Grammar Study - Partitives Flashcards

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For saying ‘some’ or ‘any’

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e.g. j’achete du pain (I am buying some bread)

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You use de + the correct article …

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de + le = du
de + la = de la
de + l’ = de l’
de + les = des

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When playing an instrument we use jouer de (where de must agree with the article of the following noun), e.g.

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e.g. je joue du piano

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When talking about quantities, de doesn’t need a following article, e.g.

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e.g. j’ai acheté un kilo de pommes

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We use it for other common quantity expressions, which don’t need a following article, e.g.

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e.g.
beaucoup de
peu de
un peu de
trop de
assez de
plus/moins de
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