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Partitive articles: du, de la, de l'

Partitive articles: du, de la, de l'

Structure:

du + masculine noun / de la + feminine noun / de l' + vowel/h

Partitive articles express an unspecified amount of something uncountable.

Example:

Je bois du café. Elle mange de la salade. Il boit de l'eau. **Translation:** I drink (some) coffee. She eats (some) salad. He drinks (some) water.

Examples

Je bois du café.

I drink (some) coffee.

Elle mange de la salade.

She eats (some) salad.

Il boit de l'eau.

He drinks (some) water.

Practice

Question 1 of 30 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "Je bois du café."

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