Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 6 of 30: Food with its grammar: the partitive for portions (du pain, de la soupe. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 6.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| du pain | some bread | dew PA(n) |
| de la soupe | some soup | duh lah SOOP |
| je bois | I drink | zhuh BWAH |
| je bois du lait | I drink milk | zhuh bwah dew LEH |
| le fromage | the cheese | luh froh-MAHZH |
| la glace | the ice cream | lah GLAHS |
| je voudrais une glace | I would like an ice cream | zhuh voo-dreh ewn GLAHS |
| délicieux | delicious | day-lee-SYUH |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Food with its grammar: the partitive for portions (du pain, de la soupe, de l'eau), the article for opinions (j'aime le fromage), je voudrais for ordering.
Au petit déjeuner, je mange du pain avec du beurre et je bois du lait.
je bois du lait takes the partitive du for a portion; j'aime le lait takes the plain article for liking in general. Portion du, opinion le.
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