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sonic hollyBOT
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Please be patient

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sudden escarp
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preposition

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;jouer

sonic hollyBOT
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Jouer un rôle
Jouer à un jeu
Jouer d'un instrument

sudden escarp
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when talking about an instrument, we use "jouer de"

copper marsh
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oh so its different from faire du / de la / de l'?

sudden escarp
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right, that's unrelated. they're partitive articles, used for unspecified or uncountable quantities of something. similar to "some"
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/partitive-article/

there are a lot of verbs that use "de", you'll just have to tell them apart
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/verbs-with-de/

Lawless French
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Du, de la, de l', des - French Partitive Articles - Lawless French ...

The partitive article refers to an unspecified quantity of food, liquid, or some other uncountable noun.

Lawless French
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French verbs with the preposition de - Lawless French Grammar

Many French verbs require the preposition de in front of a noun or infinitive. - Lawless French

copper marsh
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Merci beaucoup! This thing is so hard