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Articulated Prepositions·'di' Contractions — Partitive Use (some of the)
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Rule reminder

The contracted 'di' forms (del, dello, della, dell', dei, degli, delle) can also mean 'some': del pane = some bread, della pasta = some pasta, dei biscotti = some biscuits.

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Vorrei ___ pane. (I'd like some bread.) — 'pane' is masculine singular

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