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| //The President’s car / the car **of the** president, it’s a Renault)// | //The President’s car / the car **of the** president, it’s a Renault)// | ||
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| + | //The preposition// | ||
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| + | //Use DE with proper nouns.// | ||
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| + | * C'est le bureau **de** Monsieur Desflandres. | ||
| + | * //It is the office **of** Mr. Desflandres. (it’s Mr. Desflandres’s office)// | ||
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| + | * Nous visitons les monuments **de** Paris. | ||
| + | * //We are visiting the monuments **of** Paris.(We’re visiting Paris’ monument// | ||
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| + | * Regarde la voiture **de** Paul ! | ||
| + | * //Look at the car **of** Paul! (Look at Paul’s car!)// | ||
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| + | //You can also use a definite article to refer to a common noun :// | ||
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| + | * // | ||
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| + | * //plural// : <color purple> | ||
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| + | //There is also a contracted form of « de »// | ||
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| + | //With « la » : no contraction.// | ||
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| + | * **« de » + « la » = « de la »** | ||
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| + | * <color deeppink> | ||
| + | * //The grand-mother. The house of the grand-mother. (The grand-mother’s house.)// | ||
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| + | //With// « le » : // | ||
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| + | * **« de » + « le » = « du »** | ||
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| + | * <color blue> | ||
| + | * //The director. The office of the director. (The director’s office.)// | ||
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| + | //With// « l' » // | ||
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| + | * **« de » + « l' » = « de l' »** | ||
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| + | * <color blue> | ||
| + | * //The engineer (masculine common noun). The laboratory (masculine common noun) of the engineer. (The engineer’s laboratory.)// | ||
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| + | * <color deeppink> | ||
| + | * //The team (feminine common noun). The cafeteria of the team. (The team’s cafeteria.)// | ||
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| + | //With// « les » : // | ||
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| + | * **« de » + « les » = « des »** | ||
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| + | * <color purple> | ||
| + | * //The technicians. (Masculine plural noun). The room (feminine singular noun) of the technicians. (The technicians’ room.)// | ||
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| + | * Les assistantes : le bureau des assistantes | ||
| + | * //The assistants (feminine plural noun). The office of the assistants. (The assistants’ office.)// | ||
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