L’ARTICLE PARTITIF:DU ET DE LAEmily Lowe
Period 3
DU ET DE LA
The partitives “du” and “de la” are used to refer to a certain QUANTITY or AMOUNT of something.
Voici… Voila…
UN poulet
a WHOLE chicken
DU poulet
SOME chicken
UN melon
a WHOLE melon
DU melon
SOME melon
UNE salade
a WHOLE salad
DE LA salade
SOME salad
UNE tarte
a WHOLE pie
DE LA tarte
SOME pie
“Du” has the following forms:
Masculine Object: DUJe voudrais du soda. ~ I would like some soda.
Feminine Object: DE LAVoila de la tarte. ~ There is some pie.
Beginning with a Vowel:
DE L’Donne-moi de l’eau. ~ Give me some water.
EXEMPLES:1. Je veux du poisson – I want some fish.2. Elle mange de la glace au chocolat – She eats some
chocolate ice cream.3. Ils boivent de l’eau minérale – They drink some mineral
water.
GIVE ME SOME FISH!
LES PHRASES NEGATIFS
Negative phrases ALWAYS use “de” instead of “du” or “de la”
EXEMPLES:
1. Elle ne boit jamais de soda – She never drinks soda.
2. Nous ne voulons pas de pain – We don’t want any bread.
3. Je n’ai pas pris d’oeufs – I didn’t have any eggs.
PRACTICE TIME!
Translate the sentences into English: Je veux de la tarte. Vous mangez du fromage. Tu n’as pas pris de café.
Translate the sentences into French: You (plural) eat some salad. He doesn’t want any grapefruit. We drink some coffee.
ANSWERS!
Translate the sentences into English: Je veux de la tarte. I want some pie. Vous mangez du fromage. You (plural) eat some
cheese. Tu n’as pas pris de café. You didn’t have any coffee.
Translate the sentences into French: You (plural) eat some salad. Vous mangez de la salade. He doesn’t want any grapefruit. Il ne veut pas de
pamplemousse. We drink some coffee. Nous buvons du café.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Valetta, Jean-Paul, and Rebecca M. Valette.
Discovering French. Ed. Gail Smith. 2nd ed. Evanston:
McDougal Littell, 2004. Print. Google Images
QUESTIONS???