Order like a local! Practice sentences about eating and drinking.
Commandez comme un local ! Pratiquez des phrases sur manger et boire.
Complete the sentence
When talking about food in French, you'll often need to use "partitive articles" to express "some" or a portion of something.
Du, De la, De l': Use du for masculine nouns (Je voudrais du vin) [cite: 33], de la for feminine nouns, and de l' if the word starts with a vowel (Je bois de l'eau)[cite: 28].
Aimer / Adorer: When you express preference using verbs like aimer (to like), you use the definite article instead of the partitive. Example: J'aime la pizza (I like pizza)[cite: 26, 27].
| French Word | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pizza | Pizza |
| Eau | Water |
| Café | Coffee |
| Pomme | Apple |
| Vin | Wine |
| Soupe | Soup |
| Dessert | Dessert |