Je voudrais une pizza(sentence from one of the tests)

Boris R.A1Kwiziq community member

Je voudrais une pizza(sentence from one of the tests)

Why in this sentence for pizza is not used partitive article de la (some pizza). Thanks

This question relates to:French lesson "Du/de la/de l'/des = Some/any (French Partitive Articles)"

Asked 1 year ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

‘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

Un/une = A or An (French Indefinite Articles)

Like31 year ago

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Je voudrais une pizza -- I would like one pizza
Je voudrais de la pizza -- I would like some pizza

Like21 year ago

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Je voudrais une pizza(sentence from one of the tests)

Why in this sentence for pizza is not used partitive article de la (some pizza). Thanks

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