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Hello! This is an example given for a partitive article:

Tu veux des pommes de terre?
Do you want some potatoes?

My question: is “des” both a plural of the partitive articles (used with uncountable or mass nouns)  AND  a plural of the indefinite article (used with countable nouns)? In the example above, potatoes are countable so they would take the definite or indefinite articles. But the sentence is used as an example of the partitive.

It’s probably a stupid or obvious question but I’m confused!

Thank you!

Hello!

In the lesson re: 

“Use il/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things.”

Tu aimes mon pull?  Oui, il est très beau.

My question: do you ever use il/elle est in the plural, ie., ils/elles sont, in these instances?

How would you answer: Tu aimes mes pulls?  

Would it be: Oui, ils sont beaux. If not, can you explain why?

Thank you for your help! 

 The audio for “parce que je suis un peu âgé” starts with “car”, not “parce que”.

Salut,

Dans cet lesson ça dit qu'on utilise seulement 'leur' et 'lui' quand le verbe est normalement suivi par "à". Je me demande si vous avez une liste des verbes qui sont suivis par "à"? 

Merci!

Nicole

Shivani A1 

We use de, du and des with venir verb and country, region or state. What preposition will we use with verb aller and country? e.g I go to Canada.

Is it ne vend pas

Or

Ne vends pas

Why participé passé not agree in gender as he was talking about elle

Kwiz question:

Vous mangez de la dinde à Noël ? - Non, on ne mange jamais ________ dinde à Noël. Do you eat turkey at Christmas? - No, we never eat turkey at Christmas.
Please explain why the answer is “de.” I know the partitive article becomes “de” in negative sentences. My confusion is why is it “de” and not “la?” I would think it’d be “la” because you’re talking about turkey in general. Is it a partitive article because the question uses a partitive article?Could you also ask: Vous mangez la dinde à Noël? Non, on ne mange jamais la dinde à Noël. 
Is there a lesson/discussion link that addresses when to use the partitive vs the definite article? I haven’t been able to find one. Many thanks for your help!