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[covert rose]

it's just that raisin is generally treated as uncountable in French

je mange du raisin
I eat grapes

[tawny crown]

Interesting, I never knew

Thanks

[silent monolith]

i've seen "je mange des raisins" though, i think it's actually something to do with the fact that it's a crop in this context

[summer hull]

It might also be related to « du poisson/des poissons » where the uncountable singular refers to a quantity of something whereas the countable plural refers to the type itself

For example, if I were to say « du poisson », I might be referring to fish in general. It doesn't matter what type of fish there are as long as there's some amount of it. If I were to say « des poissons » instead, I would be stressing that there were multiple types of fish like some tilapia, some tuna, some seabass, etc; the countability part refers to the type.

Therefore, « du raisin » might just refer to grapes without care for their variety whereas « des raisins » would be taking into account their varieties (e.g. Merlot, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Autumn Royal, etc). On your point on them being crops, it might just be that the person who said that was referring to the fact that they were harvesting multiple varieties of grapes, hence « des raisins »

[silent monolith]

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[covert rose]

As I said, it’s generally treated as uncountable, but some natives treat it countably, which I believe is more common in QC than in France

[fierce raven]

I would say "du raisin" if it's on the branch

and "des raisins" if not

[tulip fossil]

Bro who says du raisin

No one

[tulip fossil]

Wrong sadly

[fierce raven]

bah je suis français lol

je le dis comme ça

[tulip fossil]

C faux

[fierce raven]

d'accord poto

[tulip fossil]

Après tu le dit comme tu veux

Mes dire du

Sa complique trop