&gt; <i>The French equivalents for here and there are ici and là respectively. But if I point to a pen and say, “The pen is here,” the French equivalent is not “Le stylo est ici,” but “Le stylo est là.” In French, là is always used to refer to a specific place or position, while in English here or there can both work.</i><p>Well... it depends.<p>If both speakers are in front of a pen and one points to the pen she&#x27;ll say &quot;le stylo est là&quot; -- that part&#x27;s true.<p>But if you&#x27;re in another part of a big house and someone yells &quot;where is the pen&quot;, and the pen is with you in this remote room, you can yell back &quot;le stylo est ici&quot;, meaning &quot;it&#x27;s here with me&quot;.