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"Some women drink wine."
Translation:Des femmes boivent du vin.
February 6, 2013
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"Du" is short for "de le" (and that's why the feminine form of "du" is "de la"). It's often translated as "some" (eg. "du vin" ↝ "some wine"), but literally means "of the".
So in this case, "des femmes boivent le vin" would translate to "women drink the wine", whereas "des femmes boivent du vin" would translate to "women drink some wine", or as we'd say in english, "women drink wine".