French homework?

Question

I really need to find a website or anything that could really help me understand when to use Au like Au Centre Commercial or Du like Du Martinique... what is Au and Du exactly?? And when do you use "de la" "des" or "de le" is de le the same as du? Thanks

Answer 1

Du, des, de la can also mean "some"

Answer 2

so first its de la martinique not du martinique. im sorry i dont know any website but however i speak french fluently so im gonna try to help you out (try to is really the key word :P)
you use "au" when describing a place, but only masculin nouns. for example: "la piscine" is a place (it means swimming pool, but its feminin) so you would say "je vais a la piscine" (im going to a swimming pool=>im going swimming), now an example with a masculin noun "je vais au lit" (im goint to bed), lit is masculin (le lit) so we say "au" and not "a la". we use "du" when we want something but it has to be a substance, but only with masculin nouns(like raw material) or food. "je veux du bois" (i want wood, wood is masculin), je veux de l'eau (i want water, water is feminin so the rule doesnt apply, in that case we use de". thus, "de le" doest exist, de le is the same thing as "du" but we use du and not de le. "de la" is used when something is feminin (see example on water). des is when something is plural (doesnt matter if its masculin or feminin when something is plural, just use "des"). i hope it helps. and good luck because french is a very hard language to learn.

Answer 3

I know it is very confusing!

De la or du (stand for de le which is not used) indicates the provenance, loosely translated by from.
A la or au (stand for a le which is not used) indicates the direction, loosely translated by at or to.

Ex: je vais au centre commercial (I am going to the mall)
je reviens du centre commercial (I am coming back from the mall).
je vais a la Martinique, je reviens de la Martinique.

You have to pays attention if the location is feminine (de la /a la) or masculine (du/au).
Hope this helps

Answer 4

au = a le. It's a contraction meaning "to the."
du = de le. It's a contraction meaning "from the."
Do not use "a le" or "de le." You must use the contractions for proper grammar. Think about what you are trying to say. Some verbs require the use of "a" or "de."
Good luck.

Answer 5

au is what you get when you have à + le. du is what you get when you have de + le.
au = at the
ex - Je vais au centre commercial. I am going to the mall.
du = of the/from the
ex - L'ordinateur du monde. The computer of the world.

Answer 6

1. a + le/la/les/l' means to. so like - je vais au centre commercial = i went to the mall

2. de + le/la/les/l' mean of or from. so "il est sorti de la maison = he went out of the house

3. de le = du , but you don't ever say de le, it always crashes into du. the same as a le crashes to au

Answer 7

ummm au translated means at the or to the
du means of the or from the