Hello, I don't understand why do we have to use du - de la for the comestics?

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Hello, I don't understand why do we have to use du - de la for the comestics?

This question relates to:French vocab and grammar list "Make-up items in French"

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Not just for cosmetics, pretty much for everything if you don't specify a concrete quantity. This grammatical rule is called the partitive article. Here is the corresponding lesson:

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/du-de-la-de-l-are-used-to-express-some-or-any-partitive-articles

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Hello, I don't understand why do we have to use du - de la for the comestics?

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