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De la, de l', des, du
I need help, i can not understand when or how to use these.
January 21, 2018
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Below is a good resource for learning about the use of the "partitive article."
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/partitive-article/
Bonne chance!
First of all, these all mean "of the"
De l' precedes a noun that starts with a vowel or silent h, e.g. "de l'eau"
De la precedes a noun that is feminine, e.g. "de la natation"
Du precedes a noun that is masculine (you would never say 'de le'), e.g. "du poisson"
Des precedes a (feminine or masculine) plural noun, e.g. "des trottoirs"
Take a look at this page it will clarify it for you and make it easy.http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/grammar/dudelades.shtml Bonne Chance :)