French language Q&A Forum

A quiz question was as follows:

Je te donne ________ de mon salaire. ——> I give you half my salary.

I answered “une moitié”,  but the correct answer was “la moitié”.

Why is this the case? I understood from the lesson that these two are interchangeable. 

Even if they are not interchangeable, I would think:

-  “une moitié de mon salaire” ——> one half of my salary

Whereas:

-  “La moitié de mon salaire” ——> the half of my salary

Thanks 

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