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???