You Will:

Review the verb boire and drink vocabulary

Conjugate and identify uses of the verb
prendre
Identify uses of the partitive
Form prendre sentences

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Turn to a neighbor and conjugate the verb boire

After, take turns practicing the dialogue below:

tudiant A: Quest-ce que tu bois quand tu as

soif?

tudiant B: Je bois du lait

Je ne bois pas de lait
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Je ne bois pas d'eau
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 Point de food or drink) and boire (to drink), like tre,
avoir, and aller, are irregular.dpart
The verbs prendre (to take, to have

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 Prendre

Je prends le mtro I am taking the

metro

Je prends un photo I am taking a photo

Je prends du sucre *Im having some

sugar*

Je prends de la glace *Im having some ice

cream*

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Pratiquer un peu!

tudiant(e) A:
Est-ce que tu prends du caf avec du sucre?

tudiant(e) B:
Oui je prends du caf avec du sucre.

Non je ne prend pas de caf avec du sucre.

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 Le
partitif

Je prends du poulet. Im having some

chicken.

Il prend de la glace. Hes having some ice

cream.

Prenez vous de leau? Are you having some

water?

Ils prennent des bananes. They take some bananas.

Je ne prend pas de lait. I am not having any

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 Partitives
Use partitive articles in French to express some or any.
To form the partitive, use the preposition de followed
by a definite article. Although the words some and any
are often omitted in English, the partitive must always
be used in French.

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Partitives
Note that partitive articles are only used with non-count
nouns (nouns whose quantity cannot be expressed by
a number).

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Partitives
As with the indefinite articles, the partitives du, de la and
de l also become de (meaning not any) in a negative
sentence.

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Partitives
The article des also means some, but it is the plural form of
the indefinite article, not the partitive.

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Pour votre aide:

Prenez le diagramme de flux (flow chart)

Lisez le diagramme de flux

Pas de stresse sur les partitives!

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Remember!

The partitive represents part of a whole.

French is more precise in its considerations of

some, or any, English often omits it.

Im having (some) cake.

Je prends du gteau

For nouns that can be counted and are considered

as wholes when you use them, (bananas,
tomatoes, ect) dont use the partitive, unless you
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