Ch 4 · Lesson 26

da or de?

A glass of water is . A glass of my father's is .

The rule

comes after a word of quantity (, , , , ) and before an amount of something unspecified: , . Everything else is : whose it is, where it comes from, and a share of something definite. So : once appears, the money is a particular one, and gives way to .

Pick the right one

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Pick the right one: da or de.

  1. Mi trinkis glason akvo.

  2. La glaso mia patro estas sur la tablo.

  3. Multe homoj venis.

  4. Kiom mono vi havas?

  5. Parto la mono estas mia.

  6. La libro Berta estas nova.

  7. Mi ne havas multe tempo.

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