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[gray stag]

Please be patient

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[lost stag]

u cant ask for translations here i dont think

[analog cave]

do you want my definition of a dream ?
there it is :

When they ask me if i believe in love, i nod a "no" while remembering nights spent with you

[lost stag]

ma définition du rêve and ma définition d'un rêve

do they both work

is the first one prefered?

[analog cave]

the first one is prefered because it means respectively " my definition of a dream " and " my definition of one dream "

[lost stag]

ah ok thank you

[lunar gyro]

We are talking about a dream as a general idea.

[lost stag]

ah yeh ok

this stuff really confuses me

[dapper palm]

Indeed the 1st one is preferred, because "du" is a contraction of "de + le"
And for a definition you talk about a general concept as explained Nameless, that's why you use le, which refers to the general concept
So you use the contraction du, rather than d'un (contraction de + un)

Small precision just to make it clear : le (or la, les) can be used either for a general concept or for a specific thing
It's the equivalent of either the or Ø (no article) in English
For example : la vie est belle = life is beautiful
La vie de cette personne est en danger = the life of this person is in danger (you're talking about a specific one)
Whereas un (or une, des) is like a or one in English
You can use it for an instance of the concept, but without being very specific
You just know you're talking about a specific object, but without knowing which one
For example : une vie est précieuse = a life is precious