Whereas partitive articles du, de la, de l', des and indefinite articles un, une become de or d' in negative sentences [See Du, de la, de l', des all become de or d' in negative sentences (partitive articles) and Un, une become de or d' in negative sentences (indefinite articles)], this rule doesn't apply to definite articles le, la, l' or les which remain the same in negative sentences
Negative sentences
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Zeynep U.Kwiziq community member
Negative sentences
I dont understand this part. Does it mean we don't use un/une/les when the sentence is negative?
This question relates to:French lesson "Using le, la, l', les before nouns when generalising (definite articles)"
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Zeynep,
If you press on the links embedded in that paragraph you will see that this is the case -
Du/de la/de l'/des all become de/d' in negative sentences (French Partitive Articles)
Un/une become de/d' in negative sentences in French (French Indefinite Articles)
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