Partitive article

Partitive article


Some and few are called partitive articles.


du, de la, de l’ and des are called partitive articles.


du = use du before a masculine singular noun beginning with a consonant.


de la = use de la before a feminine singular noun beginning with a consonant.


de l’ = use de l’ before a masculine and feminine singular noun beginning with a vowel or ‘h’ mute.

 
des = use des before all masculine and feminine plural nouns. 

J’achète du pain.        le pain     bread        acheter  to buy


Je mange de la pomme.    la pomme    apple        manger   to eat


Je bois de l’eau.        l’eau(f)    water        boire    to drink


Je donne des chocolats.  le chocolat chocolate    donner   to give