【定冠词缩合】 Contraction de la, du in French

 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.