FRE 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Preposition And Postposition, Infinitive, Omelette
4 Nov 2016
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Le, la, les, l" mean the, are definite articles, can talk about people or things in general (when in english there is no article) Indefinite articles un, une, des are used for countable nouns. Partitive articles du, de la, de l" are used for mass nouns. Verbs of consumption use indefinite or partitive article. Like/dislike verbs take definite article (aimer, adorer, d tester, pr f rer) Having/obtaining/consuming verbs take du, de la, de l", or des (avoir, acheter, manger, boire, prendre) Indefinite or partitive article becomes de in negative sentences while definite articles don"t change. Peu means little/not much, un peu means a little. Also replaces noun with partitive article (du, de la, de l") or indefinite article (un, une, des) Replaces de + name of thing, usually with avoir besoin de, envie de, peur de, etc. As adjective, means all or whole in english, agrees in gender & number with what it modifies (tout, toute, tous, toutes)
