What is the partitive in French? 🇫🇷 Speak better French now! You use the partitive to talk about unspecified amounts of things, usually food and drink you don’t count ( uncountable). E.g. a bit/some bread 🍞 If the noun is masculine use DU Je mange DU fromage 🧀 I eat/am eating a bit of/some cheese For feminine use DE LA Je bois DE LA limonade I drink/am drinking a bit of/some lemonade For nouns starting with a vowel use DE L’ Tu prends DE L’eau ? Are you having (taking) a bit of/some water? F