Articles Partitifs
This use for masculine items since when talking about femenine they concerve their original articule with its preposition.
This use for masculine items since when talking about femenine they concerve their original articule with its preposition.
De
is used to talk about an undetermined amount of something. It is formed using the preposition de + article.
Des before female and male plural nouns.
Ils ont des enfants
Il y a des arbres
Du is used before the singular male noun that begins with a consonant or h.
-Uncountable nouns
Il faut acheter de l’eau et du café.
-To talk about sports and musical instruments with the verb faire
Il fait du foot - Il joue de la flûte.
Je viens du Brésil.
A
á and le (to the, in, at, a el) are never used together. Instead they combine into AU however it becomes into aux if the noun is plural no matter female or male. reme,ber that you can't use au before la ot 'l use a instead ils vont a lecple nous sommes a la boulangerie.
Nous travaillons aux Etats Unis
Marc travaille au Japon
Since we usually go “to” a place, don’t forget your contractions with à:
Fem. Place = À LA
Place with vowel sounds = À L’
Places (plural) = AUX
Masc. place (à + le) = AU
Au travail,
Tu vas au restaurant
Elle va au zoo.
Food
Cuando se habla de cominda y se trata de sustantivo incontables( the ones that don't required a number before them). For example we generally say I want some honey, we do not say I want one honey.
The same happens in French, you always need du, de la or des before those uncontable nous.
In a restaurant or a café, you are likely to hear the waiter say to you: Vous avez choisi?
Have you chosen
Qu’est-ce que vous prenez? What are you having?
Qu’est-ce que je vous sers? What am I serving you?
You can reply in the following ways:
Je voudrais une bière.
I would like a beer.
Je prends un café. I’ll have a coffee.
Un thé, s’il vous plaît. A tea, please.
The French will normally link two nouns together with words such as à or de. Whereas de will indicate what a dish or drink is made of, à will refer to a flavour or particular way in which a dish or drink is prepared. This is a subtle difference and even the French are not too sure which one they should use sometimes! So, don’t worry. You will learn more about à and de in
J'achète des pâtes
Tu veux du vin?
Tu manges des herbs?
un jus d'orange
une truite aux amandes
Tu prends du cafe au petit dejeuner?
Non, Je prends du the avec du lait.
Je mange de la brioche avec de la confiture.
Je prends du sucre avec mon cafe.
une assiette de crudités une tarte aux pommes
Remember when you're talking about things you like or don't like, you should always use, le, la or les.
Il adore le chocolat.
J'adore l'eau minerale
Tu eimes les fraises
Tu veux du cafe au lait
Quieres cafe con lache