French

Article

de l'

1. Some; the singular prevocalic partitive article.

   Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? — Would you like some garlic?

Usage notes

• While English does have the partitive determiner some, the French article de l’- frequently translates to nothing at all in English; for example, the above example « Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? » could also be translated simply as “Would you like garlic?”