8.1.3

'De' After Negative Verb Forms

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Partitive Articles (Negative Form)

Partitive articles are used to name a specific part of a whole.

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Negative form

  • When we want to use the partitives in the negative form, we do not use du, de la or des.
    • You must always use de or d’ if the noun begins with a vowel.
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Examples

  • Nous ne bouvons pas d’alcool.
    • We don't drink alcohol.
  • Tu ne manges pas de fruit.
    • You don't eat fruit.

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8.1Articles

8.2The Passive Voice

8.3Pronouns

8.4Asking Questions

8.5Nouns

8.6Prepositions

8.7Adverbs

8.8Adjectives

8.9Negative

8.10Conjunctions

8.11Miscellaneous

8.12Verbs

8.13Numbers

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