du dejeuner & de dormir

Salut Nano,

you are correct :

"Du" is the result of the union of the preposition "de" + the masculine article "le" and it is always placed before a noun.

In the sentence "c'est l'heure du déjeuner" ("It's time for lunch" or better "It's lunch time" , "dejeuner" is a masculine noun.

For this reason it will be preceded by "du".

This can't be applied to "dormir" as it's not a noun but a verb.

I hope this helps

Salut Stellabelle,

correct . you can also say that.

à bientôt !

Hey Anthony,

My experience so far is as long as you remember that du means "of the" (masculine) and de is simply "of", you can then translate how it is being said properly, make your own inferences and get used to the typical language usage. Re Canada/Singapore, I notice they almost always refer to Canada as "Le Canada" and therefore "Au Canada" and "du Canada" whereas with Singapore it's "Singapour"; "à Singapour" and "de Singapour". So at least they're consistent, but you just have to get used to that being the way they refer to it (much like we refer to America, but The Netherlands). On the other example, those two simply mean "perspective of management" and "transformation of the world". Hope that's clear.

Last comment is remember "of the mother" would be "de la mére" because it's feminine.