Article - Partitive
Form
|
male |
female |
before vowel |
Plural |
Article |
le |
la |
l’ |
les |
Partitive |
du |
de la |
de l’ |
des |
Use:
The partitive stands before uncountable nouns.
Examples:
French |
English |
Explanation |
Il mange du pain. |
He is eating some bread. |
Partitive |
Il mange des frites. |
He is eating French fries. |
Plural |
Il mange pas de frites. |
He isn’t eating French fries. |
de = de + des (Partitive + Indefinite Article) |
The partitive is also used with terms describing quantities:
French |
English |
assez de |
enough |
beaucoup de |
much, many, a lot of |
un groupe de |
a group of |
un kilo de |
a kilo of |
un litre de |
a liter of |
une masse de |
a mass of |
un (certain) nombre de |
a (certain) number of |
pas de |
no |
peu de |
few |
plein de |
many (coll.) |
rien de |
nothing |
trop de |
too much / many |
Attention:
| French | English |
bien des |
much, many, a lot of |
Also read:
French - Article - Definite Article - le, la, l', les - the
French - Article - Indefinite Article - un, une - a, an
French - Article + Preposition - du, des, au, aux
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