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  1. English Translation of “DU” | The official Collins French-English Dictionary online. Over 100,000 English translations of French words and phrases.

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      French-English translation of "DU" | The official Collins...

    • Du CRU

      English Translation of “DU CRU” | The official Collins...

    • DTP

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    • DTCP

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    • Dttab

      English Translation of “DTTAB” | The official Collins...

    • 영어 Translation of “Du

      영어 Translation of “du” | The official Collins 프랑스어-영어 사전...

    • What Is The Difference Between "de" and "Du"?
    • How Do I Know If I Should Use "de" Or "Du"?
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    “DE” is a preposition. It is a preposition used a lot in many contexts. Generally, "DE" is used to indicate provenance or belonging. For example : 1. Je suis de France.(Je viens de France.) = I'm from France. 2. C'est le livre de mon père.(Ce livre appartient à mon père.) = This is my father's book. “DU” is the contraction of "DE" and "LE". It can ...

    Let us observe these sentences: 1. J’achète un billet de train. 2. J’achète le billet du train N°123456. In the first example, do we know which train I will take? → No. In the second example, do we know which train I will take? → Yes, "le train N°123456". We will use "DE" to designate something general or undefined. “Un billet de train”. It could b...

    To know whether to use "DE" or "DU", you need to ask yourself: 1. What is the gender of the noun that follows (feminine or masculine)? 2. Am I talking about a quantity? 3. Am I talking about something definite or general? 4. Is the noun that follows a proper noun or is it a pronoun?

    Let's complete together these sentences between “DE” or “DU” : First sentence: C’est un chien __ berger. First sentence: What is the gender of the noun that follows (feminine or masculine)? → Masculine Am I talking about a quantity? → No. Am I talking about something definite or general? → It's general, I don't have any specific information about t...

  2. Dec 26, 2018 · Du, de la, des... which one should you choose? Learn how to express unspecified quantities in French.

    • Camille Chevalier-Karfis
  3. Masculine: du; Feminine: de la; Contracted (m or f in front of vowel or mute h): de l’ + There is only one plural partitive article: des. It’s used with nouns that are always plural. Using partitive articles. The partitive article is needed when talking about an unknown or unspecified quantity of something uncountable. Par exemple…

  4. Knowing whether to use du, de la, or des rather than just de can be a real challenge! This lesson is a detailed explanation of when to use the preposition de all by itself and when to use the indefinite article, partitive article, or de + definite article (which looks like the partitive – but isn’t.

  5. due [noun] what is owed, especially what one has a right to. I’m only taking what is my due. dû. adjective. due [adjective] owed. I think I’m still due some pay. Our thanks are due to the doctor. owing [adjective] still to be paid. There is some money still owing (to us).

  6. Feb 8, 2024 · Partitive articles, du, de la, & de l' (some/any) are used with mass nouns. Definite articles (le, la, l', les) and indefinite articles (un/une/des) are used with countable nouns. Want to make sure your French sounds confident?