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rain hazelBOT Mar 30, 2024, 2:40 AM

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neat halo Mar 30, 2024, 4:00 AM

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it depends on the context, sometimes you say de l'aide sometimes just l'aide

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https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/partitive-article/

mystic terrace Mar 30, 2024, 8:44 AM

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Because help is uncountable

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Also careful it's not "de l'aide" but "d'aide"

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(if "aide" is alone)

neat halo Mar 30, 2024, 3:39 PM

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mystic terrace Also careful it's not "de l'aide" but "d'aide"

what do you mean? wouldn’t you say “on m’a demandé de l’aide”?

mystic terrace Mar 30, 2024, 3:53 PM

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mmmm

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mb

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yeah it depends

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"il a besoin d'aide"

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can't explain why one needs "de l'" and the other one doesn't tho 😅

neat halo Mar 30, 2024, 4:11 PM

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when the de is actually functioning like a de, you don't need the article it's already indefinite

glass musk Mar 31, 2024, 3:41 AM

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whats the point of des or de

light hawk Mar 31, 2024, 9:41 AM

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glass musk whats the point of des or de

They're partitifs, basicamente they serve to count uncountable things, it's a grammar perk that you'll have to get used to in french

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Also "de" in set expressions + partitif = de

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