Is du ,de la in (Faire du ,faire de la) is partitive articles or not ?

Thanh P.A1Kwiziq community member

Is du ,de la in (Faire du ,faire de la) is partitive articles or not ?

Im wondering if du , de la when goes with faire , is it count as partitive articles ?

This is from the lesson:

In this lesson , it says that You can use faire de followed by la or l' in front of a vowel or mute h, but remember that le and les will contract with de and become du and des.

So to my understanding du , de la in this case is NOT partitive articles but rather the combination of de + le = du , de +la = de la
If my understanding is correct , then in negation , it should be translated to 
Je ne fais pas du foot ( de + le remains)  
But i encounter some samples on internet like this :

je ne fais pas de football (https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/1dh6z0s/why_is_it_je_ne_sais_pas_de_ski_and_not_je_ne/)

Can you help me to understand , thank you


Asked 2 days ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Thanh,

 in the expression ‘ faire de ‘ the ‘ de ‘ is partitive.  

See attached link in the discussion of examples, under ‘ Using partitive articles ‘

 https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/partitive-article/ 

 

Thanh P. asked:

Is du ,de la in (Faire du ,faire de la) is partitive articles or not ?

Im wondering if du , de la when goes with faire , is it count as partitive articles ?

This is from the lesson:

In this lesson , it says that You can use faire de followed by la or l' in front of a vowel or mute h, but remember that le and les will contract with de and become du and des.

So to my understanding du , de la in this case is NOT partitive articles but rather the combination of de + le = du , de +la = de la
If my understanding is correct , then in negation , it should be translated to 
Je ne fais pas du foot ( de + le remains)  
But i encounter some samples on internet like this :

je ne fais pas de football (https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/1dh6z0s/why_is_it_je_ne_sais_pas_de_ski_and_not_je_ne/)

Can you help me to understand , thank you


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