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Du is a contraction of de+le"of the, from the." When de precedes the definite article le, it is contracted to du. There is no change with la or l'.
To express the notion of "some," the French often use a form of de plus article.
Whenever one can count the items individually, "some" is expressed by des; when the items fall under the category of non-count nouns, the French use de plus an article.
In front of masculine and feminine singular nouns starting with a vowel or silent h- use de+l'
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Examples of De + le
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