How French works
Like à, the preposition de is often used the le, la or les. This can also lead to a change of form:
When de is used with le, it changes to du:
Ils ont parlé du match
They talked about the match
It is important to remember that du, de la and des can also be used as partitive articles. In this case they do not mean of the but some or any:
Tu veux du chocolat?
Do you want some chocolate?
When de is used with les, it changes to des:
Elle a pris une photo des enfants
She took a photo of the children
When de is used with la it is unchanged:
Elle sort de la maison
She goes out of the house
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