"A dolphin of the zoo"

Translation: Un dauphin du zoo

[Avwh]

Why not de le zoo?

[ferynn]

In fact, it is "de le". It's just that it's been changed over the years into "du"

It's the same than "de les" = "des"

[monster104]

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[Avwh]

ohhh thanks : )

[Joel-Iowan]

WHy is it du and not de. Isnt 'de' used by itself for ownership purposes. Like Les chaussures de Francois?

[ferynn]

"Zoo" is masculine, we say "le zoo". Hence in this case it is "...de le zoo", excpet there's a contraction : de le = du.

[aali21]

Is every animal in the male form???

[PKE26318]

No, they are not! Many are, but an example of a feminine noun is "la chèvre". Sometimes, to my knowledge, mostly with pets, you can have a masculine and feminine form. Example: "Ma chatte s'appelle Emma et mon chat s'appelle Hugo." That is using a more informal register, though.

[diels]

In my understanding using duolingo,what i learn is 'of the' is 'some' .
And DU is SOME.

[K1NGK0NG]

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