Partitif article followed by propername

PokimonKwiziq community member

Partitif article followed by propername

I have the following sentence

Il biot ------ Coca-cola tous les jours.

Here i need to fill it using partitif article, because Coca-cola is a propername i have to use Il boit de Coca-cola tous les jours?

Is this correct. Please correct me if i am wrong.

Asked 5 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

HI Sivavathana,

The answer would be 'Il boit du Coca-cola tous les jours'.

It would be the same for any beverage, e.g.

Il boit du lait, du vin, du champagne, de la bière, du Pineau des Charentes tous les jours...

Hope this helps!

CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Indeed Chris, "On boit de la bière , de la limonade et de la Vodka..."

Have been racking my brain to think of any other beverages which are feminine but these are the only ones I could muster...

Please feel free to add to the list ...

Sivavathana's comment is valid though as most are masculine which is something that a native speaker wouldn't necessarily appreciate as useful to a learner.

 

PokimonKwiziq community member
Thank you so much.. It helped me a lot.. After your response i underdtood that all drinks are masculine gender.. 
ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
De la bière!! ;) -- Chris.
AbigailA2Kwiziq community member

Tisane is feminine, also eau and champagne.

CécileKwiziq team member

Champagne is masculine -

On boit du champagne....

AbigailA2Kwiziq community member

Sorry, you're right about champagne.  I guess it just feels feminine to me.  

Absinthe also is feminine.

Partitif article followed by propername

I have the following sentence

Il biot ------ Coca-cola tous les jours.

Here i need to fill it using partitif article, because Coca-cola is a propername i have to use Il boit de Coca-cola tous les jours?

Is this correct. Please correct me if i am wrong.

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