"The girl is at her home."

Translation: La fille est chez elle.

[OGRoach]

Thank you!

[ajay742526]

Need some help here. What's the proper use of chez, why does elle come after it (chez)?

[CommeuneTexane]

Chez means "at" or "in the home/business" of someone. "Chez elle" means at her home. It is used in conjunction with a person and not a place. For example you can say: Je suis chez le pharmacien. I am at the pharmacist's. However, you cannot say: Je suis chez la pharmacie. Here "la pharmacie" is a place "the pharmacy" and not a person. Instead it would be written: Je suis à la pharmacie.

Basically chez + person

chez moi, chez ma sœur, chez eux, chez le médecin, chez la boulangère, etc.

[DavidHarri227108]

Plus 'chez soi' for reflexive situations involving the third person.

[clasbrodtk]

at home=a la maison; why not "a sa maison" here?

[CommeuneTexane]

à sa maison would usually be interpreted as "to her house". Je vais aller à sa maison / I am going to (his/her) house.

To mean she's home at her house, you'd say "chez elle" or "dans sa maison".

[DavidHarri227108]

Also, the definite article is often used in lieu of the possessive pronoun where the object referred to is the person's own, e.g. Je me brosse les dents.