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[eager pebble]

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[fading monolith]

le/la/les have multiple purposes.
They can be articles, used to introduce a noun: les enfants sont là (the kids are here) / je regarde le ciel (I'm looking at the sky)
They can be object pronouns, used to replace a object: je le vois (I see him/it)

à/de + le/la/les needs to be contracted when le/la/les is an article
when it's an object pronoun though, it does never get contracted

j'ai oublié de le dire => le represents what you forgot to say, it's an object pronoun, no contraction
ils ont discuté du problème (not "de le problème") => le is an article introducing problème, contraction is needed