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We use a partitive article when we want to say "some" or indicate a part of something, not a whole.

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​For example, when you buy eggs at the market, you buy "some" eggs, not all of them.

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J'ai acheté des œufs au marché.

Des is the plural partitif article that indicates some.

I bought some eggs.

The partitive articles are du, de la, de l', and des.

The partitive article must agree with the noun it modifies in number and gender.

de la pizza: some pizza du gâteau: some cake

des œufs: some eggs des noisettes: some nuts

du chocolat: some chocolate de la glace: some ice cream

de l'aerobic : some aerobic exercise de l' huile d'olive: some olive oil

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​Elle mange du chocolat.

"Du" indicates some. It is the masculine, singular partitif article.

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​Elle mange de la pizza.

"De la" is the singular, feminine partitive article.

She is eating some pizza.

"Pizza" is singular and feminine.

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​De l' is used before a singular noun that begins with a vowel. The word can be either masculine or feminine.

de l'argent: some money

de l'huile d'olive: some olive oil

de l'aubergine:some eggplant

de l'essence: some gasoline