1. Point de départ
The verbs prendre (to take, to have) and boire (to drink), like être, avoir, and aller, are irregular.
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2. The forms of the verbs apprendre (to learn) and comprendre (to understand) follow the same pattern as that of prendre.
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4. Partitives
Use partitive articles in French to express some or any. To form the partitive, use the preposition de followed by a definite article. Although the words some and any are often omitted in English, the partitive must always be used in French.
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5. Note that partitive articles are only used with non-count nouns (nouns whose quantity cannot be expressed by a number).
The article des also means some, but it is the plural form of the indefinite article, not the partitive.
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6. To give a negative response to a question asked using the partitive structure, as with indefinite articles, always use ne…pas de.
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7. Essayez. Complétez les phrases. Utilisez la forme correcte
Essayez! Complétez les phrases. Utilisez la forme correcte du verbe entre parenthèses et l’article qui covient.
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1. Ma soeur _______ (prendre) _______ éclairs.
2. Tes parents _______ (boire) _______ café?
3. Louise ne _______ (boire) pas _______ thé?
4. Est-ce qu’il y _______ (avoir) _______ sucre?
5. Nous _______ (boire) _______ limonade.
6. Non, merci. Je ne _______ (prendre) pas _______ frites.
7. Vous _______ (prendre) _______ taxi?
8. Nous _______ (apprendre) _______ français.
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