Contraction de la, du in French
Preposition “de”:
“De” means “of”, “from”…
The preposition “de” is contracted with the masculine definite article in French:
Je viens de la plage: “plage” is feminine, no contraction
Je viens de l’école: “école” is feminine but we don’t mind; the word starts with a vowel so “à l'”
Je viens de l’étage: “étage” is masculine but again we say à l’
Je viens de l’hotel: same thing for words starting with a mute “h”
Masculine:
Je viens du cinéma ( we don’t say “de le” but “du”)
Je veux du pain: I want some bread
Plural:
Je viens des toilettes
“Des” works with masculine and feminine words.
