Partitive Articles

Question 1

What is the function of a partitive article?

Answer 1

Is used to express “some of, a portion of” of a food or beverage

Question 2

Je vais manger LE poulet.

Answer 2

I am going to eat SOME chicken.

Question 3

Je vais manger LE poulet.

Answer 3

I am going to eat the ENTIRE chicken.

Question 4

How do you form the partitive?

Answer 4

Simply use de = (of, from) followed by the appropriate definite article.

Question 5

De + le

Answer 5

du

Question 6

De + la

Answer 6

de la

Question 7

De + les

Answer 7

des

Question 8

De + l’

Answer 8

de l’

Question 9

What happens to the partitive article when the sentence becomes negative?

Answer 9

All partitive articles turn into DE.

Question 10

Il mange DE la tarte toues les matins.

Answer 10

He eats (some) pie every morning.

Question 11

Il ne mange jamais DE tarte.

Answer 11

He never eats pie.