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are you sure it is viviat and not vivait ??
Because ... vivait là -bas = He lived (was living ) there.
voilà !
Denise
là-bas means over there or down there
'and the bottom'
go over there
"Le garçon là-bas" in French translates to "the boy over there" in English.
La fille là-bas, elle est française? The girl over there, is she French?
(Est-ce que) tu connais la fille là-bas? - Do you know the girl (standing) over there?
Qui est la fille là-bas? - Who is the girl over there?
La Haye
"Ã bas..." means "down with ..."
je suis la bas..
"(tu) es là -bas" means "(you) are over there". "là " (with the accented à ) indicates a place, like "there". Là -bas indicates a place, but at some distance away from the place you are presently.
"à bas ..." means "Down with ..." in French. Ex: à bas le gouvernement ! arrêtez la pluie ! (Down with the government! Stop the rain!)