Manuel: Maman, est-ce que tu fais un gâteau?
(Mah-mahn, ehs-kuh tu feh un ga-toh?)
(Mom, are you making a cake?)
Mme Lavigne: Oui, je fais un gâteau au chocolat et des crêpes.
(Wee, zhuh feh un ga-toh oh sho-ko-la eh dey krep.)
(Yes, I am making a chocolate cake and crepes.)
Manuel: Aneesh aime les crêpes. Il mange souvent des crêpes au petit déjeuner.
(Ah-neesh em lay krep. Eel mahnj soo-vahn dey krep oh puh-tee dey-zhuh-nay.)
(Aneesh likes crepes. He often eats crepes for breakfast.)
Mme Lavigne: Qu'est-ce que vous buvez?
(Kehs-kuh voo boo-vay?)
(What are you drinking?)
Manuel: Je bois du coca. Aneesh déteste le coca. Il aime le jus de fruits.
(Zhuh bwah du ko-ka. Ah-neesh dey-test luh ko-ka. Eel em luh zhoo deh frwee.)
(I am drinking cola. Aneesh hates cola. He likes fruit juice.)
Mme Lavigne: Bon, je mets du jus de fruits dans le frigo. Maintenant, tu mets le couvert.
(Bon, zhuh meh du zhoo deh frwee dan luh free-go. Mehn-tnahn, too meh luh koo-vehr.)
(Well, I'll put some fruit juice in the fridge. Now, you set the table.)
We use the partitive articles only to denote an imprecise quantity, i.e., some. When we are talking in the general sense or about a precise quantity, we use the definite articles.
Like the indefinite articles un, une, des, the partitive articles also become de or d' in the negative.
Other verbs conjugated like sortir: partir (to leave), sentir (to smell, to feel), mentir (to lie)
Note: The radical of Nous and Vous form is bu.
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