Mistake Of the Day
Il n'y a pas du pain
Mistakes will always be made in French, and now you can learn from them.x
الأخطاء غالبا ما ترتكب في تعلم اللغة الفرنسية،و لكن الآن آن الأوان للتعلم منها...أن تعرف أكثر.
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Wrong: Il n'y a pas du pain
Right: Il n'y a pas de pain
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Explanation: One of the first things you learn about French vocabulary related to food is that you need to use partitive articles with it, as in je vais acheter du pain (I'm going to buy some bread).x
You also learn that the partitive article changes to de after a negation, but many French students forget that part.x
So "there is some bread" is il y a du pain, but "there isn't any bread" is il n'y a pas de pain, not "il n'y a pas du pain.".x
Il n'y a pas du pain
Mistakes will always be made in French, and now you can learn from them.x
الأخطاء غالبا ما ترتكب في تعلم اللغة الفرنسية،و لكن الآن آن الأوان للتعلم منها...أن تعرف أكثر.
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Wrong: Il n'y a pas du pain
Right: Il n'y a pas de pain
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Explanation: One of the first things you learn about French vocabulary related to food is that you need to use partitive articles with it, as in je vais acheter du pain (I'm going to buy some bread).x
You also learn that the partitive article changes to de after a negation, but many French students forget that part.x
So "there is some bread" is il y a du pain, but "there isn't any bread" is il n'y a pas de pain, not "il n'y a pas du pain.".x