Objective: to learn when to use: La Partatif Objective: to learn when to use: du de la de l’ des

What is the partitive? When discussing food, you need to be able to indicate whether you are talking about a whole item or some of an item. This is the partitive – use it when you are only having part of the item. EX: Je vais acheter une tarte. Tu veux de la tarte? Une tarte – a whole pie de la tarte – some of the pie

du lait de la confiture des saucisses des fruits du frommage

Grammaire Répétez et trouvez la régle.

Je mange du pain

Je mange du fromage

Je mange de la confiture

Je mange des crêpes

Je mange des fruits

Je mange des frites

With masculine nouns, use du: du pain = some bread When you talk about food, you will often want to say some potatoes or some coffee. To do this, you need to use different words in French. With masculine nouns, use du: du pain = some bread du poisson = some fish With feminine nouns, use de la: de la confiture = some jam de la viande = some meat

With masculine or feminine nouns starting with a vowel (or a silent h), use de l’: de l’eau minérale = some water With plural nouns, use des: des pommes = some apples des bonbons = some sweets Note that in English, we don’t always use the word some, but in French, du, de la, de l’ or des is always used: Qu’est-ce que tu as acheté? Des fraises. What did you buy? Strawberries.

With masculine nouns, use du: du pain = some bread When you talk about food, you will often want to say some potatoes or some coffee. To do this, you need to use different words in French. With masculine nouns, use du: du pain = some bread du poisson = some fish With feminine nouns, use de la: de la confiture = some jam de la viande = some meat

With masculine or feminine nouns starting with a vowel (or a silent h), use de l’: de l’eau minérale = some water With plural nouns, use des: des pommes = some apples des bonbons = some sweets Note that in English, we don’t always use the word some, but in French, du, de la, de l’ or des is always used: Qu’est-ce que tu as acheté? Des fraises. What did you buy? Strawberries.

Partitive vs. Definite Article The definite articles (le/la/les) are used when you speak in general terms. EX: J’adore les tartes! I love pies! BUT: J’ai envie de manger de la tarte – I feel like eating some pie.

Exceptions, continued After expressions of quantity: Nouns and adverbs that express quantity or measure are followed by de without the article (definite or indefinite) before another noun – EX: beaucoup de, assez de, trop de, combien de, peu de, plus de… Une boîte de, une gramme de, une bouteille de, une douzaine de, une tasse de… Une douzaine d’oeufs Une tasse de sucre Beaucoup de poissons! Trop de gens!

le poulet la viande les oeufs l’eau du poulet de la viande des oeufs de l’eau

on your mini White Boards write: du de la de l’ des Your turn! on your mini White Boards write: du de la de l’ des

Je mange ____ paté

Je mange _______ salade

Je mange _______ frites