Je viens des/du ?

theo-22

theo-22

Salut, i didn't really get this, when to use des and when du?
toru e

toru e

Since you mention "Je vien", are you referring to the RF Premuim Survival Kit on "Countries"? If so, the agreement depends on the "gender" and "plurality" of the country (le, la, les), and also whether or not the country begins with a vowel. Je viens de la France. - I come from France (country = la France) Je viens d’Italie. - I am from Italy (country = 'le' Italie (first letter is vowel), so "de le" becomes *d'* ) Je viens des États-Unis - I am from USA (country = les Étas-Unis [plural], so "de les" becomes *des* ) Je viens d’Espagne. I am from Spain. (country is 'le' Espagne' so it's also *d'*, like Italy) Je viens du Japon - I'm from Japan (country is 'le Japon', so "de le" becomes *du*)
theo-22

theo-22

well, i guess I'm just gonna have to take it slowly and keep moving, I'm only at the second lesson. thanks a lot
sir_alex

sir_alex

à avec les = des à avec le = du à avec la = de la je pense que à la jou aider pour apprende grammar http://suna.e-sim.org/lan.1326/

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