Fait de ski versus fait du ski

David F.B2KwizIQ community member

Fait de ski versus fait du ski

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.

 

 

Asked 2 days ago
CélineKwizIQ Native French TeacherCorrect answer

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 !

David F. asked:

Fait de ski versus fait du ski

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.

 

 

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