'De' After Negative Verb Forms
French: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.1.3
Partitive Articles (Negative Form)
Partitive articles are used to name a specific part of a whole.
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.
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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