| 5.5.1 de = of , from |
One of the most important prepositions is de. We have already seen it in two different uses, the partitive article (which is unknown in English) and to form the Genitive.
| partiticon article |
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Il | boit | de la | bière. |
| He | drinks | --- | beer. |
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Il | boit | du | café. |
| He | drinks | --- | coffee. |
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Il | mange | des | légumes. |
| He | eats | --- | vegetables. |
| genitive |
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C' | est | la | porte | de la | voiture. |
| This | is | the | door | of the | car. |
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C' | est | la | porte | du | restaurant. |
| This | is | the | door | of the | restaurant. |
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C' | est | l' | opinion | des | gens. |
| This | is | the | opinion | of the | people. |
In addition de has many other meanings.
| Andere Bedeutungen |
| Il | vient | de | Berlin. |
| He | comes | from | Berlin. |
| Je | l' | ai | appris | de | mon frère. |
| I | it | have | learned | from | my brother. |
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