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 leau minérale = some water Note that in English, we dont always use the word some, but in French, du, de la, de l or des is always used: Quest-ce que tu as acheté? Des fraises. What did you buy? Strawberries. With plural nouns, use des: des pommes = some apples des bonbons = some sweets
le poulet la viande les oeufs leau du poulet de la viande des oeufs de leau
De la – du – de l – des: Some Answer the questions.Use one of the partitive articles EXAMPLE: Quest-ce que tu achètes? – vin (m). Jachète du vin. Quest-ce que tu bois? – limonade (f) Quest-ce que tu manges? – frites (pl.) Quest-ce que tu prends? – lait (m) Quest-ce que tu voudrais? – orangina (f)
Réponses Quest-ce que tu bois? – limonade (f) Je bois de la limonade. Quest-ce que tu manges? – frites (pl.) Je mange des frites. Quest-ce que tu prends? – lait (m) Je prends du lait. Quest-ce que tu voudrais? – orangina (f) Je voudrais de lorangina.
Les haricots verts = green beans La saucisse = sausage Le jus dorange = orange juice Le yaourt = yoghurt La soupe = soup Le coca = Coke Les fruits = fruit La limonade = lemonade