:
A few notes:
So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:
lah CHEE-kah YEH-gah oy
Because in Spanish, h is usually silent.
So:
That is a very common rule in Spanish.
Because none of these words needs a written accent mark under normal spelling rules:
In Spanish, words often only get a written accent mark when they break the normal stress rules or need to be distinguished from another word.
This is a very common question.
In English, you might sometimes translate this kind of sentence with come, but Spanish is specifically using llegar, which focuses on the arrival.
So:
Both can be possible in real life, but they are not exactly the same idea.