Prendre, Boire,

et les partitifs

Prendre- to take

Ce verbe ultilise pour plusieurs contexts.

Eating or drinking

Choosing between items

Traveling (taking the bus, taking a plane)

Prendre est irréglier

Je prends Nous prenons

Tu prends Vous prenez

Il/Elle prend Ils/Elles prennent

exemple

Excusez-moi, je prends un café,

s’il vous plaît!

Mademoiselle, qu’est-ce que

vous prenez?

Apprendre- to learn

J’apprends Nous apprenons

Tu apprends Vous apprenez

Il/Elle apprend Ils/Elles apprennent

Ex) Aujourdhui, vous apprenez l’histoire de France.

Comprendre- to understand

Je comprends Nous comprenons

Tu comprends Vous comprenez

Il/Elle comprend Ils/Elles comprennent

Ex) Je ne comprends pas.

Est-ce qu’elle comprend les devoirs?

Boire- to drink

Je bois Nous buvons

Tu bois Vous buvez

Il/elle boit ils/elles boivent

Les partitifs

PARTITIVE ARTICLES

Partitive articles

are used both in English and in French to express

quantities that cannot be counted. While the

indefinite article (un, une, des) is used with countable

quantities (une pomme, deux pommes ...), the

partitive article is used before mass nouns, nouns that

are indivisible or uncountable. In English the article

'some' is often omitted.

There are 3 partitives articles in French

Du = masculine/singular = du pain = (some) bread

De la = feminine/singular = de la soupe = (some) soup

De l’ = in front of vowel = de l’eau = (some) water

** des would be used for plurals, but that is technically

an indefinite article.

After a negative

In negative sentences, du, de la, des, de l' change to de

Ex: je prends du lait

je ne prends pas de lait

traduction

1. In the morning, I drink (some) milk.

2. I take my sandwich and I go to the park.

3. Americans drink too many carbonated drinks.

4. She likes to have fries with her chicken.

5. At the café, I order a crêpe.

6. They like to drink orange juice with their croissant.

traduction

7. We take our books and go to the library.

8. The students drink water at school.

9. The friends have hot chocolate and a chocolate pastry.

10. We are learning French.

11. She understands, but he doesn't understand.

12. We drink coffee in the morning.