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FRENCH PREPOSITIONS (de)
Definition: De is a very important and versatile preposition with many different meanings and uses in French. As a preposition, it can express or indicate all of the following:
- Possession or belonging
le livre de Carlos Carlos's book
la bibliothèque de l'université the university library
- Starting point or origin
partir de Nice to leave from (out of) Nice
Je suis de Bruxelles I'm from Brussels
- Contents / description of something
une tasse de thé cup of tea
un roman d'amour love story (story of/about love)
- Defining feature
le marché de gros wholesale market
une salle de classe classroom
- Cause
mourir de faim to die of / from hunger
fatigué du voyage tired from the trip
- Means / manner of doing something
écrire de la main gauche
to write with one's left hand
répéter de mémoire
to recite from memory
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