Why in this sentence for pizza is not used partitive article de la (some pizza). Thanks
Je voudrais une pizza(sentence from one of the tests)
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Je voudrais une pizza(sentence from one of the tests)
This question relates to:French lesson "Du/de la/de l'/des = Some/any (French Partitive Articles)"
Asked 10 months ago
‘Pizza’ is a noun that can be countable as well as non-countable. In the sentence ‘ je voudrais une pizza ‘, he isn’t referring to ‘some’ pizza , he is referring to ‘ a (one) pizza ‘, but not specifying a particular pizza.
French uses ‘ un/une ‘ as indefinite articles - and as we use ‘ a/an ‘ in English
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Je voudrais une pizza -- I would like one pizza
Je voudrais de la pizza -- I would like some pizza
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