Partitive Articles

Partitive Articles are mainly used for expressing only the quantities that cannot be counted. We do not specify the quantity.

For Example, Some bread or Some shoes.

We mainly use 4 partitive articles which are:-

DU - Masculine Singular

DE LA - Feminine Singular

DE L' - Singular Quantity beginning with a vowel.

DES - Plural

We use du before a masculine singular quantity.

For example,

du concombre- some cucumbers

du pain - some bread

We use de la before a feminine singular quantity.

For example,

de la tomate - some tomatoes

de la glace - some ice-cream

If any singular quantity starts with a vowel we use de l'

For example,

de l'argent - some money

Lastly, if any quantity is plural we use des.

For example,

des gens - some people

des petits - some peas

We do not use partitive articles in these verbs:-

Aimer

Adorer

Preferer

Detester

For these verbs we use definite articles which are:-

Le - Masculine Singular

La - Feminine Singular

L' - Vowel

Les - Plural