"there" in seven languages
Meaningthere
Spanish
allí
/aˈʝi/
inherited
Also allá (further away, vaguer) and ahí (near you).
French
là
/la/
other source · Latin ILLĀC 'that way'
Italian
lì
/li/
inherited
Also là, from ILLĀC like French.
Portuguese
ali
/aˈli/
inherited
For farther away Brazilians say lá.
Romanian
acolo
/aˈkolo/
other source · Latin ECCUM ILLŌC 'look, there'
Catalan
allà
/əˈʎa/
other source · Latin ILLĀC 'that way'
English
there
/ðɛɹ/
native English · Old English þǣr
English → ItaliantherelìNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ILLĪC‘there’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian has both lì (ILLĪC) and là (ILLĀC), with French là matching the second. The accent tells them apart from the article la and the pronoun li.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esLa estación está allí.
- frLa gare est là-bas.
- itLa stazione è lì.
- ptA estação fica ali.
- roGara e acolo.
- caL'estació és allà.
- enThe station is over there.