One of the questions in the test was this: Alice fait du ski mais Thomas ________de ski.
Obviously, goes into the space, but I wonder why Alice fait ski and Thomas fait ski. Thanks.
One of the questions in the test was this: Alice fait du ski mais Thomas ________de ski.
Obviously, goes into the space, but I wonder why Alice fait ski and Thomas fait ski. Thanks.
Bonjour David,
Here, the reason why you have "de" instead of "du" (= de + le) is due to the negation "ne ... jamais" (but this would apply to any other negation too):
Je fais du ski -> Je ne fais jamais de ski
Je fais du sport -> Je ne fais jamais de sport
Je mange du jambon -> Je ne mange jamais de jambon
Je mange de la glace -> Je ne mange pas de glace
Je mange des épinards -> Je ne mange plus d'épinards
Take a look at the lesson below:
Du/de la/de l'/des all become de/d' in negative sentences (French Partitive Articles)
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
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