What does the contractions del and de la mean?
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What does the contractions del and de la mean?
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updated Jan 27, 2010
posted by spanishchikkduhh
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Del is just de and el shmooshed together. In English it means, of the (masculine) And then de la means the same thing but it would be hard to shmoosh those together because it would sound like dela and that sounds weird.
Long story short, they both mean of the and one is masculine and the other is feminine!!!
updated Jan 28, 2010
posted by micaelaesawesomo
They can also mean "from the", "in the" and several other things, depending how they're used. Check out "de" in the dictionary of this site. - alba3, Jan 27, 2010
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"De la" has the same meaning as "de el". "Del" is just "de el" put together. "Del" is easier to say, similar to using an apostrophe in English (for example: they're is easier than saying they are). The meaning of del or de la is different depending on the situation. It can mean "from the" or "of the". Soy de los estados Unidos means I am from the U.S.
updated Jan 28, 2010
posted by Elizabeth-Shaw
