General
la cuisine
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kitchen
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la salle à manger
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dining room
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le restaurant
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restaurant
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avoir faim
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to be hungry
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avoir soif
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to be thirsty
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manger
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to eat
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boire
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to drink
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prendre
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to take
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vouloir
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to want
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le repas
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the meal
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le petit-déjeuner
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breakfast
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le déjeuner
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lunch
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le dîner
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dinner
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Belgian French has an of by one behaviour with meals : breakfast is called déjeuner, lunch is called
dîner and dinner is souper.
Fruits and Vegetables
les fruits
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fruits
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la banane
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banana
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la cerise
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cherry
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le citron
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lemon
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la fraise
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strawberry
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l'orange (f)
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orange
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la pomme
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apple
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le raisin
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grape
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les légumes
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vegetables
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la carotte
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carrot
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les épinards
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spinach
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l'oignon (m)
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onion
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les petits pois
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peas
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la pomme de terre
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potato
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la tomate
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tomato
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Meat and Seafood
la viande
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meat
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l'agneau
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lamb
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la dinde
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turkey
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le jambon
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ham
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le porc
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pork
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le poulet
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chicken
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le boeuf
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beef
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le saucisson
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sausage
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le poisson
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fish
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les anchois
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anchovies
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le saumon
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salmon
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Dairy Products
les produits laitiers
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dairy products
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le beurre
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butter
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le fromage
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cheese
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le lait
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milk
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le yaourt/le yoghurt
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yogurt
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Drinks
les boissons
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drinks
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la bière
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beer
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le café
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coffee
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le chocolat chaud
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hot chocolate
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la limonade
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lemonade
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l'eau (f)
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water
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le jus
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juice
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le jus d'orange
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orange juice
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le jus de pomme
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apple juice
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le jus de raisin
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grape juice
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le thé
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tea
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le vin
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wine
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Desserts
le dessert
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dessert
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le bonbon
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candy
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le chocolat
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chocolate
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le gâteau
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cake
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la glace
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ice cream
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la mousse
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mousse
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la tarte
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pie
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Other Foods
la confiture
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jam
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les frites
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French fries
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la mayonnaise
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mayonnaise
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la moutarde
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mustard
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le pain
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bread
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le poivre
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pepper
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le riz
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rice
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le sel
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salt
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le sucre
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sugar
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Silverware, Etc.
l'assiette (f)
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plate
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le bol
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bowl
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le couteau
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knife
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la cuillère
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spoon
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la fourchette
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fork
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la serviette
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napkin
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la tasse
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cup
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le verre
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glass
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Grammar - Manger
The verb manger is translated to to eat. It is a regular -er verb that is stem changing. Stem
changing verbs have slight changes in the stem, but use endings employed in conjugating other regular verbs.
For manger and all other regular -ger verbs, the stem change is adding an e after the g. This only
applies in the nous form. In this case, the change is made to preserve the soft g pronunciation rather than the hard
g that would be present if the e were not included.
manger
je
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mange
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tu
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manges
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il
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mange
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nous
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mangeons
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vous
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mangez
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ils
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mangent
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Grammar - Boire
The verb boire is translated to to drink. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -re
verb) as follows:
boire
je
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bois
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tu
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bois
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il
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boit
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nous
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buvons
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vous
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buvez
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ils
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boivent
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The irregular past participle for boire is bu.
Grammar - Vouloir
The verb vouloir is translated to to want. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -ir
verb) as follows:
vouloir
je
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veux
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tu
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veux
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il
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veut
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nous
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voulons
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vous
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voulez
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ils
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veulent
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Grammar - Partitive Article
The partitive article de indicates, among other things, the word some. As learnt earlier, de and
le contract (combine) into du, as de and les contract into des. Also, instead of
du or de la, de l' is used in front of vowels.
When speaking about food, the partitive article is used at some times while the definite article (le, la, les) is
used at other times, and the indefinite article (un, une) in yet another set of situations.
When speaking about preferences, use the definite article:
J'aime la glace.
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I like ice cream.
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Nous préférons le steak.
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We prefer steak.
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Vous aimez les frites
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You like French fries.
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When speaking about eating or drinking an item, there are specific situations for the use of each article.
Def. Art.
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Specific and whole items.
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J'ai mangé la tarte.
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I ate the (whole) pie.
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Ind. Art.
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A known quantity.
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J'ai mangé une tarte.
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I ate a pie.
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Part. Art.
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An unknown quantity.
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J'ai mangé de la tarte.
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I ate some pie.
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In the negative construction, certain rules apply. As one has learnt in a previous lesson, un or une changes
to de (meaning, in this context, any) in a negative construction. Similarly, du, de la, or
des change to de in negative constructions.
Nous avons mangé une tarte.
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We ate a pie.
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Nous n'avons pas mangé de tarte.
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We did not eat a pie/ We did not eat any pie.
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Nous avons mangé de la tarte.
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We ate some pie.
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Nous n'avons pas mangé de tarte.
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We did not eat some pie/ We did not eat any pie.
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