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FR 3 Partitive Articles

This document discusses articles in English and French. It explains that in English there are count nouns, which can be counted, and mass nouns, which cannot be counted. In French, count nouns use indefinite articles and mass nouns use the partitive article. The partitive article combines "de" with the definite article and indicates a portion or part of something. Examples are provided to illustrate the use of indefinite versus partitive articles.

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FR 3 Partitive Articles

This document discusses articles in English and French. It explains that in English there are count nouns, which can be counted, and mass nouns, which cannot be counted. In French, count nouns use indefinite articles and mass nouns use the partitive article. The partitive article combines "de" with the definite article and indicates a portion or part of something. Examples are provided to illustrate the use of indefinite versus partitive articles.

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Partitive and Indefinite

Articles
In English, there are two types of nouns
COUNT NOUNS MASS NOUNS
 A count noun is something A mass noun is something
you can count such as that you don’t usually count
 apple  water
 books  tea

 You can refer to the whole You can refer to a part or


item an apple some of the item
 Or more than one of the item Some water
some books Any tea
In French,
Count Nouns Mass Nouns
 are preceded by an indefinite Are preceded by the partitive
article or a number telling us article. The partitive article
how many there are. refers to a portion or a part of
the article.
 un gâteau
 une pomme du gâteau
 des oeufs de la tarte aux pommes
de l’orange
The Partitive Articles
The partitive article combines de and the definite
article (le, la, les, l’).
The partitive article is chosen according to the gender
of the noun it precedes.
Partitive Article Gender and Number
du (de + le) masculine singular
de la feminine singular
de l’ before a word beginning
with a vowel or silent h
des (de + les) plural
In a negative sentence, the partitive
is replaced by de
--- Donnez-moi du thé, s’il vous plaît.
---- Je regrette mais nous n’avons pas de thé

Il y a du lait mais pas de pain.


Un or du? Une or de la? How do you know
which one to use?
The INDEFINITE ARTICLE is used to The PARTITIVE ARTICLE is used to describe a
describe a separate unit, something part of a whole, something which cannot be
which can be counted; individually counted

Une orange an orange De l’eau some water

Un café a coffee Du sucre some sugar

Des petits pois some peas De la salade some salad


Maintenant, c’est à toi
Read the following sentences and complete them with
a definite article or a partitive article.
1. Rapporte-moi ……….pain, ……….beurre et …… tarte
aux pommes.
2. Dans son sac à dos, Anne a ……..sandwich, …….orange
et ……….tablette de chocolat.
3. Malheureusement, je n’ai pas …….. bonbons.
4. Donnez-moi ……… pommes de terre.
5. Achète-moi ………bouteille …de…lait.
Maintenant c’est à toi
Read the following sentences and complete them with
a definite article or a partitive article.
1. Rapporte-moi …du pain, ……du…beurre et …une tarte
aux pommes.
2. Dans son sac à dos, Anne a ……un.sandwich, une
orange et …une tablette de chocolat.
3. Malheureusement, je n’ai pas ……de bonbons.
4. Donnez-moi …des… pommes de terre.
5. Achète-moi une bouteille …de…lait.

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