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Understanding French Articles and Partitive: Le, La, Les

Learn about the usage of definite articles (Le, La, Les) to refer to specific items and when to use the partitive to express 'some' or 'any'. Discover how to form and use the partitive with verbs like acheter, manger, and vouloir. Master the contractions and remember the changes in negative sentences.

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Understanding French Articles and Partitive: Le, La, Les

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  1. Le partitif Talking about an indefinite quantity or things in general

  2. La norm: Comparisons 4.1 Understanding the nature of language When are definit articles used? What is « le partitif »? How is it formed?

  3. Definite Articles: Le, La & Les • Used to refer to a SPECIFIC item: • Voilà le dessert There is the dessert • Le pain est sur la table The bread is on the table

  4. Used when talking about things in general: • Le chocolat est delicieux Chocolate is delicious • Je déteste les haricots verts I hate green beans

  5. Le, La & Les • Are often used with verbs that express likes and dislikes: • Aimer – to like • Adorer – to love • Préférer – to prefer • Détester – to hate J’adore le fruit mais je déteste les legumes

  6. Le partitif: Expressing ‘some’ or ‘any’ • Used to express an unspecified amount, or part of the whole • In English we say ‘some’ or ‘any’ • These words may be omitted in English • The partitif MUST be used in French: Vous avez du thé? Do you have (any) tea? Je commande de la viande. I’m ordering (some) meat

  7. Partitif = de + definite article(la, l’, le, & les) • Remember the contractions? • De + la = de la – J’ai de la crème (used with fem. sing. Nouns) • De + l’= de l’ – Je voudrais de l’eau (used with sing. Nouns – vowel) • De + le = du – Tu manges du pain? (used with masc. sing. Nouns) • De + les = des – Il achète des fruits (Used with plural nouns)

  8. Use the partitive with these verbs: • Acheter – to buy • Commander – to order • Avoir – to have • Manger – to eat • Vouloir – to want

  9. Remember Un, Une & Des in a negative sentence as well as all forms of the partitive? • They all change to de or d’: • J’ai un livre – Je n’aipasdelivre • Il a unevoiture – Il n’apasdevoiture • Ilsont des frères – Ilsn’ontpasde frères

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