Du vs De

[Theo72757]

Why is it Après le repas du soir and not Après le repas de soir?

[arielkangaroo]

Après le repas [de (of) + le (the) = du] soir = lit. before after the meal [of the] night

Du is the contraction of de + le.

[Ripcurlgirl]

after the meal of the night/evening :)

[arielkangaroo]

Woops, you're right. Going to fix that :-P

[Theo72757]

What I was supposed to translate was "After the evening meal" not "After the meal of the evening"

[gatiquo]

du is a contraction of de le, and is preferred in this expression.