de la

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dela"

de la f (masculine du, plural des)

of the
some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? ― Would you like some jam?

J’ai mangé de la tarte ― I ate some pie.

While English does have the partitive determiner some, the French article de la frequently translates to nothing at all in English; for example, the above example « J'ai mangé de la tarte » could also be translated simply as “I ate pie.”
Like the definite article la (from which it derives), the partitive article de la undergoes elision, becoming de l’- before most words that start with vowel sounds.

de + la, literally, “from at”.

de la (+accusative)

When constructing phrases of the form "from X to Y", it is usually accompanied by "(până) la": "de la X (până) la Y"

(since (temporal)):

de la is usually used together with a fixed point in time (though not with dates):

de la ora nouă ― since nine o'clock

de la ianuarie ― since January

din is usually used together with dates or in certain expressions:

din (anul) 2000 ― since (the year) 2000

din acel moment ― from that moment on

de is usually used for time frames:

de un an ― for a year

de mult timp ― for a long time

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