de l'
See also: Appendix:Variations of "del"
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edit- some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
- Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? ― Would you like some garlic?
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edit- While English does have the partitive determiner some, the French article de l’- frequently translates to nothing at all in English; for example, the above example « Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? » could also be translated simply as “Would you like garlic?”