The partitive and the definite article

• DE LA, DES, DU, DE L’

• LE, LA, LES, L’

• PAS DE

LIKES AND DISLIKES

• When you are talking about what you like and don’t like, use

–LE, LA, LES, L’• Because then it will mean that you like or

don’t like that thing, in general.

For Example:

• If I say:– “Je n’aime pas les haricots verts.”

• What I’m saying is that I don’t like green beans, in general.

• If I say:– J’adore les crevettes.

• I’m letting you know that Iike shrimp, in general

Some

• In order to get across the idea of ‘some,’ use the partitive – this is adding de

• DU, DE LA, DES OR DE L’

• You use this when talking about what you will buy, eat, order, etc. where you don’t want all of it in the whole world, just SOME of it.

For Example

• If I tell you:– Je vais acheter du pain.

• You know I’m buying SOME bread – not all the bread in the whole world – because I used du (de + le) instead of just le.

• And Passe-moi du poulet tells you to pass me some chicken, not all of it.

Just ‘de’

• Use just ‘DE’ • after a pas (except when talking about

liking and disliking).– Je ne veux pas de lait.

–I don’t want ANY milk.• Or after a quantity.– Je voudrais un litre de fromage and une livre de

fromage.

Try some! But be careful.

If you get one wrong, you have to start all over!

• Je n’aime pas ________ yaourt.

le du de

Je ne voudrais pas ______ glace.

deDe la la

J’achète un kilo ____ pommes

les

de

des

Je vais acheter _____ oeufs.

les

de

des