What is the partitive in French? 🇫🇷 Speak better French now! You use the partitive to talk about unspecified amounts of things, usually food and drink you don’t count ( uncountable). E.g. a bit/some bread 🍞 If the noun is masculine use DU Je mange DU fromage 🧀 I eat/am eating a bit of/some cheese For feminine use DE LA Je bois DE LA limonade I drink/am drinking a bit of/some lemonade For nouns starting with a vowel use DE L’ Tu prends DE L’eau ? Are you having (taking) a bit of/some water? F

Do you know about partitive articles and when to use them? This lesson was a bit long so we will cover when to use 'de' and how to use partitive articles with negations in another video, so keep an eye for part 2! _________ Du -> for masc nouns Oui, il y a DU fromage dans le sandwich. De l' -> before a vowel or h muet (can be fem or masc.) Je bois DE L'eau. De la -> for feminine nouns Il y a DE LA confiture dans la cuisine. Des -> for plural nouns (can be fem or masc.) Nous mangeons DES pâtes. _