Unité 4: Au café

Point de départ
The verbs prendre (to take, to have) and boire (to drink),
like être, avoir, and aller, are irregular.
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The forms of the verbs apprendre (to learn) and
comprendre (to understand) follow the same pattern
as that of prendre.
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Partitives
Use partitive articles in French to express some or any.
To form the partitive, use the preposition de followed by a
definite article. Although the words some and any are
often omitted in English, the partitive must always be
used in French.
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Note that partitive articles are only used with non-count
nouns (nouns whose quantity cannot be expressed by
a number).
The article des also means some, but it is the plural form
of the indefinite article, not the partitive.
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To give a negative response to a question asked using the
partitive structure, as with indefinite articles, always use
ne…pas de.
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Essayez!
Complétez les phrases. Utilisez la forme correcte
du verbe entre parenthèses et l’article qui covient.
1. Ma soeur _______
éclairs.
des
prend (prendre) _______
2. Tes parents _______ (boire) _______ café?
3. Louise ne _______ (boire) pas _______ thé?
4. Est-ce qu’il y _______ (avoir) _______ sucre?
5. Nous _______ (boire) _______ limonade.
6. Non, merci. Je ne _______ (prendre) pas _______ frites.
7. Vous _______ (prendre) _______ taxi?
8. Nous _______ (apprendre) _______ français.
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