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Learn To Speak French – Lesson 7 – Verb Manger (to eat) and the partitive articles
some: du (m) or de la (f)
| Je mange du fromage. I’m eating (some) cheese. Tu manges de la salade. Il mange du pain. Elle mange du chocolat. Elle mange du gâteau. |
Nous mangeons de la viande. We’re eating meat. Vous mangez du poisson. Ils mangent de la pizza. Elles mangent du dessert. Elle adore le gâteau. |
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D.
9 years ago-
JeFrench
9 years agoYou’re right. It’s impossible to tell the difference from the way it sounds. It’s only from the context of the conversation that you would be able to tell.
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“Ils mangent” sounds almost exactly the same as “Il mange” and the feminine form too. Besides the writing, how will someone be able to tell the difference when I say, they are eating or he is eating?