De or het foto?
de foto
photo, photograph
/ˈfoː.toː/
Forms
- Singular
- de foto
- Plural
- de foto's
- Diminutive
- het fotootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de foto is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de foto's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het fotootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze foto | deze foto's |
| that, those | die foto | die foto's |
| which (the … that) | de foto die … | de foto's die … |
| our | onze foto | onze foto's |
Meaning in English
- photo, photograph
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