Why "dans le frigo" instead of "du frigo?"

Question

One takes the beer not *in* the fridge but *from* the fridge, which should be "de", shouldn't it?

Accepted Answer

Hi Lukas,
In French when you take something out of something the construction indicates where the article was before it was moved, thus:
Il prend le beurre dans le frigo - He takes the butter out of (from) the fridge.
Prenez une chemise dans le tiroir - Take a shirt out of the drawer.
Quelqu'un a bu dans cette bouteille - Someone has drunk from this bottle.
Just one of the little subtleties that make learning French so easy ;-)!
Hope this helps,
 
Tom

Answer

Thanks. Today I learned something new :)